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Create, Edit and Delete files in Windows Azure through my app

Answered Create, Edit and Delete files in Windows Azure through my app

  • Friday, April 27, 2012 8:25 AM
     
     
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    Hi,

    I am creating a cloud app (using vb.net). This app is on the windows azure cloud.

    I would like to have a window where users can put, edit and delete files in excel, word, etc... that are on the cloud.

    How can I do this?

    Thank you

    PR

     

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  • Friday, April 27, 2012 10:16 AM
     
     
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    can you please put your requirment in detail.

    cpsingh

     
  • Friday, April 27, 2012 10:28 AM
     
     
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    Requirement details:

    I have a button named "Ficheiros", when the users click on this button a new windows is displayed showing all the files that are the folder DOCs, then, the user can click on the document and edit it (alter is text, imagens, etc...). He can delete the document and he can create a new document and save it to the folder.  

    PR

     
  • Friday, April 27, 2012 4:52 PM
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    Hi,

    Would you like to use Sharepoint for working with office files (include add, edit, delete functions), try to upload a VM role with Sharepoint on Windows Azure Platform, users does not need to download Word or Excel files and upload them when edit them, Sharepoint application can do these functions in Web pages.

    Try to get development kit from here:

    http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24398

    Hope this helps.

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  • Sunday, April 29, 2012 12:37 AM
     
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    You will need to put the files either in blob storage or in SQL Azure. You can use local storage as you would with a conventional website, but only as a cache; any files you store there will go away when the web role is reset (such as when OS patches are applied).

    Blob storage is generally more appropriate for relatively infrequent R/W access, due to per-transaction costs. SQL Azure with caching on the local disk is generally better for heavy R/W access.

    To read and write blob storage, you can either use the Windows Azure API, or you can create a VHD in blob storage, mount it from your web role VM, and access it as a regular drive letter. However, you can only mount a VHD in R/W mode from one server at a time.

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