BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  OLE Automation Compatibility          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Kenneth Payne Guest Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:20 pm    Post subject: OLE Automation Compatibility I'm writing an application that generates a complex MS Word document using OLE Automation. I'm working with Delphi 4.0 and Office 97. I'm worried about compatibility with other versions of MS Office. Will my application run OK on Office 2000 and Office XP without changes? Does using the MS Office 8.0 type library make any difference to the compatibility of the program between versions of MS Office? I'm new to this kind of programming and any comments would be much appreciated. Best wishes - Ken Back to top David Reeve Guest Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 10:55 pm    Post subject: Re: OLE Automation Compatibility "Kenneth Payne" <kmp (AT) atrium (DOT) fsnet.co.uk> wrote Quote: I'm writing an application that generates a complex MS Word document using OLE Automation. I'm working with Delphi 4.0 and Office 97. I'm worried about compatibility with other versions of MS Office. Will my application run OK on Office 2000 and Office XP without changes? Does using the MS Office 8.0 type library make any difference to the compatibility of the program between versions of MS Office? I'm new to this kind of programming and any comments would be much appreciated. Best wishes - Ken Don't know about Word, but I have an application that links to Excel, and quite a number of the interfaces changed name with Office 2000 requiring us to make code changes. The changes were commented at the top of the type library. Try importing the Office 2000 type library for Word and see if it is similarly commented. Dave Back to top Kenneth Payne Guest Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 1:43 pm    Post subject: Re: OLE Automation Compatibility Bjorge - Thanks. From what you say, I think I should be OK. My document, though complex in layout, consists of little more than normal text formatting, tables, and a few graphics and charts. With any luck these basic functions should not have changed. Anyway, I'll find out when I test on later versions of Office! Best wishes - Ken Bjørge Sæther wrote: Quote: Most of it works just fine. The only things I've encountered is extended MailMerge functionality of Word2000 (but there is probably a lot more). The safest is doing a test, of course. Back to top Kenneth Payne Guest Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 1:47 pm    Post subject: Re: OLE Automation Compatibility David - Thanks for your suggestion. I'll look into it. Best wishes - Ken David Reeve wrote: Quote: Don't know about Word, but I have an application that links to Excel, and quite a number of the interfaces changed name with Office 2000 requiring us to make code changes. The changes were commented at the top of the type library. Try importing the Office 2000 type library for Word and see if it is similarly commented. Dave Back to top Ray Porter Guest Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:05 pm    Post subject: Re: OLE Automation Compatibility I've run into a few minor changes. Some of the call names and parameter lists changed slightly but if I remember correctly the old procedure names are still there with "Old" appended to the name (i.e., WordProcNameOld(parmlist)). Unfortunately, the program where I ran into these changes is at home and not at the office. The applications at the office which use Word generally use less formatting than my private projects and I've not hit any major difficulties here. Ray "Kenneth Payne" <kmp (AT) atrium (DOT) fsnet.co.uk> wrote Quote: I'm writing an application that generates a complex MS Word document using OLE Automation. I'm working with Delphi 4.0 and Office 97. I'm worried about compatibility with other versions of MS Office. Will my application run OK on Office 2000 and Office XP without changes? Does using the MS Office 8.0 type library make any difference to the compatibility of the program between versions of MS Office? I'm new to this kind of programming and any comments would be much appreciated. Best wishes - Ken Back to top Kenneth Payne Guest Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 4:42 pm    Post subject: Re: OLE Automation Compatibility Ray - Thanks. That's useful information. Best wishes - Ken Ray Porter wrote: Quote: I've run into a few minor changes. Some of the call names and parameter lists changed slightly but if I remember correctly the old procedure names are still there with "Old" appended to the name (i.e., WordProcNameOld(parmlist)). Unfortunately, the program where I ran into these changes is at home and not at the office. The applications at the office which use Word generally use less formatting than my private projects and I've not hit any major difficulties here. 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