Sometimes you write a simple piece of code, and you just look at it… and it is beautiful ;-) Here is how to use a template word document and modify it on-the-fly from ASP.. problem is you need the Word object on the Server, which is why I didn’t use it, but in stead.. I used an even greater tool — but I didn’t write that one myself.. more about that later.
<%
const wdReplaceAll = 2
Set objWord = server.CreateObject("Word.Application")
Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Open(server.mappath("/files") & "/inputfile.doc")
Set objSelection = objWord.Selection
objSelection.Find.Text = "strname"
objSelection.Find.Forward = TRUE
objSelection.Find.MatchWholeWord = TRUE
objSelection.Find.Replacement.Text = "Peter De Rop"
objSelection.Find.Execute ,,,,,,,,,,wdReplaceAll
objSelection.Find.Text = "strtitle"
objSelection.Find.Replacement.Text = "Modifying Word"
objSelection.Find.Execute ,,,,,,,,,,wdReplaceAll
objSelection.Find.Text = "strdate"
objSelection.Find.Replacement.Text = date
objSelection.Find.Execute ,,,,,,,,,,wdReplaceAll
objDoc.SaveAs server.mappath("/files") & "/outputfile.doc"
objWord.application.Quit False
%>
