How do I . . . help

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I need to come up with a Word solution to a problem. The problem is that I
am working with documents stored on server. The server also has a Web
server on it. I access a web page and press a link that brings up a window
to word process (not just edit) the document. The problem is that the
document has many restrictions on it. Some areas can be edited, others
cannot, some fields are pulled in from a database, others are required to be
type in. I planned to do this via some sort of applet (Active-X, Java) on
the PC, but now the client wants me to use Word.

How can I do that in Word and maintain the integrity and security of the
document, exclude or prevent all those Word features that should not be used
on it from being used, prevent someone from hacking or changing config on
the PC and thereby performing illegal activities to these documents, etc?
C/C++/VBA programming is no problem, but how to do it is? I used to have a
MSDN pro but dropped it. I would consider reacquiring it or Universal if
needed.

Help,

Nuz
 
You can't. What's more, Word is designed to prevent macro code in downloaded
documents. As a design approach, this appears, at least on your description
so far, to be the wrong tree to bark up.

It's possible to configure Word to hide/disable features, remove toolbars,
lock document sections and so on; but there's no way to *force* the user to
operate Word in this way, nor to force any particular document to be opened
with all your security intact.
 
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