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 Word object from dts?

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liakamai
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Posted - 2006-02-14 : 20:18:54
I need to open word documents from DTS using VB Script to search contents within.

Is it possible to open a word document from DTS using VB Script?

karuna
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Posted - 2006-02-14 : 22:39:35
While its possible, Its not advisable. The problem will be that there is a possibility of word instance running in the server even after you close the application.

This line code I used to create an Excel object in my DTS. The same should work for word also.
Set appExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
After the above line of code you should be able to access the methods and properties of the object.

Hope it helps.

Thanks

Karunakaran
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liakamai
Starting Member

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Posted - 2006-02-15 : 14:14:35
The syntax seems to work. Your advice about the "possibility of word instance running in the server even after it has been closed" has me a bit concerned so I'll make sure to do some testing to make sure that it has been closed.

Thank you for your help

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karuna
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Posted - 2006-02-15 : 22:53:51
Glad it helped.

Also make sure you call this finally, your objectname.quit
say
appWord.Quit and set appWord = nothing.

This should close the application and destroy the instance. For me this used to work.

Thanks




Karunakaran
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