DOCUMENT:Q178784  04-MAY-2001  [visualc]
TITLE   :HOWTO: Use Automation to Open and Print a Word Document
PRODUCT :Microsoft C Compiler
PROD/VER::5.0,6.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbinterop kbole kbMFC KbVBA kbVC500 kbVC600 kbWord kbOffice2000

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The information in this article applies to:

 - The Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), used with:
    - Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, versions 5.0, 6.0 
 - Microsoft Office XP Developer 
 - Microsoft Office 2000 Developer 
 - Microsoft Word 2002 
 - Microsoft Word 2000 
 - Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SUMMARY
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This article discusses how to use version 4.2 of the Microsoft Foundation Class
(MFC) library installed with Microsoft Visual C++ versions 5.0 and 6.0 to
automate opening and printing a Microsoft Word Document.

MORE INFORMATION
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You can copy the code in this article to the message handler function of an
event defined in an MFC .cpp file. However, the purpose of the code is to
illustrate the process of using the IDispatch interfaces and member functions
defined in the Msword8 type library. The primary benefit comes from reading and
understanding the code so that you can modify the example, or write code from
scratch to automate opening and printing a Microsoft Word 97 document.

Notes for Automating Microsoft Word 2000 and later:

Some methods and properties have changed for Microsoft Word 2000 and later. For
additional information about using the sample code described in this article
with the Microsoft Word 2000 and later type library, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   

   Q224925 INFO: Type Libraries for Office May Change with New Release

Steps to Create the Project
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1. In Microsoft Word, create a new document, add some text to the document, and
   save it as Test.doc. Close the document and exit Word.

2. Follow steps 1 through 12 in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article
   to create a sample project that uses the IDispatch interfaces and member
   functions defined in the MSWord8.olb type library:

   Q178749 HOWTO: Create an Automation Project Using MFC and a Type Library

3. At the top of the AutoProjectDlg.cpp, add the following line:

         #include "msword8.h" // msword9.h for Word 2000, msword.h for Word 2002

4. Add the following code to CAutoProjectDlg::OnRun() in the AutoProjectDLG.cpp
   file.

Sample Code
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          _Application objWord;

         // Convenient values declared as ColeVariants.
         COleVariant covTrue((short)TRUE),
                     covFalse((short)FALSE),
                     covOptional((long)DISP_E_PARAMNOTFOUND, VT_ERROR);

         // Get the IDispatch pointer and attach it to the objWord object.
         if (!objWord.CreateDispatch("Word.Application"))
         {
            AfxMessageBox("Couldn't get Word object.");
            return;
         }

         objWord.SetVisible(TRUE);  //This shows the application.

         Documents docs(objWord.GetDocuments());
         _Document testDoc;

         testDoc.AttachDispatch(docs.Open(
                                COleVariant("C:\\Test.doc",VT_BSTR),
                                covFalse,    // Confirm Conversion.
                                covFalse,    // ReadOnly.
                                covFalse,    // AddToRecentFiles.
                                covOptional, // PasswordDocument.
                                covOptional, // PasswordTemplate.
                                covFalse,    // Revert.
                                covOptional, // WritePasswordDocument.
                                covOptional, // WritePasswordTemplate.
                                covOptional) // Format. // Last argument for Word 97
                                   covOptional, // Encoding // New for Word 2000/2002
                                   covTrue,     // Visible
                                   covOptional, // OpenConflictDocument
                                   covOptional, // OpenAndRepair
                                   (long)0,     // DocumentDirection wdDocumentDirection LeftToRight
                                   covOptional  // NoEncodingDialog
                                   )  // Close Open parameters
                                   ); // Close AttachDispatch(?)

          AfxMessageBox("Now printing 2 copies on the active printer");

          testDoc.PrintOut(covFalse,              // Background.
                           covOptional,           // Append.
                           covOptional,           // Range.
                           covOptional,           // OutputFileName.
                           covOptional,           // From.
                           covOptional,           // To.
                           covOptional,           // Item.
                           COleVariant((long)2),  // Copies.
                           covOptional,           // Pages.
                           covOptional,           // PageType.
                           covOptional,           // PrintToFile.
                           covOptional,           // Collate.
                           covOptional,           // ActivePrinterMacGX.
                           covOptional            // ManualDuplexPrint.
                           covOptional,           // PrintZoomColumn  New with Word 2002
                           covOptional,           // PrintZoomRow          ditto
                           covOptional,           // PrintZoomPaperWidth   ditto
                           covOptional);          // PrintZoomPaperHeight  ditto

          // If you wish to Print Preview the document rather than print it,
          // you can use the PrintPreview member function instead of the
          // PrintOut member function:
          //    testDoc[i].PrintPreview.

         objWord.Quit(covFalse,  // SaveChanges.
                      covTrue,   // OriginalFormat.
                      covFalse   // RouteDocument.
                      );

5. You may need to modify the code in CAutoProjectDlg::OnRun() to indicate the
   correct path for your document Test.doc. The document is referenced in the
   following line:

         testDoc.AttachDispatch(docs.Open(
                               COleVariant("C:\\My Docs\\Test.doc",VT_BSTR)...

REFERENCES
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For additional information about the Automation of Office applications, click
the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Q222101 HOWTO: Find and Use Office Object Model Documentation

Or visit the following Microsoft Web site:

   http://support.microsoft.com/support/officedev/automation.asp

Additional query words: IDispatch Word 8.0 Word8 Word97 x

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Keywords          : kbinterop kbole kbMFC KbVBA kbVC500 kbVC600 kbWord kbOffice2000 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbMFC
Version           : :5.0,6.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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