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Trap WORD 'Send' and 'Print'
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craigsboyd
IS-IT--Management
you'd probably need to use some event binding - EventHandler() in order to do this, and if I'm not mistaken that didn't show up until VFP7.
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Mike Lewis
Programmer
Gogins,
As Craig says, the EventHandler() function would do this -- it lets you trap any event in a COM server -- but it is only available in VFP 7.0 or later.
Another possibility might be to add a macro to the Word document. The macro would write the required information (such as the date) to a "hidden" part of the document. That could be a comment, or simply a piece of text formatted with the same colour as the background. Your Automation code could then search for and read that text.
From what I know of your application, your users are creating documents on the fly, so the macro could not reside in the document itself. Instead, you could put it in a template, and your Automation code could then ensure that all new documents are based on that template. I can't give you much more information, because I'm not a Word macro expert, but I hope this will get you started.
Mike
Mike Lewis
Edinburgh, Scotland
My Visual Foxpro web site: My Crystal Reports web site:
As Craig says, the EventHandler() function would do this -- it lets you trap any event in a COM server -- but it is only available in VFP 7.0 or later.
Another possibility might be to add a macro to the Word document. The macro would write the required information (such as the date) to a "hidden" part of the document. That could be a comment, or simply a piece of text formatted with the same colour as the background. Your Automation code could then search for and read that text.
From what I know of your application, your users are creating documents on the fly, so the macro could not reside in the document itself. Instead, you could put it in a template, and your Automation code could then ensure that all new documents are based on that template. I can't give you much more information, because I'm not a Word macro expert, but I hope this will get you started.
Mike
Mike Lewis
Edinburgh, Scotland
My Visual Foxpro web site: My Crystal Reports web site:
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