Fill Word-template fields

[steven]

Hello,

I've created a Word-template for a letter. I've made some fields in the
template (such as 'customer number', 'name', ...) as follows: insert
field - DocVariabele with name 'customer number' and 'name'. Now I want
to fill these fields from my application and print them:


Dim myWord As New Word.Applicatio n
myWord.Document s.Add("c:\templ ate.dot")
'fill the fields
'...
'print
myWord.ActiveDo cument.PrintOut ()
myWord.Quit(Wor d.WdSaveOptions .wdDoNotSaveCha nges)


So what code is needed before I print the document to fill my template
fields?

Thanks

Steven

[Robin Tucker]

Re: Fill Word-template fields

You can read/write the document variables collection. Something like this:
(might not be exactly like this!):


For i as Integer = 0 To TheDocument.Var iables.Count


Select Case theDocument.Var iables.Item(i). Name

Case "a_name"

theDocument.Var iables.Item(i). Value = "test"

End Select


Next


Something to note: make sure you clean up all references correctly :)


"steven" <user@example.n et> wrote in message
news:e6DifecxFH A.1168@TK2MSFTN GP15.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> I've created a Word-template for a letter. I've made some fields in the
> template (such as 'customer number', 'name', ...) as follows: insert
> field - DocVariabele with name 'customer number' and 'name'. Now I want to
> fill these fields from my application and print them:
>
>
> Dim myWord As New Word.Applicatio n
> myWord.Document s.Add("c:\templ ate.dot")
> 'fill the fields
> '...
> 'print
> myWord.ActiveDo cument.PrintOut ()
> myWord.Quit(Wor d.WdSaveOptions .wdDoNotSaveCha nges)
>
>
> So what code is needed before I print the document to fill my template
> fields?
>
> Thanks
>
> Steven[/color]

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Fill Word-template fields

"steven" <user@example.n et> schrieb:[color=blue]
> Dim myWord As New Word.Applicatio n
> myWord.Document s.Add("c:\templ ate.dot")
> 'fill the fields
> '...
> 'print
> myWord.ActiveDo cument.PrintOut ()
> myWord.Quit(Wor d.WdSaveOptions .wdDoNotSaveCha nges)
>
> So what code is needed before I print the document to fill my template
> fields?[/color]

\\\
Option Strict Off
..
..
..
Dim WordApp As Object = CreateObject("W ord.Application ")
Dim WordDoc As Object = WordApp.Documen ts.Open("C:\Hal lo.doc")
WordDoc.FormFie lds("Text1").Re sult = "Bla"
WordDoc.Save()
WordDoc.Close()
WordApp.Quit()
///

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[steven]

Re: Fill Word-template fields

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] wrote:[color=blue]
> "steven" <user@example.n et> schrieb:
>[color=green]
>> Dim myWord As New Word.Applicatio n
>> myWord.Document s.Add("c:\templ ate.dot")
>> 'fill the fields
>> '...
>> 'print
>> myWord.ActiveDo cument.PrintOut ()
>> myWord.Quit(Wor d.WdSaveOptions .wdDoNotSaveCha nges)
>>
>> So what code is needed before I print the document to fill my template
>> fields?[/color]
>
>
> \\\
> Option Strict Off
> .
> .
> .
> Dim WordApp As Object = CreateObject("W ord.Application ")
> Dim WordDoc As Object = WordApp.Documen ts.Open("C:\Hal lo.doc")
> WordDoc.FormFie lds("Text1").Re sult = "Bla"
> WordDoc.Save()
> WordDoc.Close()
> WordApp.Quit()
> ///
>[/color]

Thanks for the tip, but my document doesn't seem to have any items in
the 'FormFields' property, and neither does the 'Fields' and the
'Variables' property. Are there any other properties to look at?

Thanks in advance.

Steven

[steven]

Re: Fill Word-template fields

Robin Tucker wrote:
[color=blue]
> You can read/write the document variables collection. Something like this:
> (might not be exactly like this!):
>
>
> For i as Integer = 0 To TheDocument.Var iables.Count
> Select Case theDocument.Var iables.Item(i). Name
> Case "a_name"
> theDocument.Var iables.Item(i). Value = "test"
> End Select
> Next
>
>
> Something to note: make sure you clean up all references correctly :)
>[/color]

Thanks for the tip, but my document doesn't seem to have any items in
the 'Variables' property, and neither does the 'Fields' and the
'FormFields' property. Are there any other properties to look at?

Thanks in advance.

Steven

[steven]

Re: Fill Word-template fields

Thanks, that worked (eventually) great.

Steven

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] wrote:[color=blue]
> "steven" <user@example.n et> schrieb:
>[color=green]
>> Dim myWord As New Word.Applicatio n
>> myWord.Document s.Add("c:\templ ate.dot")
>> 'fill the fields
>> '...
>> 'print
>> myWord.ActiveDo cument.PrintOut ()
>> myWord.Quit(Wor d.WdSaveOptions .wdDoNotSaveCha nges)
>>
>> So what code is needed before I print the document to fill my template
>> fields?[/color]
>
>
> \\\
> Option Strict Off
> .
> .
> .
> Dim WordApp As Object = CreateObject("W ord.Application ")
> Dim WordDoc As Object = WordApp.Documen ts.Open("C:\Hal lo.doc")
> WordDoc.FormFie lds("Text1").Re sult = "Bla"
> WordDoc.Save()
> WordDoc.Close()
> WordApp.Quit()
> ///
>[/color]