Late binding of MSWORD object in VB6

[njitter]

Hello,

i'm using a VB6 program developed by an external company. It works fine in our company. We are using MS Word 2002.

We want to deploy this software at another site. Unfortunately they are using MS Word 2003.

The compiled program is not working because the reference to MSWORD 10 library is missing.

I read something about Late binding to solve this. I did not get the examples provided by Microsoft.
The library is currently called like this:

Set WordDoc = CreateObject("Word.Application")

What do i need to change to use late binding??

Regards,

Njit

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It's never too late to do the Right thing

 

[fredericofonseca]

Remove all references to Word objects on the references .

-
do use
Set WordDoc = CreateObject("Word.Application")
instead of
set worddoc = word.application.

Dont DIM any word object directly.
e.g dim newdoc as word.document.

use instead
dim newdoc as object


Main thing agains late binding is that you CAN NOT use the constants that are added automatically when you reference the library.

e.g. no more
Dim aa As Word.Document
aa.Bookmarks.DefaultSorting = wdSortByLocation

You will need to define wdSortByLocation by yourself if you wish to use it. Same applies to all other constants.

Many people use early binding at development, and then change to late binding, as using early lets you avail from all the auto completion each object/property/method has.

Regards

Frederico Fonseca
SysSoft Integrated Ltd

http://www.syssoft-int.com

 

[Sheco]

Is WordDoc dimmed as Object?

 

[BobRodes]

<Is WordDoc dimmed as Object?
Yes

 

[strongm]

How do you know, Bob? Apart from the fact that it almost certainly has to be ...

 

[BobRodes]

Ah, semantics. I was reading the question as "should one Dim WordDoc as Object?" rather than taking it in its more literal sense. No doubt Sheco is entirely aware that it should be dimmed as Object.

 

[strongm]

I fell foul of semantics as well. 'has to be' should read 'ought to be'

 

[BobRodes]

Well, yes, no doubt there are lots of unnecessary variants running around in late bound code.

 

[RoyVidar]

Variants, too

Roy-Vidar

 

[Sheco]