How to launch MS Word from Clarion

[Hany Guirguis]

I need to call WinWord from within Clarion to open a file whose name is in a
record's field.
I tried the RUN('WINWORD') function but I get file not found, which is
because in DOS the command returns bad command or file name unless I am in
the Winword directory. Off course I would not know which directory the user
has the program.
Could someone please have the answer in the way that I could view the word
document file from within clarion?

Thanks

Hany

[Andrew Ireland]

Hi Paul,

There is a word doc viewer you can use as an activex document if I recall which means it would view in your app. The latest
files specs are now available as I recall, however unless you can cope with other objects like OLE compound objects in the file,
this would be kind of pointless.

Regards

Andy

> If you use the ShellExecute() API call on your document file, it'll run
> whatever application is associated with the file extension. It'll take care
> of running the application for you, whether it's Word, Wordpad or something
> else.
>
> I don't know of any way to view a Word document without using Word. I would
> guess that trying to open the file manually is a long complicated process

[Mark Riffey]

In article <3bc31657$1...@news.softvelocity.com>, Paul Attryde wrote:
> I don't know of any way to view a Word document without using Word. I would
> guess that trying to open the file manually is a long complicated process
>

StarOffice will supposedly do so, likewise Word Pro (formerly AmiPro).

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[Hany Guirguis]

Could you please explain with an example. I have tried to read on this and
got stuck compiling, so I do not know what is missing in my project in terms
of libraries or include files.

Thanks
Paul Attryde <clarion AT attryde DOT com> wrote in message
news:3bc31657$1...@news.softvelocity.com...
> Hany,
>
> Have you given any thought to the instances where the user doesn't use
Word
> as their word processor?

>
> If you use the ShellExecute() API call on your document file, it'll run
> whatever application is associated with the file extension. It'll take
care
> of running the application for you, whether it's Word, Wordpad or
something
> else.
>

> I don't know of any way to view a Word document without using Word. I
would
> guess that trying to open the file manually is a long complicated process
>

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> Paul Attryde
> http://www.attryde.com/clarion
> --
>
>
> "Hany Guirguis" <hgui...@gropiusnyc.com> wrote in message
> news:3bc3...@news.softvelocity.com...

[Tim Phillips]

go to http://www.sterlingdata.com/lib.htm
and get the shellexe.zip and install it.
This is a template that uses ShellExec to launch files (it basically is what
happens when you double-click on a
file in Window Explorer). With this, you can open any file with a recognized
extension from inside a Clarion application.
The user will have to have either a) Word B) the wordviewer C) a program that
can read word files (WordPerfect, Star Office...) registered as "owning" the
.doc extension on the PC.

Tim

[David Troxell - Encourager Software]

Hany,

If someone has MS Word on their computer, using the SHELLEXECUTE API is
the easiest way to open a file whose name (folder/filename information)
is in a record's field. Here are three templates that will do the job:
First is free, other two are Commercial Clarion Add-ons.

Product Description - Internet Link Template,
MFG - POSitive Software Company
Internet Link - http://www.clarioncentral.com/freestuff.htm

Product Description - HyperActive, MFG - CapeSoft
Internet Link - http://www.capesoft.com/accessories/hypersp.htm

Product Description - PowerRUN, MFG - Berthume Software
Internet Link - http://members.aol.com/GBerthume/powerrun.htm

As for viewing the word document from inside Clarion, I don't think
anyone has a ready made solution for Clarion apps, but as Andy Ireland
indicates, it's doable, just not easy.

David

In article <3bc3...@news.softvelocity.com>, hgui...@gropiusnyc.com
says...

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[James Cooke]

Use shellexecute on a empty .doc file.
http://www.clarionfoundry.com/API/WinAPI/shf.htm

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"Hany Guirguis" <hgui...@gropiusnyc.com> wrote in message
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[James Cooke]

Use shellexecute on an empty text file with the extension of .doc.
See http://www.clarionfoundry.com/API/WinAPI/shellexec.htm
for infor on Shellexecute

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"Hany Guirguis" <hgui...@gropiusnyc.com> wrote in message
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[Arnor Baldvinsson]

Hi Hany,

On Tue, 9 Oct 2001 11:36:16 -0400, "Hany Guirguis"
<hgui...@gropiusnyc.com> wrote:

>the Winword directory. Off course I would not know which directory the user
>has the program.
>Could someone please have the answer in the way that I could view the word
>document file from within clarion?

You need to use API calls to do this. There is a small demo on
icetips that demonstrates how to find the program exe file for any
extension that has been associated.

ftp://ftp.icetips.com/pub/misc_files/findexe.zip and
ftp://ftp.icetips.com/pub/misc_files/findexe.txt

Best regards,

Arnór Baldvinsson
San Antonio, Texas, USA
www.icetips.com & www.candobidding.com
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