Issue Saving Word Files from VB6 if Called From VB.NET

[Phil Galey]

I created an application in VB6 that opens a Word template and saves it to a
word doc file. The VB6 program works fine stand-alone, but if it's called
from a VB.NET application, Word in the VB6 application can't save the file.
It always says the path is invalid, even though I verified that the path is
good. How can I get around this problem and call a VB6 program that uses
Word from a VB.NET program without disabling its ability to save word files?

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi Phil,

I created an application in VB6 that opens a Word template and saves it to a
word doc file. The VB6 program works fine stand-alone, but if it's called
from a VB.NET application, Word in the VB6 application can't save the file.
It always says the path is invalid, even though I verified that the path is
good. How can I get around this problem and call a VB6 program that uses
Word from a VB.NET program without disabling its ability to save word files?

Could you show us the code involved in VB6, please. And the exact wording of
the error message? Which version of Word is involved?

I take it VB.NET is just executing the VB6 *.exe file? Using what method? Or
is it doing something else?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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