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How to create and manipulate an instance of Office Word by using Office Automation in Visual C++, in Visual C#, and in Visual Basic.NET

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INTRODUCTION

This article describes an All-In-One Code Framework sample that is available for downloading. This code sample includes a step-by-step guide for creating and manipulating a Microsoft Office Word instance by using Office Automation in Visual C++, in Visual C#, and in Visual Basic.NET.

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To download this code sample, click the following link:

Technical overview

The code sample automates Office Word to perform the following operations by using Visual C++, Visual C#, and Visual Basic.NET:

Create an instance of Office Word.
Create a new document.
Insert a paragraph.
Save the document.
Close the Office Word instance, and then clean up unmanaged COM resources.

Note For more information about how to create and then deploy the sample application, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the download package.

Technology category

Office Solutions Development

Languages

This code sample contains the following programming languages:

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Language	Project Name
Visual C++	CppAutomateWord
Visual C#	CSAutomateWord
Visual Basic .NET	VBAutomateWord

Prerequisites

You must run this code sample on a computer that has Office Word 2007 installed.
This sample application was created by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 with Service Pack 1 installed.

MORE INFORMATION

What is All-In-One Code Framework?

All-In-One Code Framework uses code samples in different programming languages to illustrate most Microsoft development techniques. Code samples are carefully selected, composed, and documented to show common code scenarios. For more information about All-In-One Code Framework, visit the All-In-One Code Framework Web site:

All-In-One Code Framework

(http://cfx.codeplex.com/)

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REFERENCES

For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

MSDN: Word 2007 Developer Reference
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb244391.aspx)
How To Use Visual C++ to Access DocumentProperties with Automation
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/238393)
How to catch Word application events by using Visual C++
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/183599)
How to automate Microsoft Word to create a new document by using Visual C#
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316384)
How to automate Word from Visual Basic .NET to create a new document
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316383/)

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