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vthomeschoolmom
Super Contributor
13 years ago

MS Word automation and getting to the objects

Does anyone have examples of the very BASICS of interacting with MS Word objects with TC? I would like to know how to get a handle on the Selection object of the current selection in the currently ope...
  • HKosova's avatar
    HKosova
    8 years ago
    dasabaja wrote:

    After implementing the line that opens the document I got a different error.

    TypeError
WordDoc.Variables is not a function
Error location:
Unit: "HR\HR SmartTemplates\Script\Unit1"
Line: 8 Column: 26.

    Any hints on what this might be?

    Change Variables("Group") to Variables.Item("Group"). The former is VBA/VBScript syntax, but in other languages you need to use the .Item() method to access collection items in MS Office COM objects.

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irina_lukina
Super Contributor
13 years ago

Hi Lane,


I recommend that you perform your validations via COM. All MS Office applications provide very convenient and deep access to their documents this way, so you should be able to check anything you want. To obtain a COM object, use the Sys.OleObject property (for example, to obtain MS Word, use word = Sys.OleObject("Word.Application")).


To find out which objects, properties and methods you should use to work with the Microsoft Word application, see the http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa221371(v=office.11).aspx MSDN article.