So today I revised my strategy of using a COM component to automate Word 2007, simply because the component is not really intended to run in a web server environment, according to Microsoft. Even though my application worked beautifully with the COM component on my development machine it totally failed when I ran it in a production environment. The reason, according to Microsoft, is that Word works on a totally different permission level when compared to web applications that run on a web server, and I guess it kinda makes sense.
Whats the alternative you may ask? Microsoft Word 2007 Open XML.
More to follow.
