help needed on Word._Document. Words property

[Nelluru]

Hi,
I am using Office XP PIA's to read a word document. I am able to read the whole content. The problem is that i want to get a particular word in the document instead of the whole content.
Will the _Document.Words property is useful to retrieve word by word form the document??? If it is possible, How to use it???

thanks
Nelluru

[SammyB]

Hi,
I am using Office XP PIA's to read a word document. I am able to read the whole content. The problem is that i want to get a particular word in the document instead of the whole content.
Will the _Document.Words property is useful to retrieve word by word form the document??? If it is possible, How to use it???

thanks
Nelluru

It's hard to do Word automation in .NET, but, yes, you can use he Words collection. This example shows word 6 in the doc:

const string DOC = @"C:\Documents and Settings\Sam\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WordAutomation\Demo.doc";
object ms = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
Word._Application wdApp = new Word.Application();
wdApp.Visible = true;
object oDoc = (object)DOC;
Word._Document wdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(ref oDoc, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms);
Word.Words w = wdDoc.Words;
Word.Range r = w.Item(6);
MessageBox.Show(r.Text);
 

You can see how to use other Word objects in .NET at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316384

[Nelluru]

hi,
Please help me..
I am getting this error:
'Microsoft.Offi ce.Interop.Word .Words' does not contain a definition for 'Item'.

Code is:

Microsoft.Offic e.Interop.Word. Words w = wdDoc.Words;
Microsoft.Offic e.Interop.Word. Range r = w.Item(2);

I have included Microsoft.Offic e.Interop.Word dll in my project. And I am using Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition.

What would be the reason??
Is there anything I am missing???

thanks in Advance
Nelluru

[SammyB]

Hi,
I am using Office XP PIA's to read a word document. I am able to read the whole content. The problem is that i want to get a particular word in the document instead of the whole content.
Will the _Document.Words property is useful to retrieve word by word form the document??? If it is possible, How to use it???

thanks
Nelluru

Just a word of caution. If you are used to working with Word macros, then you will have a tendency to put Word objects together like wdDoc.Words.Ite m(6) instead of dealing with each object separately. This will not always work with C#. VBA kept a lot of details from us & pushed stuff into Variants. C# will not do this, but if you single step through your code, you can usually see what intermediate objects you need to create. I haven't done this with Word, but I have done it with Excel and it was very painful

[Nelluru]

Just a word of caution. If you are used to working with Word macros, then you will have a tendency to put Word objects together like wdDoc.Words.Ite m(6) instead of dealing with each object separately. This will not always work with C#. VBA kept a lot of details from us & pushed stuff into Variants. C# will not do this, but if you single step through your code, you can usually see what intermediate objects you need to create. I haven't done this with Word, but I have done it with Excel and it was very painful

Hi Sam,
I have already posted the message in the Forum http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread629828.html . As I did not get any reply, I sent u a private message. And I am also sorry for the late reply. I didn't understand this reply. Can u please elaborate the reply???

[SammyB]

Hi Sam,
I have already posted the message in the Forum http://www.thescripts. com/forum/thread629828.ht ml . As I did not get any reply, I sent u a private message. And I am also sorry for the late reply. I didn't understand this reply. Can u please elaborate the reply???

Sorry about the confusion. I didn't see your other post. I used a different reference: Microsoft Word x.x Object Library on the COM tab. I don't see Microsoft Office Interop, but I'm at work, stuck with Word 2000. I'll check when I get home, but it may be next week before I have time. I assume Interop is a DotNet thing, so could it be something simple like Microsoft.Offic e.Interop.Word. Range r = w[2]; instead of Microsoft.Offic e.Interop.Word. Range r = w.Item(2); Just a wild guess. --Sam

[SammyB]

Hi Sam,
I have already posted the message in the Forum http://www.thescripts. com/forum/thread629828.ht ml . As I did not get any reply, I sent u a private message. And I am also sorry for the late reply. I didn't understand this reply. Can u please elaborate the reply???

Yes, from http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ds(vs.80).aspx, I think w[2] will give you a Range object for the third word in the document.

[SammyB]

Hi Sam,
I have already posted the message in the Forum http://www.thescripts. com/forum/thread629828.ht ml . As I did not get any reply, I sent u a private message. And I am also sorry for the late reply. I didn't understand this reply. Can u please elaborate the reply???

Well, I'm confused. I'm trying to verify if my replies are correct, but I cannot get the PIA installed. At home here I'm still running Office XP, but that's not a problem: I found the link to download the PIAs, http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en. This is a self-extracting zip, so I unzipped them and there is installation instructions in the Readme.htm. But the instructions assume that you have Visual Studio 2005 installed. How did you install the dll's with C# Express (which is what we both have)? Specifically, the install scripts need gacutil which is not on my machine. :confused: Sam

[AricC]

Sammy do you still need action on this thread?

[SammyB]

hi,
Please help me..
I am getting this error:
'Microsoft.Offi ce.Interop.Word .Words' does not contain a definition for 'Item'.

Code is:

Microsoft.Offic e.Interop.Word. Words w = wdDoc.Words;
Microsoft.Offic e.Interop.Word. Range r = w.Item(2);

I have included Microsoft.Offic e.Interop.Word dll in my project. And I am using Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition.

What would be the reason??
Is there anything I am missing???

thanks in Advance
Nelluru

I decided to see what would happen if I tried to use the Interop.Word dll without installation. Everything worked fine. I did have to browse for the dll, but I expected that. Maybe the "install" just makes the dll's visible on the References NET tab. Anyway, this code works for me:

const string DOC = @"C:\Documents and Settings\Sam\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WordAutomation\Demo.doc";
object ms = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
//Word._Application wdApp = new Word.Application();
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application wdApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.ApplicationClass();
wdApp.Visible = true;
object oDoc = (object)DOC;
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word._Document wdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(ref oDoc, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms, ref ms);
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Words w = wdDoc.Words;
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Range r = w[2];
MessageBox.Show(r.Text);

Does that help? --Sam