formattedtext is not a reference error

[gloeng]

I'm automating Word2003 in VB.Net. I'm using late binding.
I want to put another document's content into the selected area of the
active document, without loosing its formatting.
I'm getting a 'formattedtext is not a reference property' error with the
following code

.... Selection.FormattedText = doc.Content.FormattedText ...

If this is a bug, does someone know another statement to achieve the same
result.
I'd like not to use clipboard.

 

[Jezebel]

It's not a bug. You just can't use the FormattedText property in that way,
because FormattedText is a Range object. There's no easy alternative to
copying the range.

in VBA (no idea what the VB.Net equivalent is) --

doc.content.copy
selection.paste

 

[Helmut Weber]

Hi Jezebel,

hmm.. I wonder, as this seems to work well here and now.

Selection.FormattedText = Documents(1).Content.FormattedText

documents(2) is activated, of course.

Greetings from Bavaria, Germany

Helmut Weber, MVP
"red.sys" & chr(64) & "t-online.de"
Word XP, Win 98
http://word.mvps.org/

 

[Jonathan West]

I'm automating Word2003 in VB.Net. I'm using late binding.
I want to put another document's content into the selected area of the
active document, without loosing its formatting.
I'm getting a 'formattedtext is not a reference property' error with the
following code

... Selection.FormattedText = doc.Content.FormattedText ...

If this is a bug, does someone know another statement to achieve the same
result.
I'd like not to use clipboard.

It's not a bug, it's a syntax error. Try this

Selection.FormattedText = doc.Content

Or if you don't want to both with opening the document prior to inserting
its content, try using the InsertFile method instead