vbscript, Word from an ASP

Word from an ASP

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Karen F #1 / 5	Word from an ASP I have 2 problems invoking word from VBScript. 1. I cannot get Word to appear on the screen. I know Word has been invoked by viewing NT task manager, but it does not appear despite a visible statement. Here is my code: set objWD = CreateObject("Word.Application.8") objWd.Visible = true 2. I cannot open an existing document. Here are 3 examples of different ways I've tried to open documents & the resulting error messages. I've tried a variety of document names that I know exist. I've also tried running this code in VB & all 3 examples work fine. Dim DocName DocName = "c:test.doc" set objWdDoc = objWD.Documents.Open(FileName:=DocName) Microsoft VBScript compilation error '800a03ee' Expected ')' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Dim DocName DocName = "c:test.doc" set objWdDoc = objWD.Documents.Open(DocName) Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d' Type mismatch: 'objWD.Documents.Open' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ set objWdDoc = objWD.Documents.Open("c:test.doc") Microsoft Word error '800a1436' This file could not be found. Try one or more of the following: * Check the spelling of the name of the document. * Try a different file name. (C:TEST.DOC)
Sun, 22 Jul 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Allan Bo J?rgense #2 / 5	Word from an ASP Your first way of attempting to open the existing document is bound to fail, since it uses the VBA parameter scheme (the := thing), which is NOT supported in VBScript. Why the second one fails is beyond me, but the last looks promising - at least it gets thorugh to Word and has that program attempt to open the file. I think your problem is that you use c:test.doc, which tells the filesystem to search for test.doc in the CURRENT (read: current for the executing process) directory. If it's located in the root of the c: drive, you should use c:\test.doc instead. Hope this helps, - Allan Quote: >I have 2 problems invoking word from VBscript. >1. I cannot get Word to appear on the screen. I know Word has been >invoked by viewing NT task manager, but it does not appear despite a visible >statement. Here is my code: >set objWD = CreateObject("Word.Application.8") >objWd.Visible = true >2. I cannot open an existing document. Here are 3 examples of different >ways I've tried to open documents & the resulting error messages. I've >tried a variety of document names that I know exist. I've also tried >running this code in VB & all 3 examples work fine. >Dim DocName >DocName = "c:test.doc" >set objWdDoc = objWD.Documents.Open(FileName:=DocName) >Microsoft VBScript compilation error '800a03ee' >Expected ')' >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - >------ >Dim DocName >DocName = "c:test.doc" >set objWdDoc = objWD.Documents.Open(DocName) >Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d' >Type mismatch: 'objWD.Documents.Open' >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - >------ >set objWdDoc = objWD.Documents.Open("c:test.doc") >Microsoft Word error '800a1436' >This file could not be found. Try one or more of the following: * Check the >spelling of the name of the document. * Try a different file name. >(C:TEST.DOC)
Sun, 22 Jul 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Microsoft Scripting D #3 / 5	Word from an ASP 1) I have no idea why this wouldn't work -- that works just fine on my machine. 2) VBScript doesn't support the ":=" syntax for named arguments -- you need to pass all the arguments in the correct order as defined in the documentation for the Open method. Eric Quote: > I have 2 problems invoking word from VBscript. > 1. I cannot get Word to appear on the screen. I know Word has been > invoked by viewing NT task manager, but it does not appear despite a visible > statement. Here is my code: > set objWD = CreateObject("Word.Application.8") > objWd.Visible = true > 2. I cannot open an existing document. Here are 3 examples of different > ways I've tried to open documents & the resulting error messages. I've > tried a variety of document names that I know exist. I've also tried > running this code in VB & all 3 examples work fine. > Dim DocName > DocName = "c:test.doc" > set objWdDoc = objWD.Documents.Open(FileName:=DocName) > Microsoft VBScript compilation error '800a03ee' > Expected ')' > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ------ > Dim DocName > DocName = "c:test.doc" > set objWdDoc = objWD.Documents.Open(DocName) > Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d' > Type mismatch: 'objWD.Documents.Open' > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ------ > set objWdDoc = objWD.Documents.Open("c:test.doc") > Microsoft Word error '800a1436' > This file could not be found. Try one or more of the following: * Check the > spelling of the name of the document. * Try a different file name. > (C:TEST.DOC)
Sun, 22 Jul 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Karen F #4 / 5	Word from an ASP I resolved my own problem - but for anyone else out there who may have the same problem here's what I discovered: 1. objWd.Visible = true worked once I moved it to a client side script block 2. set objWdDoc = objWD.Documents.Open(DocName) works if DocName is the actual document name (excluding any path). If the document to be opened is not in the default directory, the following line of code is required prior to the .open statement: objWd.ChangeFileOpenDirectory "C:\"
Sun, 22 Jul 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Microsoft Scripting D #5 / 5	Word from an ASP Oh, you were trying to start word on the _server_? That's never going to work -- the web server is not allowed to create applications that have user interfaces. (Suppose you were serving a hundred pages a second -- would you want a hundred copies of Word to start up per second? I think not.) Eric Quote: > I resolved my own problem - but for anyone else out there who may have the > same problem here's what I discovered: > 1. objWd.Visible = true worked once I moved it to a client side > script block > 2. set objWdDoc = objWD.Documents.Open(DocName) works if DocName is the > actual document name (excluding any path). If the document to be opened is > not in the default directory, the following line of code is required prior > to the .open statement: > objWd.ChangeFileOpenDirectory "C:\"
Sun, 22 Jul 2001 03:00:00 GMT

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