How to launch OneNote and open a specific file in it using VB.NET?

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I need to open Microsoft.Office.OneNote and load a specific file to it using a vb.net windows forms application. How would I go about it?

Posted 25-Aug-14 9:45am

maestro1955

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ledtech3 · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-25T12:42:00

Solution 1

You would need to check its command line options.
Like to open a file with notepad it would be.

Process.Start("Notepad.exe", "C:\Users\Joe\Documents\Test.txt")

Edit:
found the switches.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote-help/command-line-switches-in-microsoft-office-onenote-2007-HA010177833.aspx[^]

Posted 25-Aug-14 12:42pm

ledtech3

Updated 25-Aug-14 12:46pm

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maestro1955 26-Aug-14 9:06am

Thank you so much for your prompt response. I actually found that using the Web Browser object in vb.net will do the trick since I do not need to edit the document, but just view it.

Thanks again,
Cheers

ledtech3 26-Aug-14 18:52pm

ok so you are viewing the document in web browser control instead of opening it in one note, Is that correct ?

maestro1955 27-Aug-14 8:20am

Yes, I used the Browser Control to view the Onenote content inside of my VB.NET project. It is much faster and does not require launching the onenote application. Since I only wanted to view the xml pages without saving them or editing them, it worked perfectly!
Thanks,
Cheers

ledtech3 27-Aug-14 19:06pm

Great glad you have it going.