Word Automation

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Introduction

Word Automation is the development of software routines which help optimize or automate existing word procedures. There are mainly two ways to automate word using the technology used. Late Binding and Early Binding. Before coming to the automation, a brief introduction about these technologies are necessary.

Early Binding

Early binding is the commonly used technology. Here directly add the reference of the office library to the project.

Then use the namespace in the code file and do code using the classes and interfaces provided by the office library. The coding is almost like:

public object CreateWordApplication()
{
Word.Application wordApp = new Word.ApplicationClass();
return wordApp;
}

Early binding has several advantages.

1. The code will run considerably faster.
2. Debugging is very easy.
3. You will get the environment Intellisense for coding. (i.e. type a class or key word and press dot will bring a popup). The main disadvantage is, it will support only one version, that we have referenced in our application.

Late Binding

Late binding uses another mechanism called reflection for invoking the office libraries and do not need any office reference. It mainly uses two lines to communicate with office library.

Type wordType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Word.Application"); 
object wordApplication = Activator.CreateInstance(wordType);

By using this wordApplication object, we can do almost all the operations. The main advantages of late binding is, it will invoke our machine's active word application and is version independent. But its performance is slower than early binding.

By using early binding, develop an automation is very easy and in this article, I am giving a brief idea about word automation using late binding and early binding.

Problem Specification

Here I am discussing a simple word automation, which is used for getting a particular word count from a document. Also replace that word with another word. At first we can implement it using early binding using Word 2003 office reference. After that, we can use late binding for solve the same problem in all the word versions.

Word Automation: Early Binding

The first step of doing a word automation using early binding is, install a particular version of office version in your machine. Then create a new Class Library named "WordAutomation" and give the reference of the Office Library in your project as mentioned above.

Using Code

Using Namespaces

Create a new class named WordAutomation in your project and use the following namespaces.

using Word;
using Office;

Creating a WordApplication Object

The following code will create a word application object.

public object CreateWordApplication()
{
Word.Application wordApp = new Word.ApplicationClass();
return wordApp;
}

Closing a WordApplication

Here the parameter is an already created word application object using the CreateWordApplication() function.

public bool CloseWordApp(object wordApplication)
{
bool isSuccess = false;
if (wordApplication != null)
{
object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
object saveChanges = Word.WdSaveOptions.wdSaveChanges;
Word.Application wordApp = 
wordApplication as Word.ApplicationClass;
wordApp.Quit(ref saveChanges, ref missing, ref missing);
isSuccess = true;
}
return isSuccess;
}

Creating a Word Document Object

The CreateWordDoc function mainly requires a word document file name and a word application that we have created using CreateWordApplication() function. We can open it in either read only mode or read write mode.

public object CreateWordDoc(object fileName, 
object wordApplication, bool isReadonly)
{
Word.Document wordDoc = null;
Word.Application wordApp = null;
if (wordApplication != null)
{
wordApp = wordApplication as Word.ApplicationClass;
}
if (File.Exists(fileName.ToString()) && wordApp != null)
{
object readOnly = isReadonly;
object isVisible = true;
object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
wordDoc = wordApp.Documents.Open(ref fileName, ref missing, 
ref readOnly, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, 
ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, 
ref missing, ref isVisible); 
}
return wordDoc;
}

Closing a Word Document Object

The CloseWordDoc() function will close an already created word document using CreateWordDoc() function.

public bool CloseWordDoc(object wordDocument, bool canSaveChange)
{
bool isSuccess = false;
if (wordDocument != null)
{
object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
object saveChanges = null;
if (canSaveChange)
{
saveChanges = Word.WdSaveOptions.wdSaveChanges;
}
else
{
saveChanges = Word.WdSaveOptions.wdDoNotSaveChanges;
}
Word.Document wordDoc = wordDocument as Word.Document;
wordDoc.Close(ref saveChanges, ref missing, ref missing);
isSuccess = true;
}
return isSuccess;
}

Getting Word Count

The word document has different objects inside. The main area of a word document is called Content. Another objects are Shapes, Comments, Header and Footer etc. This function will find out all the word count from the above sections. The main parameters of this function are a word document and a text to search in the document. Here the main function to count the word occurrence is GetCountFromRange() which is explained below.

public int GetWordCount(object wordDoc, string word)
{
int count = 0;
do
{
if (wordDoc == null)
{
break;
}
if (word.Trim().Length == 0)
{
break;
}
Word.Document wordDocument = wordDoc as Word.Document;
wordDocument.Activate();
// Get the count from direct text inside the document.

count+= GetCountFromRange(
wordDocument.Content,wordDocument,word); 
// Get the word count from the comments

foreach(Word.Comment com in wordDocument.Comments)
{ 
count+= GetCountFromRange(
com.Range,wordDocument,word); 
break;
} 
// Get the word count from all headers

foreach(Word.HeaderFooter header in 
wordDocument.Sections.Last.Headers)
{
count+= GetCountFromRange(
header.Range,wordDocument,word);
}
// Get the word count from all headers

foreach(Word.HeaderFooter footer in 
wordDocument.Sections.Last.Footers)
{
count+= GetCountFromRange(
footer.Range,wordDocument,word);
} 
// Get the word count from all shapes

foreach (Word.Shape shape in wordDocument.Shapes)
{
if (shape.TextFrame.HasText < 0)
{
count+=GetCountFromRange( shape.TextFrame.TextRange,wordDocument,word);
}
}
}
while(false);
return count;
} 

Getting Word Count from a Range

The word finds a text inside a range. The range may be the following.

1. WordDocument.Content
2. Comment.Range
3. HeaderFooter.Range
4. Shape.TextFrame.TextRange etc.

We can search or replace a text by using a range and the sample code is shown.

private int GetCountFromRange(
Word.Range range, Word.Document wordDocument,string word)
{
int count = 0;
object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value; 
object matchAllWord = true;
object item = Word.WdGoToItem.wdGoToPage;
object whichItem = Word.WdGoToDirection.wdGoToFirst;
wordDocument.GoTo(
ref item, ref whichItem,ref missing, ref missing); 
range.Find.ClearFormatting(); 
range.Find.Forward = true; 
range.Find.Text = word; 
range.Find.Execute(
ref missing, ref missing, ref matchAllWord, ref missing, 
ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, 
ref missing, ref missing,ref missing, ref missing, 
ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);
while (range.Find.Found) 
{ 
++count;
range.Find.Execute(
ref missing, ref missing, ref matchAllWord, ref missing, 
ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, 
ref missing, ref missing,ref missing, ref missing, 
ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);
} 
return count;
}

Find and Replace

The find and replace is similar to Find, the only difference is needs to provide the replace text also. The function ReplaceRange() will replace the find text with replace text.

public bool FindReplace(object wordDoc,object wordApplication, 
string findText, string replaceText)
{
bool isSuccess = false;
do
{
if (wordDoc == null)
{
break;
}
if (wordApplication == null)
{
break;
}
if (replaceText.Trim().Length == 0)
{
break;
}
if (findText.Trim().Length == 0)
{
break;
}
Word.Application wordApp = 
wordApplication as Word.ApplicationClass;
Word.Document wordDocument = wordDoc as Word.Document;
ReplaceRange(wordDocument.Content,wordDocument,wordApp,findText,replaceText);

foreach (Word.Comment comment in wordDocument.Comments)
{
ReplaceRange(comment.Range, wordDocument,wordApp,findText,replaceText);
}
foreach (Word.HeaderFooter header in 
wordDocument.Sections.Last.Headers)
{
ReplaceRange(header.Range, wordDocument,wordApp,findText,replaceText);
}
foreach (Word.HeaderFooter footer in 
wordDocument.Sections.Last.Footers)
{
ReplaceRange(footer.Range, wordDocument,wordApp,findText,replaceText);
} 
foreach (Word.Shape shp in wordDocument.Shapes)
{
if (shp.TextFrame.HasText < 0)
{ 
ReplaceRange(shp.TextFrame.TextRange, 
wordDocument,wordApp,findText,replaceText);
}
}
isSuccess = true;
}
while(false);
return isSuccess;
}

Replace within a Range

This function will replace a find text with replace text.

private void ReplaceRange(Word.Range range, 
Word.Document wordDocument,
Word.Application wordApp,
object findText, object replaceText)
{
object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
wordDocument.Activate(); 
object item = Word.WdGoToItem.wdGoToPage;
object whichItem = Word.WdGoToDirection.wdGoToFirst;
object forward = true;
wordDocument.GoTo(ref item, ref whichItem,
ref missing, ref missing);
object replaceAll = Word.WdReplace.wdReplaceAll; 
object matchAllWord = true;
range.Find.ClearFormatting();
range.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting();
range.Find.Execute(ref findText, ref missing, ref matchAllWord, 
ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref forward, 
ref missing, ref missing, ref replaceText, ref replaceAll, 
ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing); 
}

Word Automation: Late Binding

The late binding is not required any references and namespace usage in the project. The coding is very difficult and we have to know the functions and properties.

Using Code

Using Namespaces

For working with late binding, you have to use the reflection mechanism. So the following namespace usage is required.

using System.Reflection;

Creating a WordApplication Object

If at least one of the word version is installed in your machine, this function create a word type using the program id of word. If the system has multiple versions, then at a time only one of the word version is active and this function will create the type of the active version. The create instance method will create the word application object.

public object CreateWordApplication()
{
string message = "Failed to create word application. Check whether"
+ " word installation is correct."; 
Type wordType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Word.Application"); 
if (wordType == null)
{
throw new Exception(message);
}
object wordApplication = Activator.CreateInstance(wordType); 
if (wordApplication == null)
{
throw new Exception(message);
}
return wordApplication;
}

Closing a WordApplication

For closing the word application, we have to invoke the Quit method of the word application. Here another method is used to invoke the Quit function called InvokeMethod() and is explained in below section. The parameter wordApplication is the instance created from CreateWordApplication() function.

public bool CloseWordApp(object wordApplication)
{
bool isSuccess = false;
if (wordApplication != null)
{ 
object saveChanges = -1; // Save changes

InvokeMember("Quit",wordApplication,new object[]{saveChanges}); 
isSuccess = true;
}
return isSuccess;
}

Creating a Word Document Object

Here the wordApplication and filename are required to create a word document. Inside the function, we are using a function GetProperty() for getting the property named Documents from word application and is explained in below section.

public object CreateWordDoc(object fileName, 
object wordApplication, bool isReadonly)
{ 
object wordDocument = null; 
if (File.Exists(fileName.ToString()) && wordApplication != null)
{ 
object readOnly = isReadonly;
object isVisible = true;
object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value; 
object wordDocuments = GetProperty("Documents", wordApplication); 
// Open a given Word document.

wordDocument = InvokeMember("Open",wordDocuments,
new object[]{fileName, missing, isReadonly, missing, missing, missing, 
missing, missing, missing, missing, 
missing, isVisible}); 
} 
return wordDocument;
}

Closing a Word Document Object

This function requires mainly two parameters, a word document and save changes information. The main thing to understand here is, we have to pass a save changes information to the Close() function of word document, which is an enum value (Word.WdSaveOptions)and you can refer the same function in early binding for better understanding. But instead of that enum member, we will just pass its integer value here, because we don't have any access to that enum here. Here the value �1 is the integer value of Word.WdSaveOptions.wdSaveChanges and the value 0 is the integer value of Word.WdSaveOptions.wdDoNotSaveChanges.

public bool CloseWordDoc(object wordDocument, bool canSaveChange)
{
bool isSuccess = false;
if (wordDocument != null)
{ 
object saveChanges = null; 
if (canSaveChange)
{
saveChanges = -1; // Save Changes

}
else
{
saveChanges = 0; // No changes

}
InvokeMember("Close",wordDocument,new object[]{saveChanges}); 
isSuccess = true;
}
return isSuccess;
} 

Getting Word Count

Compare the below function with late binding technology and try to understand how the early binding code is converted to late binding.

public int GetWordCount(object wordDoc, string word)
{ 
int count = 0;
do
{
if (wordDoc == null)
{
break;
}
if (word.Trim().Length == 0)
{
break;
} 
InvokeMember("Activate",wordDoc);
object content = GetProperty("Content",wordDoc);
// Get the count from direct text inside the document.

count+= GetCountFromRange(
content,wordDoc,word); 
object comments = GetProperty("Comments",wordDoc);
object count1 = GetProperty("Count", comments);
int rangeCount = (int)count1;
for(int i = 1; i <= rangeCount;)
{
object comment = InvokeMember("Item", 
comments, new object[] { i });
object range = GetProperty("Range", comment);
count+= GetCountFromRange(
range,wordDoc,word);
break;
} 
object sections = GetProperty("Sections",wordDoc);
object last = GetProperty("Last",sections);
object headers = GetProperty("Headers",last);
rangeCount = (int)GetProperty("Count", headers);
for (int i = 1; i <= rangeCount; i++)
{
object header = InvokeMember("Item", 
headers, new object[] { i });
object range = GetProperty("Range", header);
count+= GetCountFromRange(
range,wordDoc,word);
}
object footers = GetProperty("Footers",last);
rangeCount = (int)GetProperty("Count", footers);
for (int i = 1; i <= rangeCount; i++)
{
object footer = InvokeMember("Item", 
footers, new object[] { i });
object range = GetProperty("Range", footer);
count+= GetCountFromRange(
range,wordDoc,word);
}
object shapes = GetProperty("Shapes",wordDoc);
rangeCount = (int)GetProperty("Count", shapes);
for (int i = 1; i <= rangeCount; i++)
{
object shape = InvokeMember("Item", 
shapes, new object[] { i });
object textFrame = GetProperty("TextFrame",shape);
int hasText = (int)GetProperty("HasText",textFrame);
if (hasText < 0)
{
object range = GetProperty("TextRange", textFrame);
count+= GetCountFromRange(
range,wordDoc,word);
}
} 
}
while(false);
return count;
}

Getting Word Count from a Range

Here also the logic is same as early binding, only conversion is done.

private int GetCountFromRange(
object range, object wordDocument,string word)
{ 
int count = 0;
object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value; 
object matchAllWord = true; 
object item = 1; // Goto Page

object whichItem = 1;// First page 

InvokeMember("GoTo",wordDocument,new object[]{item, whichItem});
object find = GetProperty("Find",range);
InvokeMember("ClearFormatting",find); 
SetProperty("Forward",find,true);
SetProperty("Text",find,word);
SetProperty("MatchWholeWord",find,true);
InvokeMember("Execute",find); 
bool found = (bool)GetProperty("Found",find);
while (found) 
{ 
++count;
InvokeMember("Execute",find);
found = (bool)GetProperty("Found",find);
} 
return count;
}

Find and Replace

The find and replace is similar to Find, the only difference is needs to provide the replace text also. The function ReplaceRange() will replace the find text with replace text.

public bool FindReplace(object wordDoc,object wordApplication, 
string findText, string replaceText)
{
bool isSuccess = false;
do
{
if (wordDoc == null)
{
break;
}
if (wordApplication == null)
{
break;
}
if (replaceText.Trim().Length == 0)
{
break;
}
if (findText.Trim().Length == 0)
{
break;
}
object content = GetProperty("Content",wordDoc);
ReplaceRange(content,wordDoc,wordApplication,findText,replaceText);
object comments = GetProperty("Comments",wordDoc);
object count1 = GetProperty("Count", comments);
int rangeCount = (int)count1;
for(int i = 1; i <= rangeCount; i++)
{
object comment = InvokeMember("Item", 
comments, new object[] { i });
object range = GetProperty("Range", comment);
ReplaceRange(range,wordDoc,wordApplication,findText,replaceText); 
}
object sections = GetProperty("Sections",wordDoc);
object last = GetProperty("Last",sections);
object headers = GetProperty("Headers",last);
rangeCount = (int)GetProperty("Count", headers);
for (int i = 1; i <= rangeCount; i++)
{
object header = InvokeMember("Item", 
headers, new object[] { i });
object range = GetProperty("Range", header);
ReplaceRange(range,wordDoc,wordApplication,findText,replaceText);
}
object footers = GetProperty("Footers",last);
rangeCount = (int)GetProperty("Count", footers);
for (int i = 1; i <= rangeCount; i++)
{
object footer = InvokeMember("Item", 
footers, new object[] { i });
object range = GetProperty("Range", footer);
ReplaceRange(range,wordDoc,wordApplication,findText,replaceText);
}
object shapes = GetProperty("Shapes",wordDoc);
rangeCount = (int)GetProperty("Count", shapes);
for (int i = 1; i <= rangeCount; i++)
{
object shape = InvokeMember("Item", 
shapes, new object[] { i });
object textFrame = GetProperty("TextFrame",shape);
int hasText = (int)GetProperty("HasText",textFrame);
if (hasText < 0)
{
object range = GetProperty("TextRange", textFrame);
ReplaceRange(range,wordDoc,wordApplication,findText,replaceText);
}
}
isSuccess = true;
}
while(false);
return isSuccess;
}

Replace within a Range

This function will replace a find text with replace text.

private void ReplaceRange(object range, 
object wordDocument,object wordApp, 
string findText, string replaceText)
{
object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
InvokeMember("Activate",wordDocument); 
object item = 1;
object whichItem = 1;
InvokeMember("GoTo",wordDocument,new object[]{item, whichItem}); 
object replaceAll = 2; 
object matchAllWord = true; 
object find = GetProperty("Find",range);
InvokeMember("ClearFormatting",find);
object replacement = GetProperty("Replacement",find);
InvokeMember("ClearFormatting",replacement);
InvokeMember("Execute",find,
new object[]{findText,false,true,missing,missing,missing,true,missing,missing
,replaceText,replaceAll}); 
}

Reflection Utilities

Invoking a Method

private object InvokeMember(string method, object instance, 
object[] parameters)
{
Type type = instance.GetType();
return type.InvokeMember(method,
BindingFlags.InvokeMethod,null,instance,parameters);
}

Invoking a Method

private object InvokeMember(string method, object instance)
{
Type type = instance.GetType();
return type.InvokeMember(method,
BindingFlags.InvokeMethod,null,instance,new object[]{});
}

Getting a Property

private object GetProperty(string propertyName, object instance)
{
Type type = instance.GetType();
return type.InvokeMember(propertyName,
BindingFlags.GetProperty,null,instance,new object[]{});
}

Setting a Property

private void SetProperty(string propertyName,object instance, object value)
{ 
Type type = instance.GetType(); 
type.InvokeMember(
propertyName,BindingFlags.SetProperty,
null,instance,new object[]{ value} );
} 

Points of Interest

Getting Office Class Details

Before going to late binding type of coding, you have to know the object details of office libraries. For this purpose, one of the better solution is the object browser of office applications. For getting the object browser, open Microsoft Word, open the menu Tools->Macro->Visual Basic Editor or press Alt+F11. This will open a new Microsoft Visual Basic Environment. From this editor, open View menu and click on Object Browser submenu or press F2. You will get the following window and all the object information are listed here.

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Replacing bookmark texts Kenmare 7:46 31 Jul '08   Hallo, I'm trying to replace the text of a bookmark: It's easy via early binding: string strBookMarkText_New = "A new text" string strBookMarkName = "BM_1"; ... Word.Bookmarks oBookmarks = oWordDoc.Bookmarks; Word.Bookmark oBookmark = null; Word.Range oRange = null; object oName = strBookMarkName; try { if (oBookmarks.Exists (strBookMarkName)) { // Replace the bookmark text oBookmark = oBookmarks.Item (ref oName); oRange = oBookmark.Range; oRange.Text = strBookMarkText_New; // The bookmark text is replaced, but the bookmark is deleted! // Therefore the bookmark must be added to the document again Object bookmarkRange = (object) oRange; oWordApp.ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Add (strBookMarkName, ref bookmarkRange); object o = strBookMarkName; oWordApp.ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Item (ref o).Select (); } } catch (Exception ex) { .... } Do you know how to replace bookmark texts via late binding? Thanks! Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Replacing bookmark texts Kenmare 11:42 31 Jul '08   Sorry, I forgot to mention: replacing the bookmark text (and "deleting" the bookmark itself) works in "late binding" as you described! My problem is to restore the bookmark, that means converting the following code to late binding: oWordApp.ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Add (strBookMarkName, ref bookmarkRange); object o = strBookMarkName; oWordApp.ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Item (ref o).Select (); I suppose that the parameters are my problem. The 2nd is, in contrast to the first one, a "ref" parameter. Furthermore, I do not understand why the item selection in "late binding" doesn't work. Thank you for your help! Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Replacing bookmark texts Prathapachandran.v 19:49 31 Jul '08   In late binding it is not so easy as early binding. The article provides some of the word features are accessing using late binding. In the same way, you can access the bookmarks also. For eg: object wordDoc = CreateWordDoc("C:\\Sample.doc", wordApplication, false); string strBookMarkName = "BM_1"; object boolMarks = GetProperty("Bookmarks", wordDoc); object retVal = InvokeMember("Exists",boolMarks, new object[]{strBookMarkName}); if ((bool)retVal) { .................................. .......................... etc etc } Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Replacing bookmark texts Kenmare 3:16 1 Aug '08   Thanks for your quick reply , but my problem is still the ".... ect": Let's take a word document with a bookmark "BM_1". The text of the bookmark may be "old text". Now the tasks is to replace the text of bookmark by "new text". object bookMarks = GetProperty ("Bookmarks", wordDoc); foreach (object bm in bookMarks as IEnumerable) { object range = GetProperty ("Range", bm); if (range != null) { string bmName = (string) GetProperty ("Name", bm); if (bmName == "BM_1") { ret = InvokeMember ("Exists", bmS, new object[] { "BM_1" }); // of course, ret is true! string bmText = (string) GetProperty ("Text", range); // --> bmText has the value "old text" bmText = "new text"; SetProperty ("Text", range, (object) bmText); // Now the complete bookmark! is replaced by the text "new text" ret = InvokeMember ("Exists", bmS, new object[] { "BM_1" }); // Due to SetProperty() bookmark "BM_1" doesn't exist any more! // TODO: Restore the bookmark "BM_1", but how ???? } } } As I mentioned in my first posting restoring the bookmark via early binding works as follows: Object bookmarkRange = (object) oRange; oWordApp.ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Add (strBookMarkName, ref bookmarkRange); object o = strBookMarkName; oWordApp.ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Item (ref o).Select (); After that, the document will have a bookmark "BM_1" again, but now with the contents "new text". How will this be translated in late binding? InvokeMember ("Add", bookMarks, new object[] {"BM_1" }); will create just an empty bookmark with the name "BM_1" but without any contents! A replacement as in your code: ... object find = GetProperty("Find",range); InvokeMember("ClearFormatting",find); object replacement = GetProperty("Replacement",find); InvokeMember("ClearFormatting",replacement); InvokeMember("Execute",find,.... ... will also change the bookmark text, but delete the bookmark itself, too. Thank you for your help! Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Replacing bookmark texts Kenmare 6:13 1 Aug '08   Hello, I got it ! ... // Replace text old text of the bookmark bmText = "new text"; SetProperty ("Text", range, (object) bmText); // Restore the bookmark with the 2nd parameter InvokeMember ("Add", bookMarks, new object[] {"BM_1", range }); ... Thank you for your help! Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Replacing bookmark texts Prathapachandran.v 21:20 1 Aug '08   Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Word automation late bind nKognito 3:42 6 Jun '08   Hello friend. I have a question about your ms word automation article. I have a code that always throws an error "Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation." and I can not find a problem Dim type As System.Type = instance.GetType()type.InvokeMember("Add", Reflection.BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, Nothing, wordDocs, New Object() {fileName, missing, missing, missing, missing, missing, missing, missing, missing, missing, missing, True}) wordDocs is not empty - checked! Have you any idea what wrong with it? Thanks Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Word automation late bind nKognito 3:52 6 Jun '08   I think the problem is in the parameteres that I passing to Add method.. but I can't find any description of this method in latebinding Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Word automation late bind Prathapachandran.v 20:30 6 Jun '08   Please check whether the parameter of Word.Application.Documents.Add(),that you provided is correct or not. You can easily open different documents to Documents collection(Word.Application.Documents) by using Open() method that I have mentioned in the example. Please try it and let me know the status. Thank you. Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Word automation late bind nKognito 20:36 6 Jun '08   If I am using Open method (Late binding) everything ok, but I do not need to open documents. I need an Add method to generate open .doc template, generate report and save it on disc, so as you see I do not need to open word application Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Word automation late bind nKognito 22:03 6 Jun '08   I found an error! Thanx for your advice! Number of parameters were wrong. Good luck Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink LateBinding Footer Search H@is@here 2:07 16 May '08   Hi, and thank you for your article. However I am having a problem serching the footer text. It always return 0 work count. What is strange is that it works searching the header text. Best regards Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: LateBinding Footer Search Prathapachandran.v 2:17 16 May '08   hmm Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: LateBinding Footer Search H@is@here 2:25 16 May '08   Hello again, Also doesn't work using EarlyBinding. Thanks again. Best regards Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: LateBinding Footer Search H@is@here 2:35 16 May '08   Sorry, my mistake. The problem relies in my word document. However great article. Best regards Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Form Field, Protected document Lechuss 0:10 28 Nov '07   Hi, I have an exception when working with form fields (protected) documents (late binding). Could You help me how to work with that kind of documents? Best Regards Leszek Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink 1.00/5 (1 vote) Re: Form Field, Protected document Prathapachandran.v 0:27 28 Nov '07   I have not worked with protected docuemnts. Anyway, if you can give more information regarding the problem, I will try to help you. Thanks and Regards, Prathap Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Form Field, Protected document Lechuss 4:40 28 Nov '07   Make a new Word document. Write some text, put a "text form field" from FORMS bar. From Tools select Protect document, choose FORMS, no password (empty) and Save document. Now try to count words in this document. Is there any possibility to fix that or show messagebox that that kind of document is not supported to count words, replace.... Have You tried to open already opened Word document? The windows with text: File in use.... appears in the background (I need to use ALT+TAB). Do You know how to fix it? Click "Cancel" and Exceptions appears. Open readonly and try to close application - exceptions appears. Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Version Independent d_vaibhav 19:32 20 Nov '07   The source code you have mentioned for Late Binding will be version independent. Therefore Late Binding technique is useful in making generalized tool. Is that Correct. Vaibhav Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink 2.00/5 (1 vote) Re: Version Independent Prathapachandran.v 4:33 21 Nov '07   Yes. Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Article Formatting Jeffrey Walton 2:33 9 Nov '07   Hi, You missed a few <pre> and </pre>tags. Also, the right margin runoff is a bit excessive. Voters will take it out on you... 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