Where can I download Office 2003 automation DLLs?

[Jon Kruger]

I am working on a Word automation project that needs to work with Word 2003.
I have Word 2007 on my machine, so when I go and add a reference to the COM
dll, I see "Microsoft Word 12.0 Object Library". I believe that is the
Office 2007 dll, so what I need is the "Microsoft Word 11.0 Object Library".
Is there somewhere that I can get that dll without having to downgrade my
personal machine to Office 2003?

Thanks,
Jon

 

[Jonathan West]

I am working on a Word automation project that needs to work with Word
2003.
I have Word 2007 on my machine, so when I go and add a reference to the
COM
dll, I see "Microsoft Word 12.0 Object Library". I believe that is the
Office 2007 dll, so what I need is the "Microsoft Word 11.0 Object
Library".
Is there somewhere that I can get that dll without having to downgrade my
personal machine to Office 2003?

No, because Microsoft doesn't distribute free copies of such things, and in
practice the .OLB file only gives you references into the rest of Word -
which is what you are actually automating. The best approach is to get a
copy of Virtual PC (included as part of your MSDN subscription if you have
one), set up a virtual machine and load Office 2003 on to that and test
there. that way, you won't be messing with Office 2007 on your primary
machine.


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Regards
Jonathan West - Word MVP
www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk
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