possible to extract doc variable without opening document?

[kf9150]

hello, i did some search in this group and google, seems with
Dsofile.dll the document properties and custom document properties can
be accessed without opening the word document, how about doc
variables? thanks. - kelie

 

[Jonathan West]

hello, i did some search in this group and google, seems with
Dsofile.dll the document properties and custom document properties can
be accessed without opening the word document, how about doc
variables? thanks. - kelie

No, for those you need to open the doc in Word. However, for the new docx
file format that comes with Office 2007, you will be able to open those
files and get at anything without using Word, provided you take the trouble
to learn how to read and write XML.

 

[Kelie]

No, for those you need to open the doc in Word. However, for the new docx
file format that comes with Office 2007, you will be able to open those
files and get at anything without using Word, provided you take the trouble
to learn how to read and write XML.

--

Thank you Jonathan.

 

[Kelie]

No, for those you need to open the doc in Word. However, for the new docx
file format that comes with Office 2007, you will be able to open those
files and get at anything without using Word, provided you take the trouble
to learn how to read and write XML.

Thank you Jonathan.