Finding..

[VJ]

Hi..

How do I find out if Microsoft Office is installed in the system I am
running my application?.. Also, can I determine the version of office and
individually see if Word, Excel, are installed??

Vijay

[Fergus Cooney]

Hi VJ,

One way, I imagine, would be to check the Registry.I would expect that
there are some standard settings for Office but I don't know what they would
be.

Regards,
Fergus

[Nice Chap]

Here is some pseudo code

Dim oApp as Object '-- Word.Application
Set oApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
If Not oApp Is Nothing Then ' -- Means Word is Installed
MsgBox oApp.Version
Else
MsgBox "Oops Word is NOT installed :-("
End If

"VJ" <vi********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Hi..

How do I find out if Microsoft Office is installed in the system I am
running my application?.. Also, can I determine the version of office and
individually see if Word, Excel, are installed??

Vijay

[Fergus Cooney]

Hi Nice Chap,

Lol, first time I've heard VB6 code called pseudo. ;-)

Regards,
Fergus

[Cor]

Hi Fergus,

So this new trick you don't forget?

:-))

Cor

[Nice Chap]

I think that is what it is now... but anyway I was also a bit scared to use
the term VB6 on a .net group !! I didn't want to face the wrath :-s !!
"Fergus Cooney" <fi****@post.com> wrote in message
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Hi Nice Chap,

Lol, first time I've heard VB6 code called pseudo. ;-)

Regards,
Fergus

[VJ]

Thanks..

VJ

"Nice Chap" <Ni******@PlasmaDyne.com> wrote in message
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Here is some pseudo code

Dim oApp as Object '-- Word.Application
Set oApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
If Not oApp Is Nothing Then ' -- Means Word is Installed
MsgBox oApp.Version
Else
MsgBox "Oops Word is NOT installed :-("
End If

"VJ" <vi********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:u0**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi..

How do I find out if Microsoft Office is installed in the system I am
running my application?.. Also, can I determine the version of office and individually see if Word, Excel, are installed??

Vijay

[VJ]

Hi.. guys.. I found something in addition to what you mentioned... this is
the .NET way??

' Define the RegistryKey objects for the registry hives.
Dim regClasses As RegistryKey = Registry.ClassesRoot

' Check whether Microsoft Word is installed on this computer,
' by searching the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Application key.
Dim regWord As RegistryKey = regClasses.OpenSubKey("Word.Application")
If regWord Is Nothing Then
Console.WriteLine("Microsoft Word isn't installed")
Else
Console.WriteLine("Microsoft Word is installed")
End If
' Always close Registry keys after using them.
regWord.Close

VJ

"VJ" <vi********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:u0**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi..

How do I find out if Microsoft Office is installed in the system I am
running my application?.. Also, can I determine the version of office and
individually see if Word, Excel, are installed??

Vijay

[Cor]

thanks

[Fergus Cooney]

Hi Nice Chap,

LOL. I answered a VbScript question the other day. And no-one got dead or
even injured! ;-))

Regards,
Fergus

[Fergus Cooney]

Hi VJ,

Just to tie the two together:

Nice Chap's showed us
CreateObject ("Word.Application")

You showed us
Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey("Word.Application" )

CreateObject (sSomeObjectName) actually opens the Registry key:
"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\" & sSomeObjectName
in order to create the object (using the CLSID that's there).

Regards,
Fergus

[Nice Chap]

it must have been in the night then when there were no pliceman around ¦-)

"Fergus Cooney" <fi****@post.com> wrote in message
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Hi Nice Chap,

LOL. I answered a VbScript question the other day. And no-one got dead or even injured! ;-))

Regards,
Fergus