Version between 9.0 and 11.0?

[Laurel]

Word added parameters to a function in Office 2003, Word 11.0, compared to
Word 9.0 in Office 2002. I don't have access to Word 10.0 to see if it does
or does not have those extra parameters. How can I find out? The function
in question is MailMerge.OpenDataSource, and the two new parameters are at
the end, and are called OpenExclusive and SubType.

I need to do a test on the version in my PowerBuilder code that calls
MailMerge via OLE. I need to know whether to test for >= 10.0 or >= 11.0.

TIA
LAS

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Laurel,

Word added parameters to a function in Office 2003, Word 11.0, compared to
Word 9.0 in Office 2002. I don't have access to Word 10.0 to see if it does
or does not have those extra parameters. How can I find out? The function
in question is MailMerge.OpenDataSource, and the two new parameters are at
the end, and are called OpenExclusive and SubType.

I need to do a test on the version in my PowerBuilder code that calls
MailMerge via OLE. I need to know whether to test for >= 10.0 or >= 11.0.

Word 2002 certainly has SubType. I believe it also has OpenExclusive, but I
can't swear to it as I don't have a Word 2002 machine available at the moment.
But when I look in the VBA Object Browser in Word 2003, I see the two arguments
in the order you give, first OpenExclusive, then SubType. Since I've never
known MS to add a parameter in the middle of the list, and I'm also pretty sure
no major changes were made to MailMerge in Word 2003, I think you can be pretty
sure both are also in the 10.0 object library.

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

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[Peter Jamieson]

I don't have a Word 2002 machine available at the moment.

I had this problem too. But now back in business -

The parameter is there in Word 2002, in the sequence given (i.e. before
Subtype) . I tend to forget about it, primarily because Word never seems to
records a value for it when it records OpenDataSource calls.

Also worth noting:

Word 2003 = 11.0
Word 2002 = 10.0
Word 2000 = 9.0

Both the Word 2002 and 2003 Object Models have a hidden method
OpenDataSource2000 that does not have the extra 2 parameters. Whether it
does the same thing as OpenDataSource in Word 2000 is a question I'm not
inclined to try and answer

Peter Jamieson