jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Mon Feb 4 09:42:20 CST 2008
Jim, I think I have a pointer to Word. Obviously Word can be opened already, and I am not entirely sure what happens in all the various cases but my intent is to grab a pointer and use that to keep my instance open, and to control the close later on. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Hewson Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 10:14 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Automation of word John, I'm not sure I would even attempt to control another's machine to ensure Word doesn't close. There might be a few irate users, if you do that. I would probably give the user a message indicating that closing Word would not create the desired results and then ask the user if that their intent. Maybe put the message is something like yellow letters on a red background so they couldn't mistake it for a standard MS message. Jim jhewson at karta.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 8:49 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: [AccessD] Automation of word I have a rather elaborate mail merge system in a client's system. ATM I open the document, merge the date and the user takes over, filling in things that they need to fill in, then printing and closing the word instance. It works well enough however I do not control the save of the document, and very occasionally Word does not close cleanly, leaving a hidden instance open WITH the associated merge text document open as well, preventing the next merge from occurring. I need to know if it is possible to open word in a mode that prevents it from being closed by the user? I would then have the user go back to my application and press a button saying that they succeeded in doing the mail merge. I would save the document and close Word down. Can I prevent the user from closing Word? John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com