Editable Word Document from JSP

Question

Is there a way to create a link in a JSP page to a Microsoft Word document that you can edit and have it post back automatically to the server? I'm using Websphere Portal. Thank you!

Answer 1

You could look into WebDAV. I believe Microsoft Word understands how to read and save documents from WebDAV servers. You would need to implement a WebDAV server for this to be possible but I'm sure there are a variety of open-source implementations available - a quick Google turns up this one which looks quite interesting.