Try recording a macro which does what you want, then implement that macro in
LV.
"David Thomson" wrote in message
news:393E6198.3A2E3AA4@al.noaa.gov...
> I need to generate a formatted document in Word from within LabVIEW.
> I've got most of it working, starting from an example NI had on their
> web site. I am having trouble getting text formatted (bold, for
> example) inside a table.
> From what I can see, to format text, you need to specify the Range of
> a Selection. Range is specified with Start and Stop, in units of
> characters from the beginning of the document. When just doing plain
> text, I can use the Count method for the Document to find out where I
> am. But once I create a table, the table uses hidden characters to
> define itself. Since Count returns all the characters in the document,
> there is no way to calculate a Start and End for a position inside the
> table.
> It seems like there should be some method for returning the current
> insertion position in characters from the beginning of the file, but I
> sure can't find it.
> Can anyone give me a pointer on how to specify a Start and End for
> text that you are entering inside a table (or just in general)?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Thomson
>
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