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Nimeshika
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10 years ago
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How to get color of text present in MS word 2010 using jscript?

Hello,

        I have  a TextObject in MS Word 2010. I want to validate that the text is is in black. I could text using text recognition.

      The foreground property was not available in the properties list.

   Can someone help me in how i can validate that the text is in Black color?

 

I have attached the screen shot of available methods and poperties of the text object.

 

Properties.PNG

 

 

Method.PNG

 

 

 

 

  • HKosova's avatar
    HKosova
    10 years ago

    Hi Nimeshika,

    You can use Word's COM interface to check text color. You'll need to get a Range object corresponding to the text, and then check its Font.ColorIndex property.

     

    function Test()
{
      // The file name and text to check
      var strFileName = "C:\\Users\\helen\\Desktop\\Document1.docx";
  var strText = "No PATIENT ALLERGY";

  // Color constants
  var wdBlack = 1;
  var wdAuto = 0;  // Automatic color; usually black

  // Open the file in Word
  var oWord = Sys.OleObject("Word.Application")
  oWord.Visible = true;
  var oDoc = oWord.Documents.Open(strFileName);

  // Find text in the file
  var oContent = oDoc.Content;
  if (oContent.Find.Execute(strText))
  {
    // Check the text color
    var color = oContent.Font.ColorIndex;
    if ((color == wdBlack) || (color == wdAuto))
      Log.Checkpoint("Text color is black.");
    else
      Log.Error("Text color is NOT black.");
  }
  else
  {
    Log.Error("Text not found.");
  }

  oDoc.Close();
  oWord.Quit();
}

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  • HKosova's avatar
    HKosova
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    10 years ago

    Hi Nimeshika,

    You can use Word's COM interface to check text color. You'll need to get a Range object corresponding to the text, and then check its Font.ColorIndex property.

     

    function Test()
{
      // The file name and text to check
      var strFileName = "C:\\Users\\helen\\Desktop\\Document1.docx";
  var strText = "No PATIENT ALLERGY";

  // Color constants
  var wdBlack = 1;
  var wdAuto = 0;  // Automatic color; usually black

  // Open the file in Word
  var oWord = Sys.OleObject("Word.Application")
  oWord.Visible = true;
  var oDoc = oWord.Documents.Open(strFileName);

  // Find text in the file
  var oContent = oDoc.Content;
  if (oContent.Find.Execute(strText))
  {
    // Check the text color
    var color = oContent.Font.ColorIndex;
    if ((color == wdBlack) || (color == wdAuto))
      Log.Checkpoint("Text color is black.");
    else
      Log.Error("Text color is NOT black.");
  }
  else
  {
    Log.Error("Text not found.");
  }

  oDoc.Close();
  oWord.Quit();
}
    • Nimeshika's avatar
      Nimeshika
      Contributor
      10 years ago

      Hello Helen Kosova,

                    Thanks for the solution. But when i tried executing the above code I got a runtime error saying 'Range.Font' is null or not an object.

      I am attaching the screen shot of the error.

       

      Can that error be resolved?

      Or is there any alternative method to fetch the text color from MS Word?

       

      MS_WordError.PNG

      • HKosova's avatar
        HKosova
        SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
        10 years ago

        I've updated the code above - could you please try again?