[AccessD] Open Word Document

Andy Lacey andy at minstersystems.co.uk
Wed Nov 5 16:17:34 CST 2003


Hi Virginia

With the Word libray referencec it's

objWord.Close wdDoNotSaveChanges

Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of 
> Hollis,Virginia
> Sent: 05 November 2003 21:09
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] Open Word Document
> 
> 
> Perfect, thanks.
> 
> When you open a document in Word is there anyway to prevent 
> it from asking if you want to save changes? Why does it show 
> the Save message when no changes have been made - only opened 
> the document? I have noticed Excel does the same thing, 
> always wanting to save changes.
> 
> Va.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Carbonnell [mailto:Bryan_Carbonnell at cbc.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 2:45 PM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Open Word Document
> 
> 
> Here is some Quick & Dirty code:
> 
> dim objWord as Object
> 
> set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
> objWord.visible = true
> 
> objWord.Documents.Open "C:\FullPath\to\DocToOpen.doc",,True
> 
> set objWord = Nothing
> 
> No references to the Word TypeLibrary are needed.
> 
> THe True in this line:
> objWord.Documents.Open "C:\FullPath\to\DocToOpen.doc",,True
> 
> Tells Word to open the document as read only.
> 
> Bryan Carbonnell
> bryan_carbonnell at cbc.ca
> 
> >>> HollisVJ at pgdp.usec.com 05-Nov-03 3:28:55 PM >>>
> How do you open a Word Document from a form?
>  
> I have an instruction guide in Word that I would like to 
> access from a form & have the Word document open Read Only. I 
> tried a hyperlink, but could not find the properties to open 
> the document read-only. I know I could set the document 
> properties to read-only, but looking for a different way to 
> open and set the properties.
>  
> Virginia
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