Word.BuiltInDocumentProperties("NUMBER OF LINES")

[Jeffrey Bradshaw]

Hey everybody,
I've got a VB.NET program that is trying to access a Word document and I'm
having all kinds of trouble. First on is the above. I'm trying to get the
number of lines in the document and when I try
docWord.BuiltInDocumentProperties("NUMBER OF LINES") it returns an Object.
When I look in the debugger, it is of type {System.__ComObject} and appears
to have no values. When I get the type - it says the same thing. How can I
get at the actual value?

Are there any good websites about using the office objects in .NET?
Everything I've seen so far seems to be oriented to VBA which is not what
I'm using.

TIA - Jeffrey.

[Jerry]

Jeffrey,

The way I figured it out was to set up a project with debug and take a look
at the word documents object. Drilling down through the different levels
will be an enlightening experience. Word documents have very complex data
structures.
You might also try writing one out as an XML document and studying it as an
XML text document. Have fun.

Regards

"Jeffrey Bradshaw" <Je**************@Dictaphone.comNOSPAM> wrote in message
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Hey everybody,
I've got a VB.NET program that is trying to access a Word document and I'm
having all kinds of trouble. First on is the above. I'm trying to get the
number of lines in the document and when I try
docWord.BuiltInDocumentProperties("NUMBER OF LINES") it returns an Object.
When I look in the debugger, it is of type {System.__ComObject} and appears to have no values. When I get the type - it says the same thing. How can I
get at the actual value?

Are there any good websites about using the office objects in .NET?
Everything I've seen so far seems to be oriented to VBA which is not what
I'm using.

TIA - Jeffrey.

[Jeffrey Bradshaw]

Jerry,
Thanks I guess but that doesn't help. I've already been through the debugger
and looked at the assorted properties. BuildInDocumentProperties is of type
System.__ComObject and doesn't appear to have anything in it.

Any help anybody can give would be greatly appreciated.

JB.
"Jerry" <Je*********@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Jeffrey,

The way I figured it out was to set up a project with debug and take a look at the word documents object. Drilling down through the different levels
will be an enlightening experience. Word documents have very complex data
structures.
You might also try writing one out as an XML document and studying it as an XML text document. Have fun.

Regards

"Jeffrey Bradshaw" <Je**************@Dictaphone.comNOSPAM> wrote in message news:u8**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Hey everybody,
I've got a VB.NET program that is trying to access a Word document and I'm having all kinds of trouble. First on is the above. I'm trying to get the number of lines in the document and when I try
docWord.BuiltInDocumentProperties("NUMBER OF LINES") it returns an Object. When I look in the debugger, it is of type {System.__ComObject} and

appears

to have no values. When I get the type - it says the same thing. How can I get at the actual value?

Are there any good websites about using the office objects in .NET?
Everything I've seen so far seems to be oriented to VBA which is not what I'm using.

TIA - Jeffrey.

[Jerry]

Jeffrey,

And you have tried iterating over the collection of sections?

"Jeffrey Bradshaw" <Je**************@Dictaphone.comNOSPAM> wrote in message
news:eC**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Jerry,
Thanks I guess but that doesn't help. I've already been through the debugger and looked at the assorted properties. BuildInDocumentProperties is of type System.__ComObject and doesn't appear to have anything in it.

Any help anybody can give would be greatly appreciated.

JB.
"Jerry" <Je*********@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Jeffrey,

The way I figured it out was to set up a project with debug and take a look

at the word documents object. Drilling down through the different levels
will be an enlightening experience. Word documents have very complex data

structures.
You might also try writing one out as an XML document and studying it as

an

XML text document. Have fun.

Regards

"Jeffrey Bradshaw" <Je**************@Dictaphone.comNOSPAM> wrote in

message

news:u8**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Hey everybody,
I've got a VB.NET program that is trying to access a Word document and

I'm having all kinds of trouble. First on is the above. I'm trying to get the number of lines in the document and when I try
docWord.BuiltInDocumentProperties("NUMBER OF LINES") it returns an Object. When I look in the debugger, it is of type {System.__ComObject} and

appears

to have no values. When I get the type - it says the same thing. How

can I get at the actual value?

Are there any good websites about using the office objects in .NET?
Everything I've seen so far seems to be oriented to VBA which is not what I'm using.

TIA - Jeffrey.

[Jeffrey Bradshaw]

Jerry,
If you go into the sections object of a Word document, there is no BuildIn
properties type thing (or at least it's not listed in the code window when
you start typing in the sections.)

Any other ideas?

JB.

"Jerry" <Je*********@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Jeffrey,

And you have tried iterating over the collection of sections?

"Jeffrey Bradshaw" <Je**************@Dictaphone.comNOSPAM> wrote in message news:eC**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Jerry,
Thanks I guess but that doesn't help. I've already been through the

debugger

and looked at the assorted properties. BuildInDocumentProperties is of

type

System.__ComObject and doesn't appear to have anything in it.

Any help anybody can give would be greatly appreciated.

JB.
"Jerry" <Je*********@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Jeffrey,

The way I figured it out was to set up a project with debug and take a

look

at the word documents object. Drilling down through the different levels will be an enlightening experience. Word documents have very complex data structures.
You might also try writing one out as an XML document and studying it

as an

XML text document. Have fun.

Regards

"Jeffrey Bradshaw" <Je**************@Dictaphone.comNOSPAM> wrote in

message

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> Hey everybody,
> I've got a VB.NET program that is trying to access a Word document

and I'm

> having all kinds of trouble. First on is the above. I'm trying to

get the

> number of lines in the document and when I try
> docWord.BuiltInDocumentProperties("NUMBER OF LINES") it returns an

Object.

> When I look in the debugger, it is of type {System.__ComObject} and
appears
> to have no values. When I get the type - it says the same thing. How

can

I

> get at the actual value?
>
> Are there any good websites about using the office objects in .NET?
> Everything I've seen so far seems to be oriented to VBA which is not

what

> I'm using.
>
> TIA - Jeffrey.
>
>

[Paul Clement]

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 18:08:46 -0500, "Jeffrey Bradshaw" <Je**************@Dictaphone.comNOSPAM>
wrote:

¤ Hey everybody,
¤ I've got a VB.NET program that is trying to access a Word document and I'm
¤ having all kinds of trouble. First on is the above. I'm trying to get the
¤ number of lines in the document and when I try
¤ docWord.BuiltInDocumentProperties("NUMBER OF LINES") it returns an Object.
¤ When I look in the debugger, it is of type {System.__ComObject} and appears
¤ to have no values. When I get the type - it says the same thing. How can I
¤ get at the actual value?
¤

You probably need to specify the Value property:

docWord.BuiltInDocumentProperties("NUMBER OF LINES").Value
Paul ~~~ pc******@ameritech.net
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)