ASP/ASP.NET PDF/Word search Obj
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Hi My company has asked me to develop a COM object that would be able to use within ASP scripts using VBScript. The object spec briefly is to allow a search of PDF, word and various other well known document files for keywords passed to the object. My two questions are: 1) Having never done any COM before I need to know whether I should develop this in a Win2000 Server enviornment using C++ or VB (C++ I guess would be better) or if doing it in an XP Prof. Environment using Managed C++ or C# would be the better option. My worries are backward compatibility. The COM object is to be used in ASP scripts only, not ASP.NET so I am assuming to use C++, but I was wanting to avoid the DLL Hell issues I've heard so much about by using the ASP.NET method of the BIN directory for DLL's for development purposes only and then moving the developed DLL across to the Win2000 server... 2) Where can I get documentation that would allow me to know how to get the object to search through these various file types. I am specifically interested in the PDF file format. Any help in this regard would really be great, many thanks. John Cogan