Open a Word Doc, update links, and move the file to a new dir

[lora_3677]

Is it possible to do this... I'm working on a project where it would be nice to automate a process, but I'm not sure if it's possible.

We use Microsoft Team Services.. one of our teams have drafts and production Word docs. Once the draft is approved, they have to update the links that are in the Word doc and move it to the production folder.

We would like to be able to have a button to click, basically, that will open the draft document, update the links in the doc, and move it to the production folder to save it in it's new location.

The links are basically the same... only the folder name is different. so the draft link would be C:/documents/blah/blah/drafts and the production is like c:/documents/blah/blah/production... so the links within the Word doc go to tables which are in the draft and production folders... so they need to be updated to access the production tables, not the draft tables....

not sure if this is the correct portion to post this question in.. i want to do this thru ASP, but it will be using a scripting language...

any help would be appreciated...

[Ribeyed]

Hi,
tough question don't think you will get many replies to this one mainly because of the technical knowledge needed to do such a task. You just can't get a one page answer for that. You have 2 options here 1 find someone that can do what you need and pay them to write it for you. 2 break it down into smaller chunks, ask smaller questions.
As far as your question regarding is it possible, hmm. .never attempted it before but i think it is possible, again very, very complicated. What ASP level are you at? What programming level are you at? What Web development skills can you use to do this task?

[lora_3677]

Unfortunately, I am the one that has the job to do this. LOL!! so hiring someone else, is out of the question. It was something they would LIKE to have, not something they NEED. So, the world won't end if I say 'can't do it'... ha ha.

I would say I am at a medium level of all that. I am a web apps programmer for state government. I do scripting, ASP and customize current software that we use...

I think it's possible as well, because all things are possible (right?! haha).

Thanks for the reply.. I may try breaking it down... or I may just tell them we can't do that. lol.

[Ribeyed]

hi,
well if you do decide to try i would certainly help when ever i can.