User defined type error when tyring to use word's SpellingSuggetions

[MrLudwig]

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I get a compile error saying 'User-defined type not defined' when trying to declare a variable of type spellingsuggestions (word automation).

I can create an instance of the word object and use various other methods/properties of it which all work fine. But as soon as I try to

Dim SpellSuggestions as wdapp.spellingsuggestions

I get the error.

wdApp is created using the code

Dim wdApp As Object
Set wdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")

I'm fairly new at this automation stuff, so if its a stupid mistake on my part that is glaringly obvious to everyone else, please forgive my ignorance.

Cheers.

[brucevde]

Since you are using late-binding to create the word object I am assuming you do not have a reference to the Word library in your vb project.

This means you would have to declare the SpellSuggestions variable as an Object as well.

Dim SpellSuggestions as Object 
 
Set SpellSuggestions = wdapp.GetSpellingSuggestions("Incorect")

[MrLudwig]

Ah, so it was a stupid mistake on my part.

I had written the code originally using early binding and thus with a reference to the Word type library.

I am currently writing v2 of the app of which this code is part, using late binding as the users have different versions of office.

Thanks for your help brucevde, it works perfectly.