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Is there a way to have VB6 create a Word document, and then save it in Word

Perfect format? I need to create a WP document for a client (nothing fancy,

just text) but I don't have WP. I know Word can save as a WP doc, but is it

possible to automate this process from VB6?


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Dave wrote:

Take a look at the FileConverters collection of the Application object...



For Each conv In FileConverters

If conv.FormatName = "WordPerfect 6.x" Then

MsgBox "WordPerfect 6.0 converter is installed"

End if

Next conv



You can use those in the FileFormat argument for SaveAs. Something like:



ActiveDocument.SaveAs _

FileFormat:=FileConverters([key]).SaveFormat



See the help for SaveFormat for more details.



Later... Karl

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"Dave" <Dave@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



It appears so. Look up the FileConverters collection and FileConverter

object, as well as the SaveAs method, in Word's VBA Help. Here's a quote

from Word 2003's VBA Help for the FileFormat argument of the SaveAs method:



"Other File Types To save in a file type for which there isn't a constant,

use the FileConverters object to obtain the SaveFormat property; then set

the FileFormat argument to the value of the SaveFormat property."



If you need more help, you'd probably be better off asking in a Word-related

newsgroup such as "microsoft.public.word.vba.general". You might be writing

this in VB6, but it's the Word object library you're using so a Word

newsgroup would be better.



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Mike

Microsoft MVP Visual Basic





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Thank you, gentlemen. That's the info I was looking for.



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If the WP document is just text why not just save it as a Word document and

let the user open it from WP. WP can read and reformat Word documents.



Marv



"Dave" <Dave@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



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