Converting DOC to ASCII

Hi all,
I am not sure this message belongs here but let me try to explain what
I am trying to do first:

1. I user Microsoft IIS, MS SQL Express, Perl

2. The need it to convert a DOC file uploaded by a user into ASCII
(text)

3. I have a Perl program (.pl) or an (.exe) that does the conversion
from DOC to ASCII

4. The IIS server is not hosted by us and I think it's impossible to
get the hosting company to run an EXE file for us when a user uploads a
DOC file. Also, the memory taken, security issues come into play.

5. Even if I write a VB.NET script that references an Office library
and an ASP.NET program to call this VB.NET object, that'll still use up
too much memory on the IIS server even if it all works.

6. So, my question really is, given the hardware and software I have,
what would be the best way to convert DOCs to ASCII (plain text) so
that many users can do this at the same time without significant memory
issues?

I would be grateful for any guidance or links or leads.

Thanks.
Vince

On 7 Sep 2006 09:51:14 -0700, LtCommander DeleteThis @gmail.com wrote:

>Hi all,
>I am not sure this message belongs here but let me try to explain what
>I am trying to do first:
>
>1. I user Microsoft IIS, MS SQL Express, Perl
>
>2. The need it to convert a DOC file uploaded by a user into ASCII
>(text)
>
>3. I have a Perl program (.pl) or an (.exe) that does the conversion
>from DOC to ASCII
>
>4. The IIS server is not hosted by us and I think it's impossible to
>get the hosting company to run an EXE file for us when a user uploads a
>DOC file. Also, the memory taken, security issues come into play.
>
>5. Even if I write a VB.NET script that references an Office library
>and an ASP.NET program to call this VB.NET object, that'll still use up
>too much memory on the IIS server even if it all works.
>
>6. So, my question really is, given the hardware and software I have,
>what would be the best way to convert DOCs to ASCII (plain text) so
>that many users can do this at the same time without significant memory
>issues?

Open the DOC file, Saves as Text, upload.

Jeff