msofile.dll documentation?

[Ariel]

Hi,
I have been searching high and low for documentation on the Microsoft Office
product "msofile.dll".
What I need is a list of the functions, their arguments and what they return.
I'm trying to use the dsofile.dll in a program I'm making in Macromedia, so
it isn't VB or .NET, which is why I need the documentation.
Any help would be really appreciated,
Thanks,
Ariel

 

[TC]

Maybe http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00174.htm ?

HTH,
TC

 

[Ariel]

The pptfaq on this site just provides a link to Microsoft's download page for
the msofile.dll.
I know that it comes with some sample VB code, but this doesn't help me find
out what the functions and their arguments and returns are. I don't know VB
(sad but true). If there is some code in the sample VB provided that can help
me figure out what the functions are named, what their arguments are, what
they return, and what the data-types are, could you point me to it? For
example, something in the package available at
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?id=224351 ?
Or is there some published documentation for the msofile.dll?
Thanks,
Ariel

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?QXJpZWw=?=,

I have been searching high and low for documentation on the Microsoft Office
product "msofile.dll".
What I need is a list of the functions, their arguments and what they return.
I'm trying to use the dsofile.dll in a program I'm making in Macromedia, so
it isn't VB or .NET, which is why I need the documentation.

I don't know of any documentation for the tool. There's an article on
word.mvps.org that might help you get a bit further...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Ariel]

For example,
if I want to get the comments from a file, is there a function in the
dsofile.dll that runs something like get_comments(STRING filename) and
returns a STRING "comments"?

 

[aatcbbtccctc]

Huh? How can an example showing you how to call it, NOT illustrate some
of the functions & arguments?

It sounds like you have not yet bothered to download it & look at the
code. Sorry, it's not my job to do that for you!

Cheers,
TC

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?QXJpZWw=?=,

For example,
if I want to get the comments from a file, is there a function in the
dsofile.dll that runs something like get_comments(STRING filename) and
returns a STRING "comments"?

dsofile ONLY works with properties. I believe there is a comments
property, but that's not the same as a comment in the Word object model.
So the answer to your question depends on what kind of "comment" you
mean.

But basically, just look at the File/Properties dialog box. Or go into
Word's VBA editor, activate the Object Browser, search wdBuiltInProperty
and look at the list of constants. That will give you a broad idea what
properties an OFFICE application provides to the interface.

Other than that, I suggest you read the articles that have been
suggested.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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