Reading .doc Files

Hi,

I'm fairly new to VB and learned on VB 2003. I just upgraded to VBE 2005. I'm trying to make a multiple document reader

I'm trying to be able to read MS Word documents, Works documents, Text files, Rich Text files, and an AutoCAD lisp file(its basically a text file).

I was just reading the article titled "Accessing information in an opend word document". Is that anything like what I'm trying to Do

The main thing I need is to find out how to access these Items.

If anyone can point me in the right direction it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for the replies.

bobo224
<<Thank you for the information. That lead has pointed me into the right
direction. Now if I can only figure out what I'm doing (Ha, Ha). >>

If you get stuck working with the Word object model the best place to
follow up would be the office.developer.automation newsgroup:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx dg=microsoft.public.of
fice.developer.automation&lang=en&cr=US
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microsoft.public.office.developer.automation&lang=en&cr=US>

or possibly one of the word.vba newsgroups:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx dg=microsoft.public.wo
rd.vba.general&lang=en&cr=US
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microsoft.public.word.vba.general&lang=en&cr=US>

This is where you'll find the experts on working with the Word
application.

-- Cindy Meister (Word MVP)
Lama Karmi
Check this thread for installation instructions. Add a COM reference to "Microsoft Word 11.0 Object Library. Then use the classes in the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word namespace to access the Word document.
Irshad_ip
Thank you for the information. That lead has pointed me into the right direction. Now if I can only figure out what I'm doing (Ha, Ha). Thanks again.
nando1967

I want to thank you very much Miss Cindy Meister (Word MVP). that looks like just the place(s) to get the information I need. thanks again.
Reading .doc Files