Take advantage of Intellisense - VFP7 and VFP8 1

[ramani]

In the command window, if you type
oWord=CREATEOBJECT(&quot;word.application&quot <ENTER>
The moment you type oWord. intellisense kicks in and provides the available choices for the object created o.

But, when you are in code editor or in a PRG editing window, the same does not happen.
oWord =CREATEOBJECT(&quot;word.application&quot
oWord. nothing happens..

However, if you want the same advantage as in code editor... then.. follow the simple trick..

LOCAL oWord AS &quot;word.application&quot;
oWord=CREATEOBJECT(&quot;word.application&quot
oWord. The intellisense starts helping you.



ramani
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[Mike Gagnon]

Ramani

One word to add to this, is even though intellisense kicks in, in a program (or a funtion) after the first line , the instance of Word or Excel is not actually created, so in order to code for automation you would still need to use

LOCAL oWord AS word.application && No quotation marks required
oWord=CREATEOBJECT("word.application") && You still need this line, for automation to work

oWord. The intellisense starts helping you.



Mike Gagnon

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[ramani]

Yes you are right. Mike.. oWOrd=CREATEOBJECT(&quot;...&quot is required... and I have that line in my sample code. Your explanation clears any doubt one may get.

However, to explain more precisely ..
LOCAL oWord AS &quot;word.application&quot; with or without quotation will work. And without quotes, it saves that much effort.

ramani
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