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How to access a word document without opening the appli... - 6/18/2008 4:01:13 PM

chaya

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Hi All,

Iam trying to access a file properties for a word document. I need to open the document without opening the word application.
I have been unsuccessful trying this :

Dim appWord As Word.Application
Dim wrdDoc As Word.Document
Set appWord = New Word.Application
Set wrdDoc = appWord.Documents.Open("D:\Test.doc")

Gives an error "Expected end of statement" at line 1

Please guide me

thank you!

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RE: How to access a word document without opening the a... - 6/18/2008 8:27:14 PM

ehvbs

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Hi chaya,

VBScript isn't VBA. You can't specify the datatype of a variable with a AS clause. So
start with:

Dim appWord
Dim wrdDoc
Set appWord = CreateObject( "Word.Application" )
Set wrdDoc = appWord.Documents.Open("D:\Test.doc")

Good luck!

ehvbs

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RE: How to access a word document without opening the a... - 6/18/2008 9:36:17 PM

chaya

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Thank you!

But using CreateObject will start the Word Application?
Is it not possible to access the file properties without using Open with createObject or getobject?
I would like to avoid starting of the word application admidst the script execution

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RE: How to access a word document without opening the a... - 6/18/2008 11:33:31 PM

ehvbs

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Hi chaya,

you can't avoid to start Word, if you want it to work for you. Maybe you can hide
the Word window by doing something like:

appWord.Visible = False

(I don't use Word, so this extrapolation from Excel is probably wrong; check the
Word Docs)

Good luck!

ehvbs

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RE: How to access a word document without opening the a... - 6/19/2008 2:52:48 PM

chaya

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Thats useful info.
Thank u once again!

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