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System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetActiveObject
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stnkyminky
Programmer
After testing your code....it appears that it will interact with an Office document not created by your application.
If multiple instances of word is open and myWordObj.Quit(false) is called....all of the instances are closed.
Also it seems that the instance that has or had focus last will receive the commands. i.e. Insert Text,etc
Scott
Programmer Analyst
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If multiple instances of word is open and myWordObj.Quit(false) is called....all of the instances are closed.
Also it seems that the instance that has or had focus last will receive the commands. i.e. Insert Text,etc
Scott
Programmer Analyst
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Thanks, Scott.
Is there any way to know if an existing Word process belongs to "this" thread ?
Actually I am running word automation on server using multiple threads. (Each thread is working on an instance of Word.) And I notice that word doesn't always close down when I call Quit and set the reference to Nothing. So I was trying to see if I could kill it.... without harming the other instances...!
Any thoughts, suggestions, ... ?
TIA,
Sheila
Is there any way to know if an existing Word process belongs to "this" thread ?
Actually I am running word automation on server using multiple threads. (Each thread is working on an instance of Word.) And I notice that word doesn't always close down when I call Quit and set the reference to Nothing. So I was trying to see if I could kill it.... without harming the other instances...!
Any thoughts, suggestions, ... ?
TIA,
Sheila
JohnYingling
Programmer
Have you done a ReleasComObject.
' Assuming myWordobj holds a reference to ComInterop object
myWordObj.Quit(false)
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(myWordObj)
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' Assuming myWordobj holds a reference to ComInterop object
myWordObj.Quit(false)
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(myWordObj)
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Yes, JohnYingling.
I tried:
myWordObj.Quit(false)
and also:
myWordObj.Quit(Word.WdSaveOptions.wdDoNotSaveChanges)
..with:
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(myWordObj)
myWordObj = Nothing
GC.Collect()
and also:
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers()
Also, reinstalled Word on the machine.. with the required patches... !
Some of the Word instances disappear on Quit. Some stay on .. from 1 or 2 to several minutes... 10 - 15 or more!
I tried:
myWordObj.Quit(false)
and also:
myWordObj.Quit(Word.WdSaveOptions.wdDoNotSaveChanges)
..with:
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(myWordObj)
myWordObj = Nothing
GC.Collect()
and also:
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers()
Also, reinstalled Word on the machine.. with the required patches... !
Some of the Word instances disappear on Quit. Some stay on .. from 1 or 2 to several minutes... 10 - 15 or more!
JohnYingling
Programmer
OK. I believe that the Release is needed, but I do not "know" that, except that with the Interops I have generated for COM Dlls we must use to communicate with an Application Service Provider. Without "release", strange things happen.
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