Re: Interaction with office programs

From: R. Hendriks (R.Hendriks_1_at_uvt.nl)
Date: 12/26/03 

Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 12:25:13 +0100

OK, that's clear, thanks!

> You don't use these chained object references with COBOL. You will
> use the selection object to get a font object then separately adjust
> the colorindex of that font object.
>
>
>
> "R. Hendriks" <R.Hendriks_1@uvt.nl> wrote in message
news:<bscjf4$71b$1@troll.uvt.nl>...
> > Another reply, this is fairly simple, at least easier than I thought!
> > Thanks!
> > One more thing I was thinking of, here it goes:
> >
> > Do you know if it's possible to set a property of a child object? For
> > instance I want to change the color of the text that I want to insert. I
> > have created a selection-object by querying the Selection property of
the
> > document object. The selection object can be used to insert text and
lots of
> > other stuff. The Font object which is a child (or can be referenced to)
of
> > the Selection object has a property called Colorindex which sets the
color
> > of the text.
> > In C++ you can set the font color by using: Selection.Font.ColorIndex =
> > #rgb-code#
> >
> > My question now is: can you use the statement: invoke selection-object
> > "SET-Font.ColorIndex" using ws-colorindex?
> > Or do I have to create an object reference to the Font object, then
change
> > the colorindex property of that object, and then insert the text?
> >
> > I wish I could try it out myself, but Christmas it here, and my times is
> > definitely required by someone else....which isn't necessarily a bad
thing
> > :-) Best wishes for Christmas and 2004 to everyone reading this!
> >
> > Rik
> >
> > "Peter E.C. Dashwood" <dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote in message
> > news:3fe97c61_8@news.athenanews.com...
> > >
> > > "R. Hendriks" <R.Hendriks_1@uvt.nl> wrote in message
> > > news:bsbqtt$vi8$1@troll.uvt.nl...
> > > > LS,
> > > >
> > > > I'm looking for information, or a starting point, for interaction of
> > > > Fujitsu's powercobol/netcobol with the various MS office programs.
What
> > > > method is best to use? COM/OLE/DDE/...? I want to directly interact
with
> > the
> > > > various objects and properties of word/excel/access/outlook, so my
idea
> > is
> > > > to use COM. Please provide any opinion/experience. Any link to a ms
> > > > reference/docs is also greatly appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Rik
> > >
> > > Fujitsu interfaces beautifully to COM in both PowerCOBOL and NetCOBOL.
> > >
> > > I have programs that do complex manipulation of the ACCESS Object
Model
> > > using COM (for example, to analyse the structure of a Database before
> > > manipulating it...) and the same can be easily accomplished for Word
(I
> > have
> > > done fairly trivial things like sending COBOL output direct to Word
for
> > > preview and printing.). I'm sure the same goes for Outlook, Excel, and
> > most
> > > MS software (which is COM Compliant almost by default...) The details
of
> > the
> > > Object Models are all you need (so you can establish the internal
Methods,
> > > Properties and Events.) All of these are available from MSDN. Include
> > > "Object Model" in your search terms...
> > >
> > > If you get stuck, write me privately.
> > >
> > > Pete.
> > >
> > > COBOL ALERT: You will need OO knowledge to achieve these things
> > > successfully...
> > >
> > >