MS Word Functionality in a VB App

[ag]

Hi,<br>
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Can anyone offer an opinion as to the best way to implement MS Word 97 features in a VB Application.<br>
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My users need minimum:<br>
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Full Word character formatting<br>
Interactive spell checking (underline style)<br>
Autotext<br>
Macros<br>
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I have looked at the OLE container but wasn't quite sure how this worked in terms of saving the Word document.<br>
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Are there better approaches using VB 6.0?<br>
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All users will have MS Word97 installed on their machines and I would like to make use of this rather than impelmenting a third party custom control. (The latter choice is not a complete no no).<br>
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TIA<br>
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Andrew<br>

 

[PSchiele]

I have done something which may be similiar to what you are trying to do. I have a VB app that uses Word functionality. Basically we have a database that among other things we use to create form letters which I use Word to do. I create an object of Word Basic in my VB app and using it I can create and save the resultant form letter on the network. I then use the OLE container to link the letter to a field in the database. The users then have a list of all form letters created for each client, and as they scroll down the list they can see a small preview in the OLE container window. If they want they can double-click the OLE container window and it opens that document in Word.<br>
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Hope that helps,<br>
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Paul

 

[ag]

Thanks for the reply.....<br>
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Your application sounds exactly like one we written as well!<br>
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I need to go one step further and now give the users full WP facility which the app can use later...<br>
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Someone sent me this which may be of use generally for others:<br>
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I've come across a download on the microsoft site which allows you to insert Word or Excel into a VB app. The link is

http://support.microsoft.com/download/support/mslfiles/OFramer.exe<br>

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Cheers<br>
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Andrew<br>
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