Using Word 2000 in VB 6 [RESOLVED]

I have a form that will be used to open an existing Word document. I have that functionality working... sort of. Here's the code snippet...

'Using Reference to Microsoft Word 9.0 Object Library

Dim oleWordApp As Word.Application
Dim oleWordPath As Word.Document

Private Sub cmdOpen_Click()
Set oleWordApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
Set oleWordPath = oleWordApp.Documents.Open("\\cody\safety procedures\SECTION 01 SAFETY AND LOSS PREVENTION PROGRAM REV. B.DOC")
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
frmMain.Show
Set oleWordApp = Nothing
Set oleWordPath = Nothing
End Sub

This opens the document, but not before requiring notification or opening as Read-Only. I'm sure that can be taken care of in the other options that are part of the Open function. A couple of questions:

1) What are the acceptable values to give for the other options in the Open function? (ConfirmConversions, ReadOnly, AddtoRecentFiles, PasswordDocument, PasswordTemplate, Revert, WritePasswordDocument, WritePasswordTemplate, Format, Encoding, and Visible) I tried VBYes and VBNo, but it didn't like that.

2) What values are returned when the user presses Notify, ReadOnly, or Cancel? I need to be able to handle the doc if the user presses Cancel. This question can be negated if I can get the above working.

Thanks in advance!

Can't you just do, before trying to open it up?

oleWordApp.DisplayAlerts = wdAlertsNone

Then you won't get any notification at all.

For the readonly under the open method use True or False instead.
The intellisense usually shows the type for you.
Try something like - .Open("C:\Test.doc", False, False, vbNullString, etc.

Neither of the above worked. I modified the code to appear like this:

Dim oleWordApp As Word.Application
Dim oleWordPath As Word.Document

Private Sub cmdOpen_Click()
Set oleWordApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
oleWordApp.DisplayAlerts = wdAlertsNone
Set oleWordPath = oleWordApp.Documents.Open("\\cody\safety procedures\SECTION 01 SAFETY AND LOSS PREVENTION PROGRAM REV. B.DOC", False, False)

End Sub
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
frmMain.Show
End Sub

But I still get a message that the file is open with an option to open read only, notify when free, or cancel. And if I select cancel, the program errors out due to "Operation Failed." Having the program open as read only is OK for the viewing part of the app, but I can't display that message; my users are too "special" to respond accordingly. Plus I need to be able to edit the document in another section.

Can't you make a copy of the file and then open up the copy? This way no one will have it open.

Here is some help from the help file. Note the bolded part.



expression.Open(FileName, ConfirmConversions, ReadOnly, AddToRecentFiles, PasswordDocument, PasswordTemplate, Revert, WritePasswordDocument, WritePasswordTemplate, Format, Encoding, Visible, OpenConflictDocument, OpenAndRepair , DocumentDirection, NoEncodingDialog)

expression Required. An expression that returns a Documents object.

FileName Required Variant. The name of the document (paths are accepted).

ConfirmConversions Optional Variant. True to display the Convert File dialog box if the file isn't in Microsoft Word format.

ReadOnly Optional Variant. True to open the document as read-only. Note This argument doesn't override the read-only recommended setting on a saved document. For example, if a document has been saved with read-only recommended turned on, setting the ReadOnly argument to False will not cause the file to be opened as read/write.

AddToRecentFiles Optional Variant. True to add the file name to the list of recently used files at the bottom of the File menu.

PasswordDocument Optional Variant. The password for opening the document.

PasswordTemplate Optional Variant. The password for opening the template.

Revert Optional Variant. Controls what happens if FileName is the name of an open document. True to discard any unsaved changes to the open document and reopen the file. False to activate the open document.

WritePasswordDocument Optional Variant. The password for saving changes to the document.

WritePasswordTemplate Optional Variant. The password for saving changes to the template.

Format Optional Variant. The file converter to be used to open the document. Can be one of the following WdOpenFormat constants.

WdOpenFormat can be one of these WdOpenFormat constants.
wdOpenFormatAllWord
wdOpenFormatAuto The default value.
wdOpenFormatDocument
wdOpenFormatEncodedText
wdOpenFormatRTF
wdOpenFormatTemplate
wdOpenFormatText
wdOpenFormatUnicodeText
wdOpenFormatWebPages

To specify an external file format, apply the OpenFormat property to a FileConverter object to determine the value to use with this argument.

Encoding Optional Variant. The document encoding (code page or character set) to be used by Microsoft Word when you view the saved document. Can be any valid MsoEncoding constant. For the list of valid MsoEncoding constants, see the Object Browser in the Visual Basic Editor. The default value is the system code page.

Visible Optional Variant. True if the document is opened in a visible window. The default value is True.

OpenConflictDocument Optional Variant. Specifies whether to open the conflict file for a document with an offline conflict.

OpenAndRepair Optional Variant. True to repair the document to prevent document corruption.

DocumentDirection Optional WdDocumentDirection. Indicates the horizontal flow of text in a document.

WdDocumentDirection can be one of these WdDocumentDirection constants.
wdLeftToRight default
wdRightToLeft

NoEncodingDialog Optional Variant. True to skip displaying the Encoding dialog box that Word displays if the text encoding cannot be recognized. The default value is False.

Well, I figured out why it was being listed as in use. When I clicked the button the first time, it created the object alright and, apparently, opened it up, but I couldn't see it. I found a couple of instances of WINWORD.EXE in the processes. I added a "oleWordApp.Visible" statement after the Open statement and it worked fine. Plus I was able to use the exact same code, but added a "False" to the second flag for Open (Read Only) and it opens a nice Read Only version of the file. Thanks for everyone's help!

The multiple instances or Word are from debugging in vb. If you
stop the project without the code closing the document or the
Word application that will happen.

It happens on any of the Office applications.

Glad to hear its working.

as a matter of good practice I always create a Close_stuff sub which I call at the begining and end of any sequence dealling with objects (like word). This sub has the useuall set obj=nothing, and obj.close stuff this means that I don't ever get extra objects filling up the memory.

I tend to call this On Error if I plan to quit the sub I'm in.

I also like to call it not in the sub that opens the objects but in the sub that calls the opening sub so that regardless of when it exits it then closes all objects.

does that make sense? Sometimes these structured approaches to programming seem real anal but there is a point to it all I assure you.

(Edit: Spot the typos :p )