Reading data from a Word doc ???

Hello all,

Does anybody know of the best way to read data out of a Word Document into a string in VB??

I need to be able to read in say the top 6 lines of a document
or possibly a range say from lines 2 - 6 something like that!

Oh and it cant be using Bookmarks, as the doc i will be reading have already been created, and haven't got them!

Any help would (as always) be greatly appreciated !!!

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Originally posted by NeedSomeAnswers
Hello all,

Does anybody know of the best way to read data out of a Word Document into a string in VB??

I need to be able to read in say the top 6 lines of a document
or possibly a range say from lines 2 - 6 something like that!

Oh and it cant be using Bookmarks, as the doc i will be reading have already been created, and haven't got them!

Any help would (as always) be greatly appreciated !!!

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I think the old word (.doc files) format comming with windows can be read similarily as a rtf... try it, I'm not sure, but I think it's similar... :)

How will you know how many lines you need to read? Is there some indicator in the document?

Thanks for the prompt replies, will respond in order:


1, Can you read rtf, like txt files ??

2, All the documents are derived from the same template, and so the Lines i need should be in the same place in all the documents!

Also - afterthought - i am using word XP, although both Word 2000 & XP are deployed where i work so it would need to work with them !

Cheers
Richard

Use the Microsoft Word Object Library.

VB Code:

Dim objWord As New Word.Application
objWord.Documents.Open "C:\Test1.doc"
objWord.Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="BookmarkName"
objWord.Selection.MoveDown Unit:=wdLine, Count:=3, Extend:=wdExtend
MsgBox objWord.Selection.Text
Set objWord = Nothing

Or if you don't have a bookmark to go to you can use the Find method.

VB Code:

wdApp.Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    With wdApp.Selection.Find
        .Text = "I want to find this"
        .Replacement.Text = ""
        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = wdFindContinue
        .Format = False
        .MatchCase = False
        .MatchWholeWord = False
        .MatchWildcards = False
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    wdApp.Selection.Find.Execute

If either of those was don't work for you then manually open one of the documents, start recording a macro, and do whatever is necessary to get to the lines you want to locate. Once you have them, stop the macro and edit/copy it to see how Word did it.

Thanks guys,
will try both these option out when i get in to work tommorow !

I have found out that thier are 3 different templates that docs are based on so i might end up using both of these methods for different templates.

I have something actually similar to Negitive0's code, but not Martins.

Cheers
Richard