Forms 6i, Forms Server and MS Word Templates

Hi All
Thanks for taking the time to look at my question :
I have a Forms 6i application running in client/server environment that uses OLE2 to open up a MS Word 2000 template stored in c:\orant\templates.
It then populates this word document before printing it off.
My question is, if I deploy the application over the web via Oracle 9iAS and Forms Server, can I still use the functionality of OLE2 and perform the task outlined above ?
Any white papers, tutorials, examples, etc would be most welcome.
Greg

You can read this:
http://otn.oracle.com/products/forms/pdf/ClientSideOLE.pdf
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