Show the savdialog after DocumentBeforeSave

Show the savdialog after DocumentBeforeSave

• vefan

  Hello there

  I also have a problem with SaveAs file dialog from word 2003

  I wrote the following code

  private void oWord_DocumentBeforeSave(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document Doc, ref bool SaveAsUI, ref bool Cancel)

  {

  try

  {

  MessageBox.Show ("Saving document", "DocumentSave event",

  MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);

  MessageBox.Show("doc path:"+Doc.FullName+ "val:"+SaveAsUI.ToString() +" cancel:"+Cancel.ToString());

  object omissing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value ;

  object readOnly= false;

  Word.Dialog dlg=oWord.Dialogs[Word.WdWordDialog.wdDialogFileSaveAs];

  object timeOut=null;

  int returnVal=dlg.Display(ref timeOut);

  MessageBox.Show("return value="+returnVal);

  if (returnVal!=0) {

  //nu s-a apasat cancel

  MessageBox.Show("comandName:"+dlg.CommandName);

  object prop= dlg.GetType().InvokeMember("Name", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.GetProperty |

  System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Public | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance,

  null, dlg,null,System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

  MessageBox.Show("fileName I hope: name="+ prop.ToString());

  object filePath=prop.ToString();

  Doc.SaveAs(ref filePath,ref omissing,ref omissing,ref omissing,ref omissing,ref omissing,ref readOnly,ref omissing,ref omissing,ref omissing,ref omissing,ref omissing,ref omissing,ref omissing,ref omissing,ref omissing);

  }

  SaveAsUI = false;

  }

  catch(Exception e)

  {

  MessageBox.Show("Error saveAs: "+e.Message + " cause:"+e.StackTrace);

  }

  }

  and in msdn there is the specification "SaveAsUI True to display the Save As dialog box"

  my problem is that the SaveAs file dialog is displaying twice

  please can you give me any help

  my best regard

  George

  
  

• lathajith

  Hi George

  You need to put the SaveAsUI = false at start of the code, I think. Here's a sample (VBA) that works for me.

  ' Dim dlg As Word.Dialog
  ' Dim retval As Long
  '
  ' SaveAsUI = False
  ' 'MsgBox Doc.FullName
  ' Set dlg = app.Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)
  ' retval = dlg.Display
  ' If retval <> 0 Then
  ' Doc.SaveAs FileName:=dlg.Name
  ' End If
  ' Cancel = True

  
  
  

• lbeham

  thanks a lot for your replay

  but

  I was trying to write in my method DocumentBeforeSave just

  SaveAsUI=false

  and the SaveAs file dialog still shows

  I also decompile the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.dll and in the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.il file you will see that the signature of this method is something like this :

  void DocumentBeforeSave([in] class Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document marshal( interface) Doc,
  [in] bool& SaveAsUI,
  [in] bool& Cancel)

  so... I am thinking that word did not care about my modification on this flag

  George

  
  

• Sayhan

  Well, in the main "question" dialog on your "SaveAs" button click event, you should have been able to do something like:
  
  void OnSaveAsButtonClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
  SaveFileDialog sfd = new SaveFileDialog();
  try
  {
  this.Visible = false;
  if (sfd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
  {
  //TODO: call the Word SaveAS() method here
  //passing it the filename entered by the user
  //in the SaveAsDialog
  }
  }
  finally
  {
  sfd.Dispose();
  this.Close();
  }
  }
  
  The SaveFileDialog does not automatically handle saving the document or anything, it merely provides a UI from which the user can enter the filename they want to "Save as", you still have to manually code the rest of the logic ...
  
  Hope this helps.
  
  D.
  
  
  

• mhagman

  Hi

  I want to catch Word Saving event and do my custom saving logic of my application. My application is having a Save toolbar item on the form.

  check the sample code

  void Application_DocumentBeforeSave(Word.Document Doc, ref bool SaveAsUI, ref bool Cancel)

  Cancel = true;

  form.Save();

  }

  actually i am opening an existing word document.

  because cancel is set to true. word document is closed without saving it..

  its assuming that its a new document i am opening but actually its a existing document which is being modified.

  help needed

  Thanks

  Jyothi

  
  

• Steven Mooses

  Hello George.

  This is a tricky thing to do in word. The problem is that when you say Doc.SaveAs the save event is thrown again and is catched by your eventhandler. That is why you see the savebox twice I think. In excel you have a function that allows you to turn off the event catching... That was very helpful when doing this.

  To manage to do this in Word I had to do this in an alternative way. I'll try to explain:

  - I have my evenhandler that catches the save event

  - I have another method that saves the document. At the very start of this method I set a proprty on the word document to be TRUE.

  - In my eventhandler the first thing I do is check this parameter. If it is TRUE I do nothing - just set the cancel = true;

  Hope this helped you on the way :)

  
  

• AndrejS

  1: I tried setting visible = false before I create the saveFileDialog. This doe not help any. Is there any refresh comand

  2: To call the savemethod I start the saveFileDialog this way: SaveFileDialog saveDialog = new SaveFileDialog(); saveDialog.ShowDialog(); After that I don't do anything... Maybe that's the problem. I thought the saveFileDialog was a built in form that handled all the events itself...

  Thanks for any help you can give me :)

  neoret

  
  

• shview

  1. I'm guessing that first dialog still displays because you're showing (spawning) the second dialog from within the first. If you plan on doing it that way, then hide the first dialog (visible = false;)

  2. Not entirely certain you're second statement is correct ... how are you saving the document out What are the parameters you're using to call the save method

  
  
  

• longle37

  Sorry - When I set the visible = false it hid the dialogbox I wanted to, but it also minimized word.... The only thing displayed was the saveFileDialog... Thats no good..
  

• BugInfested

  Hi friend

  am new to vsto Development ! My task is I am able to catch a word document before save it

  is it possible

  if it's possible pls give me an idea for me and sample code r Useful resource

  it's urgent

  thanks

  
  
  
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