How to Search MSWord Doc

[Shep_Ametek]

I am looking to search a MS Word Document for calibration Expiration dates at the end of the file. These calibration dates are in a table. The MS Word format prevents Scan from String from working properly.

The table looks like

NAME	MANUFACTURER	TE OR ID NUMBER	CAL   EXP DATE
Power   Supply	Sorensen,   SGI 40/375	V-1124	Feb.   2013
Power   Supply	Agilent,   E3640A	V-1113	Sept   2012
Data   Acquisition	Agilent,   34970A	V-1112	Sept   2012
Oscilloscope	Tektronix,   TDS3014C	V-1111	Sept   2012
DC   Load	Chroma,   63203	N/A	Reference   Only
DC   Current Shunt	Maximum,   5A=50mV	AJ-0045	Feb.   2013
DC   Current Shunt	SECO,   100A=100mV	n/a	Reference   Only
Since I am already using bookmarks to load test results. I could also do the same for dates. The conversion might be very painful since we have been just manually updating the dates for years.  However, there has been some escapes lately. Thanks, Greg

[ben64]

I would suggest to copy the table data to an array in LabVIEW and then search the array. To do this you need to use the ActiveX methods and properties of MSWord.

Ben64