can several people access a file and use it !

[rigidig]

Hi all,
I am wondering if there is a way to allow several people to access say a word doc and edit it while several other site members are connected and viewing it. Basically share it around and edit while others look on ?

[daninmanchester]

It depends what you mean exactly. Do you want people o be able to see theother person editing live? this isn't going to be possible using asp.net alone. you need some kind of web conferencing.

However if you want people to be able to download and edit it before uploading it again then yes this is possible.
You'll probably want some kind of check in / check out process to manage concurrency.

[rigidig]

thanks for your reply dan, I thought I was so far out on a limb it wasnt going to happen. After I posted I downloaded messenger and have since noticed that it has a feature called application sharing, well havnt used it as i have no messenger contacts for it. Anyway it reads like you can edit while others view, I think you can give the other permi9ssion to use an app on your computer though this may be limited to just the one party while you look on?

So that is 75% the way I was envisaging it to go. So Can I ask what protocol you refer to when you say ASP.net alone will not allow it. Can the messenger type service be implemented ? Anyway thanks for your post.