Re: Using OLE in Forms 5.0 to call Word 97

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<drobinson1_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message = news:87c7iu$es8$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
>I have a basic requirement which involves using Forms 5 to call MS Word
>in order to print and/or view documents on the filesystem.
>
>Preferably it should also be able to use Word to print not only DOC
>files, but also other files which can be handled by Word, such as RTF
>and HTML. The actual filenames will be known only at runtime, whether
>by fetching from the database or accepting user input (thus no
>predefined OLE/OCX links or embedding at design time).
>
>Unfortunately the available documentation on using OLE in Forms is very
>scarce. All I have now are the few pages available in the Forms
>Advanced Techniques manual and a document from technet.oracle.com =
titled
>"WIN: OLE AUTOMATION GUIDE-ORACLE FORMS TO MICROSOFT WORD" which
>describes some operations using WordBasic via the OLE2 package. And
>I can barely find anything on using the procedures and packages created
>by the OLE importer.
>
>Can any of you please give an example of how to print a document via
>Word based on a filename (without necessarily opening Word in a visible
>manner), or of invoking Word to open a file for viewing? Or ANY =
working
>example of using procedures from the OLE importer to call ANYTHING with
>Word or Excel? Or could you point me to some more thorough
>documentation (web sites or books) on using OLE in Forms?
>
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>
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Received on Sun Feb 06 2000 - 14:00:17 CST