Microsoft Word Question

[shannanl]

I need to review the contents of a Word document and generate a hash to ensure the document's contents do not change.

I have a function that will return a hash for a given string but I don't know how to read the contents of the Word Document.

How could I read the contents into a string?

Thanks,

Shannan

 

[PHV]

A starting point:
yourString = ActiveDocument.Range.Text

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[SkipVought]

Hi,

Take a look at the WholeStory method.

Skip,

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[shannanl]

Okay, the range.text seems to work but how can I check this when the user tries to save the Word document? Is there an event that is fired when the users saves a Word Document?

Thanks,

Shannan

 

[fumei]

Saving a document fires FileSave. But FileSave is a command within a document. An individual document can have its own FileSave. If it does not, then the FileSave in normal.dot is fired.

Gerry
My paintings and sculpture

 

[bingomommy]

I am trying to share a VBA program between documents. How can I have several word documents use the same code and what I want to do is have a master document so when I change code in the master it will trickle to all other documents.

Thanks,
Gaylene

 

[macropod]

Hi shannanl,

I can't see how having a hash value will

ensure the document's contents do not change

. All it can do is tell you whether the document has changed - and then only if you've stored the original has value. And herein lies a problem: storing the hash value changes the document. If you're only concerned with the text, you could get around this by storing the hash value in a custom DOCPROPERTY variable).

Perhaps you'd do just as well with a SAVEDATE field, since Word only updates this if the document has been changed before saving. If you use this in conjunction with a CREATEDATE field, and use File|Save As to save the document when it's 'finalised' you could compare the two dates: if theyre not the same the document has been changed.

You might also explore the possibilities with Word's password options (eg require a password to modify the document), but even this won't stop someone changing the document, printing it, then closing without saving - or simply copying the contents to another document.

Cheers

[MS MVP - Word]

 

[fumei]

I am trying to share a VBA program between documents. How can I have several word documents use the same code and what I want to do is have a master document so when I change code in the master it will trickle to all other documents.

Use a global template. Code in global templates are accessible to any document.

Gerry
My paintings and sculpture

 

[MakeItSo]

If the contents of the Word must not change, you might consider making the content only accessible as PDF rather than Word document.

With Acrobat security, you could then allow/disallow copying, printing, commenting etc.
Store your word docs in a separate environment inaccessible to "normal" users and publish the latest version to them in PDF form.

Would that be an option?

Cheerio,
Andy

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