[thelist] PHP & COM on Windows

[Christian Heilmann]

On 8/1/05, Tim Massey <Tim.Massey at itrm.co.uk> wrote:
> I'm starting to get into COM scripting from PHP and have come across an
> annoying issue. I can start an instance of notepad.exe but the app never
> gets focus or is visible on screen.
> 
> It definitely runs - and is seen in Task Manager - but I can not see it!
> I have tried the appactivate() method without success.
> 
> Does anyone know of a good reference sites to learn more about using COM
> from PHP?
> 
> Many thanks.

This sounds like a very very insecure app to me. I can upload some
malformed DOC and you will paste it into notepad on your box. I am
sure that can be abused badly. Why don't you just parse the DOC once
it was uploaded instead?

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