--- install on Windows box
- needed
- .NET version >= 2.0
- MS Word with PIA installed (adding link where you can download only PIA, without Word; still Word itself is also needed) http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=3508
- Python 2.7
- python-cherrypy
- installation
- copy comparator_service.py and docx_comp.exe to a folder
- make folder "C:\Temp\docx_comp" - temp files will be stored there
- configuration
- currently, port 8081 is used, you may want to change it because of a firewall; search comparator_service.py for 'server.socket_port'
- launch
- from command line, and leave cmd window open
python comparator_service.py
- from command line, and leave cmd window open
- testing
- you use URL "localhost:8081" on Windows box to see index page, where you can upload two documents by hand
- modifying docx_comp source
- I used MS Visual Studio 2005 to create it; please, check docx_comp.zip
--- access from Python on other server, as per sample_post.py
- needed
- Python 2.7
- python-requests
- just set correct upload url and it should work