OfficeXP/2003 to Office2K compatibility

[Oren]

Hi All,
I have a VB6 application where I use late binding on a word object.
I need to know whether I'm gonna run into any compatibility problems when
using the application on a computer running Office2K. I can't do the obvious
(which is to install the app on a machine running Office2K) because I don't
have this version
Are there any main issues I should address and if not where can I find a
reference to compare the object models of the different versions?
Thanx
Oren.

 

[Jonathan West]

Hi All,
I have a VB6 application where I use late binding on a word object.
I need to know whether I'm gonna run into any compatibility problems when
using the application on a computer running Office2K. I can't do the obvious
(which is to install the app on a machine running Office2K) because I don't
have this version
Are there any main issues I should address and if not where can I find a
reference to compare the object models of the different versions?
Thanx
Oren.

The key issue is whether you are making use of any objects and properties
that are new to Word 2002. There really isn't a way to be sure without
testing. But you can check the Word VBA Help file, the section "What's new
in Word 2002" and see whether it lists any features you are using in your
code.

 

[Ed]

Jonathan and Oren - I have had MAJOR problems with backwards code
compatibility. See
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...eJt30ejLEHA.556%40tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl&rnum=2
and posts #33 and #34 of
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...00&as_ugroup=*vb*&as_usubject=&as_uauthors=Ed .
(Whew! Got to be a better way to post these Google search URLs!)

Ed