Search and Replace in a MS Word Document with javacript

[jvieira]

Hi
All
I got a MS Word Document and I´d like to do Search and Replace on it with Javascript.

Is there any function javascript that do this, to send me?

[EDIT]



Thanks

[gits]

hi ...

welcome to TSDN ...

please DON'T post your email-address in the forums ... i've removed it for your own security ... i think you won't get spammed :) and at least it's against the posting rules ...

to your problem: why do you want to do that? word has its own search and replace method. btw. i think there is no possibility to do that with javascript since javascript is strictly bound to the browser and a webpage (html, xml) ...

kind regards

[jvieira]

I think there is one way, but I'm not sure:
Look at this example:

In C:\\Java\\MyDocument.doc, I add " Add My Texto " in the beginning of file.
So i thought there is one way to replace in the variable docText and save again the file.

This javascript open word document get the docText and add that text : (" Add My Texto " in beginning of file.

<script>
var w=new ActiveXObject('Word.Application');
var obj;
if (w != null)
{
w.Visible = true;
obj=w.Documents.Open("C:\\Java\\MyDocument.doc");
var docText = new String(obj.Content);
w.Selection.TypeText(" Add My Texto ");
w.Documents.Save();
 
}
 
</script>

[gits]

in this code you use an activeX-object ... it's IE specific stuff ... and therefore i cannot test it to help you :) ... but could you post what obj.Content is? is it plain text of the docs content?

[jvieira]

Thanks for reply me.


It´s plain ms word document content, but I need to know how to replace text into my Ms Word document content, example replace 'A' for 'B'.

How can I do this?

Thsnks

[gits]

you may use a regExp for that ... have a look at the following example:

var text = 'AB BBB BCA';
 
text = text.replace(/A/g, 'B');
 
alert(text);
 

kind regards

[jvieira]

I have to do this into my MS Word Documento not variable javasript.

Thanks

[gits]

the variable is an example ... put obj.Content here ...

[jvieira]

Here is my content:

<script>
var w=new ActiveXObject('Word.Application');
var obj;
if (w != null)
{
w.Visible = true;
obj=w.Documents.Open("C:\\Java\\MyDocument.doc");
 
//===========here is my content coming from MyDocument.doc===
var docText = obj.Content;
 
 
 
//====here i save the content===================
w.Documents.Save();
 
}
 
</script>

[gits]

:D so now try this:

var w = new ActiveXObject('Word.Application');
var obj;
 
if (w != null) {
    w.Visible = true;
    obj = w.Documents.Open("C:\\Java\\MyDocument.doc");
 
    //===========here is my content coming from MyDocument.doc===
    var docText = obj.Content;
 
    docText = docText.replace(/A/g, 'B');
 
    //====here i save the content===================
    w.Documents.Save();
}
 

kind regards

[rohitharish]

@gits
Hello All,

I tried the above code but its giving the following error:
"Object doesnot support this property or method" on the line where there is a replace code written.
Could anybody please look into it..

With Best Regards,
Rohit

[gits]

what does:

alert(typeof docText);

say?

[rohitharish]

Hello all,

I have attached the following code. Here i have a word doc by the name Qualification_Report.doc. I want to replace all 'p' occurances in that by B. But it gives the following error "Object doesnot support this property or method". Could anyone please look into it.

var oApplication=new ActiveXObject("Word.Application");
            oApplication.Documents.Open("c:\\Qualification_Report.doc");
            var oDocument= oApplication.ActiveDocument;
 
             var docText = oDocument.Content;
 
             docText = docText.replace(/p/g,'B');

Thanks in advance
Rohit

[gits]

after assigning the docText variable what does the alert i showed you above tell you? is it 'string'?

[rohitharish]

It says that docText is an "object"

[rohitharish]

I converted it into string.. then the changes are applied on the javascript but are not reflected in the word document.

That is all the 'p' is getting converted and can be checked using alert statement. But 'p' remain as it is in the word document.(even after saving the file using the command .Documents.save())

[gits]

may be that you need to save it to the word-document first through a method of the ActiveX control first? ... i would suggest to look/ask in the msdn forum ... unless anybody here could give you a better suggestion ...

kind regards

[acoder]

I think Content is a range, so you would need to use the .text property. If you set that to the replaced string, perhaps it will work.