Word App which is compatible with both Word 2003 and Xp

[The Dutchman]

Hello:

I am working in VB.Net 2003. My company is in the process of making a program which will interact with the users version of Word on their machine (basically open a document, replace some characters, etc...). Currently I have made my solution work with Word 2003. I am now trying to make it work with Word XP. I guess the first question I 'd like to ask is if it is even possible to make one solution which will use the correct Dll's which coincide with their version of word?

I have totally redone the app and used only the XP dll's (office.dll and word.dll) and it works. But i really dont want to have 2 versions of my code due to the fact that it will be much more difficult to maintain.

I do have the office tools for visual studio 2003.

If anyone has some answers, suggestions or even examples, they will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time.

Brian

 

[Word Heretic]

G'day The Dutchman <[email protected]>,

MS's official answer on this is ... SUCK IT RAW BABY!

Two codesets only I'm afraid. In a few years I might look at
auto-legacy code convertors, too busy right now. MS reckon they canna
be done, as usual, they dont know squat.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
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