Q&A

Q1: What happens if you do not have the Office Web Components on your computer, but want to use them?
A1: You need to add a codebase directive to the object declaration similar to the following:
         codeBase=file:\\appserver\office2000\
msowc.cab#version=9,0,0,2710

Notice the file path to an application server. The component is not intended for Internet download because of the licensing issues. You will need to install an entire Office 2000 image on the application server. There is no provision to add just the Office Web Components. To create your installation image, run setup.exe /a from the Office 2000 CD. It will consume about 554MB of disk space.

Q2: Where can I get programming help?
A2: The Office Web Components development help ...

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