Reading comments from MS word

[ITA]

Hi,

Is it possible to read the comments from a word document in labVIEW? How? Are there any limitations like size of word document etc.?

[Ray.R]

Yes it is. You'll need to use ActiveX.

I don't think there are any limitations to the document size.  As long as Word can open it, it should be okay.

RayR

[ITA]

Hi RayR,

Thanks for the reply.

Can you please post the sample code and commented document here? Which ActiveX do I need to access in LabVIEW program.

Thanks in advance!

[Ray.R]

It would take me a bit of time to prepare an example.  Maybe during lunch..

In the meantime, have a look at this thread to give you some idea of what the code looks like:

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=326045

And this link has an example at how to open a Word document..  There's also another example further in the thread.

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&view=by_date_ascending&message.id=182574#M182574

That should be a start.   You can also do a search on Word and Labview.

RayR

[ITA]

Thanks RayR!

I'll go through these links........

[ITA]

Hi,

I am able to read the total counts of the comments / author / initials but not the actual contents of the comments. Could any one help me from this point onwards. Attaching the code here- (Ver. 7.1)

Thanks !

[TCPlomp]

Hi ITA,

this code is successfull:


I found this by just trying, the 'range' object can do a lot with the text, looks interesting.

Ton
PS. Is there a specific reason to zip your VI before uploading.



Message Edited by TonP on 07-02-2008 12:49 PM

[MikeS81]

Hi ITA,

can you upload a document, from which you want to read the data?

Mike

[ITA]

Hi TonP,

Thanks a lot!