I cannot get "$word = new COM("word.application") or die ("Could not initialise MS Word object.");" to open MS Word. I have Word installed on the machine and I set com.allow_dcom = true in php.ini (also removed ; ). All I get is a blank screen. My Xampp control panel shows Apache and MySQL running and I can run other php.
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Cannot open MS Word
- Thread starter Bersani
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I don't use windows. But I would be surprised if opening word via com caused it to display on the screen. It would be more likely that it opened as a programmatic instance. I imagine that to get it to appear you would have to open a document and then call an explicit show() method.
A better test might be to examine the list of running processes to see whether word appears.
A better test might be to examine the list of running processes to see whether word appears.
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