Open a Word Document

Open a Word Document

• seanklindt

  You can use Word objects to open a word document

  Make sure that you include the Word 9.0 Object Library and then add the following code

  Dim oWd as Word.application

  Dim oDoc as Word.Document

  Set oWd= New Word.application

  Set oDoc = oWd.open(C:\MyDoc.doc")

  '--- Now you get all the Word objects and you can print and play with them

  ' -- Finally destroy your objects

  Set oDoc = nothing

  Set oWd = nothing

  Shasur

  
  
  

• Yen-Heng Chen

  Thanks all both solutions seem to be perfect i have experience using the open file command though so i'll most likely end up using that 1.

  thanks again for the help

  
  
  

• ZuesBigglo

  The following code actually opens a Word document in Microsoft Office Word 2003 from a ASP.NET 2005 /Framework 2.0 Webform.

  Imports System

  Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word

  Imports System.Windows.Forms

  Partial Class Test_Area_OpenDoc

  Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

  Public Shared Sub DocUp()

  Dim oWd As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application

  Dim oDoc As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document

  oWd = New Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application

  oDoc = oWd.Documents.Open("E:\MONSTER\Monster FTP SPECS.doc")

  '--- Now you get all the Word objects and you can print and play with them

  ' -- Finally destroy your objects

  oDoc = Nothing

  oWd = Nothing

  End Sub

  Protected Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

  DocUp()

  End Sub

  End Class

  There are some caveats with this however The is a problem I’m having is when I want to Save the form from Word I receive the following choices on a pop-up. I would just like to save the file.

  The pop-up.

  Open a Read Only Document
  Open a Local Copy and Merge your changes later
  Receive Notification when the original copy is available

  I choose “Open a Local Copy and Merge your changes later”
  So when I save the document I receive this pop-up”
  “The original copy of Monster FTP SPECS is still locked. Click OK to save to a different location. When the original copy is available, click Compare and Merge Documents on the Tools Menu to Merge your changes into the original.”

  I click OK and it saves the doc file as Monster FTP SPECS - for merge1.doc Not the original file name if you noticed.

  Then when I attempt to close the Office Word Window I receive this pop-up:

  “Changes have been made that effect the global template, Normal.doc. Do you want to save those changes

  I click Cancel and then I can close the Office Word Application and continue working in the ASP.NET word application..

  This will not be a pleasant user experience.

  So I’m working catching or avoiding this behavior. I’m sure that in the hierarchical ownership construct the file is Owned by the ASP.NET web app that originally made the call to the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application class.

  I’ll u[pdate this if there is a solution.

  
  

• MysTiger

  There's a better way to open a word document using the Windows API.

  Copy this code to the top of your form/module under Option Compare Database...

  Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" _
  (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, _
  ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long
  

  Copy this as a function in your form/module....
  
  Private Sub OpenFile(File As String)
  On Error GoTo cmdOpenFile_Err
  'open the document in whatever application it requires
  ShellExecute 0, "open", File, vbNullString, vbNullString, vbNormalFocus
  Exit Sub
  cmdOpenFile_Err:
  MsgBox "An unexpected error has occurred.", vbOKOnly + vbCritical, "Error Conditon in Opening File"
  End Sub

  Then call....

  OpenFile("C:\MyDocuments\MyWordDoc.doc")

  This will cause word to open and the file to be displayed just as though someone double clicked the file. You don't need to know where word is stored as basically your asking windows to open the file for you.

  This will work for images, pdf, any document at all.

  They will all open in their default application.

  
  
  
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