Title: Converting MS-Word DOC to RTF using OLE
Question: I want to load a Word document into a RitchText control.
Answer:
Open a new Application and place:
a button named Button3,
a RitchText object named WordEditor
and an OpenDialog component.
From now on, you can browse for any *.doc file and load it into the RitchText object.
NOTE: Format:=6 instructs Word to save the file as RTF. Extension is not enough.
Other File Formats:
.Format File
Argument Format
-------- ------
0 Normal (Word format)
1 Document Template
2 Text Only (extended characters saved in ANSI character set)
3 Text+Breaks (plain text with line breaks; extended
characters saved in ANSI character set)
4 Text Only (PC-8) (extended characters saved in IBM PC
character set)
5 Text+Breaks (PC-8) (text with line breaks; extended
characters saved in IBM PC character set)
6 Rich-text format (RTF)
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procedure TImport_Form.ToolButton3Click(Sender: TObject);
Var
WordApp:Variant;
begin
if OpenDialog1.Execute then
Begin
Edit1.Text:=ExtractFileName(OpenDialog1.FileName);
StatusBar1.SimpleText:=OpenDialog1.FileName;
WordApp := CreateOleObject('Word.Basic');
If not VarIsEmpty(WordApp) then
Begin
WordApp.FileOpen(OpenDialog1.FileName);
WordApp.FileSaveAs(Name := 'c:\temp_bb.rtf', Format:=6);
WordApp.AppClose;
WordApp:=Unassigned;
WordEditor.Lines.LoadFromFile('c:\temp_bb.rtf');
End Else ShowMessage('Could not start MS Word');
End;
end;
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P.S source code is FREEWARE, so you can use it as you want.
Enjoy and have Fun,
Roni Havas