Re: Start Word with landscape oriented document

From: Tove <tove.bjornbakk_at_c2i.net>
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 20:01:05 GMT
Message-ID: <5kHia.17288$ZL2.3138249_at_juliett.dax.net>


Hi m.littlewood!
Thanks for your reply! I forgot to mention that this is a report created in Reports, and the result is going to be opened in Ms Word as landscape document. How would you do that?
 
Thanks,
Tove
The easiest way is to define the named document as landscape (i.e. save the 'template' with a landscape orientation). Whenever this document is opened (either thru Word, or Oracle), you should find that it keeps its orientation.
 
Alternatively, use OLE2 built-in in Forms to manipulate the WORD object at runtime.
 
To try to understand how to do this, use MS Word to record a macro, then change the document's properties as you wish. Then examine the resulting Word Basic commands in the macro, to help you. For example, you should find that the macro will look something like :
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Received on Wed Apr 02 2003 - 22:01:05 CEST

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