"Bob" <bduf***@sgiims.com> wrote in message
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>I have the follwing snippet of code, lets me find a document and then open
>it, but thw word application does not show up.
>
> I had similara to this in vb6 and it worked, but I can't get it to show in
> Vs2005 Vb.Net
>
> Can anyone tell me how to show the word application from within VB.net. I
> need this and I need to be able to add a new file.
> I'll have two diffrent menu items. the edit existing file and the add new
> word file menu.
> Here's the snippet I got for the Edit existing file, It doe something but
> doesn't show word on screen.
>
> Private Sub mnuOpenAndModWord_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e
> As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuOpenAndModWord.Click
>
> Dim Wordfolder As String
>
> Wordfolder = My.Settings.DefaultOriginalTextFilesFolders
>
> Me.ofdWordDoc.InitialDirectory = Wordfolder
>
> If ofdWordDoc.ShowDialog() = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
>
> Dim WordFile As String
>
> WordFile = Me.ofdWordDoc.FileName
>
> Me.Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor
>
> Dim word As New Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application
>
> Dim doc As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document
>
> Try
>
> doc = word.Documents.Open(WordFile)
>
> doc.Activate()
>
> Catch ex As COMException
>
> MessageBox.Show("Error accessing Word document.")
>
> End Try
>
> Me.Cursor = Cursors.Default
>
> Else
>
> End If
>
> End Sub
>
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated,
>
> Bob
>
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