Open an MS Word Document via activex in LabVIEW using Word 2016

[SeanJ]

This has been asked before but I can't find a post referencing to Word 2016.

I have Word 2016 on my PC, when I browse through the activeX class libraries, I cannot find any reference to word.  I have gone through all the relevant looking microsoft libraries including office and nothing obvious to me.

My workaround is to use:

https://forums.ni.com/t5/Example-Programs/ActiveX-Open-MS-Word-File/ta-p/3511902

However, it would be great to know why I can't find word.application.  Any pointers appreciated.

[SeanJ]

Also, when I try to look at the properties of a property node I get the following:

--> no properties

When I connect an activex property node I also get --> no properties, even though it clearly works in the online example.  I am using LabVIEW 2017.  I'm a bit lost.

[alexderjuengere]

there's this official snippet from this 2013 knowledge base article, to which I (strangely) can't link

"Read Text from a Microsoft Word Document in LabVIEW"

and also

https://forums.ni.com/t5/Community-Documents/Import-Formatted-Text-From-Word-Document/ta-p/3537128

I will look into this tomorrow on a computer where I have MS word installed

[SeanJ]

Thanks Alexander,

I used the vi you posted to copy content -> text.

I found this link : https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z0000019KZNSA2&l=en-IE

It appears I need to have LabVIEW 64 bit installed for it to allow me to access the 32 bit Word.  I had a similar issue with MySQL, so maybe there is a workaround but personally, I am now downloading 64 bit LabVIEW!

[aputman]

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@SeanJ wrote:

It appears I need to have LabVIEW 64 bit installed for it to allow me to access the 32 bit Word. 

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This is exactly opposite of what the link says.  The bitness must match.  Are you sure that you have 32bit Word installed? 

[SeanJ]

Whoops, I meant 64 bit LabVIEW to access 64 bit word!