OLE Automation with MS Word

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Environment: VC++ 6.0, NT 4.0, Win95/98

Here is a code sample of OLE Automation. The project accepts two folders as Source PATH and Destination PATH. It opens each Document file in the Source Path and Checks for bookmarks which start with P, if it finds one, it will create a new file using the bookmarked contents.

Steps:

• Create a Dialog Project with MFC App Wizard, Tick the Automation support checkbox.
• Open Class Wizard, Goto Automation tab,
• Select Add Class
• Select From a type Library
• Select the file MSWORD*.OLD, where * can be anything depending on the Office installed on the machine.
• From the List select the classes _Application, _Document, Documents, Bookmarks, Bookmark, Range and Selection.
• Add two variables m_SourcePath and m_DestinationPath as CString to the EditBoxes in the Dialog.
• In the Ellipsis1 add the following Code

  void CWord1Dlg::OnEllipsis1()
  {
     BROWSEINFO browseInfo;
     browseInfo.hwndOwner = NULL ;
     browseInfo.pidlRoot = NULL;
     browseInfo.lpszTitle = "Enter The Source Path";
     browseInfo.ulFlags = 0 ;
     browseInfo.lpfn = NULL;
     browseInfo.lParam = 0;
  
     LPITEMIDLIST lpItemIDList;
     if ((lpItemIDList = ::SHBrowseForFolder(&browseInfo))!= NULL)
     {
        SHGetPathFromIDList(lpItemIDList,m_SourcePath.GetBuffer(256));
        UpdateData(FALSE);
     }
  }
  

• In the Ellipsis2 add the following Code

  void CWord1Dlg::OnEllipsis2()
  {
     BROWSEINFO browseInfo;
     browseInfo.hwndOwner = NULL ;
     browseInfo.pidlRoot = NULL;
     browseInfo.lpszTitle = "Enter The Destination Path";
     browseInfo.ulFlags = 0 ;
     browseInfo.lpfn = NULL;
     browseInfo.lParam = 0;
  
     LPITEMIDLIST lpItemIDList;
     if ((lpItemIDList =
            ::SHBrowseForFolder(&browseInfo))!= NULL)
     {
        SHGetPathFromIDList(lpItemIDList,
                            m_DestinationPath.GetBuffer(256));
        UpdateData(FALSE);
     }
  }

• Add the following code to the Spli Button

  void CWord1Dlg::OnSplitbutton()
  {
     COleVariant m_True( (short)TRUE),
                         m_False((short)FALSE),
                         m_Long((long)DISP_E_PARAMNOTFOUND,
                         VT_ERROR);
  
     long startPos,endPos,m_LoopVar;
  
     BOOL m_FoundTheFile;
  
     CString m_FileName;
  
     UpdateData(TRUE);
     if(m_SourcePath=="" || m_DestinationPath =="")
     {
        MessageBox("Either Source Or Destination Path is Invalid",
                   "Easy Split Error",
                   MB_ICONINFORMATION);
        return;
     }
  
     _Application appObj;
  
     if(!appObj.CreateDispatch("Word.Application"))
     {
        AfxMessageBox("Coud Not Create The Application Object");
     }
  
     appObj.SetVisible(FALSE);
     Documents docsObj(appObj.GetDocuments());
     _Document docObj,tempDocObj;
     CFileFind m_FileFind;
     m_FoundTheFile = m_FileFind.FindFile(m_SourcePath+"\\*.doc");
  
     while(m_FoundTheFile)
     {
        m_FoundTheFile=m_FileFind.FindNextFile();
              docObj.AttachDispatch(docsObj.Open(
                  COleVariant(m_FileFind.GetFilePath()),
                  m_False,
                  m_False,
                  m_False,
                  m_Long,
                  m_Long,
                  m_False,
                  m_Long,
                  m_Long,
                  m_Long  ));
  
        Bookmarks m_Books(docObj.GetBookmarks());
  
        Bookmark m_Book;
  
        Selection selObj(appObj.GetSelection());
  
        startPos=0;
        endPos=0;
  
        for(m_LoopVar=1;m_LoopVar<= m_Books.GetCount();m_LoopVar++)
        {
           startPos=endPos ;
           docObj.Activate();
           m_Book.AttachDispatch(m_Books.Item(COleVariant(m_LoopVar)));
  
           if(m_Book.GetName().GetAt(0)!='P')
              continue;
  
           endPos= m_Book.GetEnd();
           selObj.AttachDispatch(appObj.GetSelection());
           selObj.SetRange(startPos,endPos);
           selObj.Copy();
           docsObj.Add(m_Long , m_Long );
           selObj.AttachDispatch(appObj.GetSelection());
           selObj.Paste();
           tempDocObj.AttachDispatch(appObj.GetActiveDocument());
           m_FileName.Format("%s%d.doc",
                   m_DestinationPath+"\\"+m_FileFind.GetFileTitle(),
                             m_LoopVar);
  
           tempDocObj.SaveAs( COleVariant(m_FileName),
                              m_Long,
                              m_False,
                              COleVariant(""),
                              m_True,
                              COleVariant(""),
                              m_False,
                              m_False,
                              m_False,
                              m_False,
                              m_False);
           selObj.Shrink();
           m_Book.DetachDispatch();
        }
     }
  
     tempDocObj.Close(m_Long,m_Long,m_Long);
     docObj.Close(m_Long,m_Long,m_Long);
     docsObj.Close(m_Long,m_Long,m_Long);
     appObj.Quit(m_Long,m_Long,m_Long);
     m_FileFind.Close();
     MessageBox( "Completed Successfully",
                 "Easy Split",
                 MB_ICONINFORMATION);
  }
  

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