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need to learn wordBasic commands so i can use DDE to talk to Word
Hey experts!
Now they want me to run Word remotely from a mainframe application using DDE an interface, which seems to only reconize wordBasic commands, not VisualBasic commands :(
For Example: if i want to close the acitveDocument without saving changes I use this command:
[DocClose 2]
instead of
[ActiveDocument.Close savechanges:=wdDoNotSaveCh anges]
which doesn't work :(
So...
What i want to know is:
Does anyone know where I can find a list of wordBasic commands? if I ask the help cat, he just gives me ' Visual Basic Equivalents for WordBasic Commands' which assumes that I Already know the wordBasic command, which I don't! So far I know:
DocClose
AppClose
FileOpen .Name =
and
ToolsMacro .Name =
which i recovered from what the person before me had written. ANY other commands would be useful, a complete list/text book/etc would be heaven!
Now they want me to run Word remotely from a mainframe application using DDE an interface, which seems to only reconize wordBasic commands, not VisualBasic commands :(
For Example: if i want to close the acitveDocument without saving changes I use this command:
[DocClose 2]
instead of
[ActiveDocument.Close savechanges:=wdDoNotSaveCh
which doesn't work :(
So...
What i want to know is:
Does anyone know where I can find a list of wordBasic commands? if I ask the help cat, he just gives me ' Visual Basic Equivalents for WordBasic Commands' which assumes that I Already know the wordBasic command, which I don't! So far I know:
DocClose
AppClose
FileOpen .Name =
and
ToolsMacro .Name =
which i recovered from what the person before me had written. ANY other commands would be useful, a complete list/text book/etc would be heaven!
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Sorry forgot to post the URL
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2228&item=2492605688&rd=1&ssPageName=WD2V
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2228&item=2492605688&rd=1&ssPageName=WD2V
Also, of course there is Word 7, aka Word 95. That was the last version before VBA and wasn't around for very long. There are a couple of those on ebay as well.
This one stands at GBP 7 (no bids yet, but 4 days to go)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=80007&item=7106224768&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
This one stands at GBP 7 (no bids yet, but 4 days to go)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=80007&item=7106224768&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
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hmm, word6 huh? i wonder if i still have my disks at home for that? Otherwise thanx for info. I 'll leave this open for awhile just in case joanne decides to just come over and write my code for me :)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=183&item=5128403787&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW