A WRITE DOCUMENT FROM WEB SITE ?

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I have a web site development in progress - I want to have a read and write
text document with simple graphics, say a grid matrix that users can save to
local disk and open and update offline or online. I would like something
user friendly for simple text entries. I want to consider other than PDF,
Excel or a submittable form. Please suggest format. What about an .exe file
for users to download to local disk ? If so, what is the .exe format
procedure? If I'm not clear on this please let me know.
Thanks for your great help as always.
RJS
 
exe files are EXEcutable files: i.e program files - they won't be any good
to you.
They are also a security risk : worms/viruses/trojans (etc). Some users
might be wary of what to open / trust etc.

The best methods are the ways you've listed below that you *don't* want i.e.
pdf or excel or online forms....I don't know what other ways are left.

Do you want your user(s) to be updating a web page with text and images? Can
you explain in further detail what you're trying to accomplish?
 
Thanks Mr Murray for your reply. Looks like you're the only one to tackle
this issue.

The document would be something like a daily log. The user completes tasks
each day and insert text data. Is not PDF read only and requires a PDF
write program by the user? Can I insert Excel/Access into Front Page and
have it read/write/save data ? If so, how? That would be the best probably
if doable. Per your comments, Yes, .exe files are open to incursion unless
through a 3rd party secure download provider which might be costly?

THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOU HELP ! RJS
 
If you are hosted on a Windows server, you can (probably - check with
your host) use an Access database. Look up Database Interface Wizard
in FrontPage help (FP2002 and later versions)

If you are not hosted on a Windows server, you will need to search for
a different solution (possibly mySQL database with php or Perl
scripting) - pdfs are read only unless you have Acrobat, and then you
will need to uipload the edited document to your server.
 
Would something like a "blog" be sufficient? Is this to be something that
will be publicly readable, or for a select few, i.e. your work colleagues or
club members?

I use a blog on my site here (not much in it yet) -
http://www.murraywebs.com/blog from www.8pixel.net
It seems easy enough to upload, uses an access database.

The issue with EXE's I meantioned, and meant they *might* contain viruses
in the program; no matter where you d/load, the risk of opening and running
an infected file is a medium risk - which is why its up to the user to trust
the file or not.

The other thing you could use is the Database wizard(s) in Frontpage.
 
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