Problem with Process.Start("WINWORD.EXE", selectedFile); [modified]
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It worked... THANK YOU Dave !!!
string MSWordPath = "\"c:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\"";
selectedFile = "\"" + path + "\\" + listBox1.SelectedItem as string + "\"";
// Process.Start(MSWordPath, selectedFile);
Process.Start("WINWORD.EXE", selectedFile);Assuming Word is installed and is the default app to process .doc files, there is a much simpler alternative:
Process.Start(myDocFilePath);
This is equivalent to double-clicking "myDocFilePath" inside Windows Explorer, it doesn't care about spaces, and it doesn't need to know where your Word app is and what it is actually called. :) BTW: what you wrote earlier, then removed, wasn't correct; a partial success is not a proof of correctness!
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It worked... THANK YOU Dave !!!
string MSWordPath = "\"c:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\"";
selectedFile = "\"" + path + "\\" + listBox1.SelectedItem as string + "\"";
// Process.Start(MSWordPath, selectedFile);
Process.Start("WINWORD.EXE", selectedFile);You know, (you deleted what you originally replied with!) just because it worked with Notepad before does NOT mean that you did it correctly. Even in this latest code, I can see HUGE problems with it. You're code is making some rather large assumptions that will break it if run on another system that isn't identically configured with the exact Office installed in the exact same way it is on your machine.
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Problem with Process.Start("WINWORD.EXE", selectedFile); I even put the entire path there: //string MSWordPath = @"c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE"; Still same result: the path and file name is: c:\Users\xxx\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\zMAP\bridgeWord-Html\bridgeWord-Html\bin\Debug\01 SettingsForVSC#.docx The MSWord is lunched but these errors are thrown: Microsoft Word This file could not be found! (c:\Users\xxx\Documents\Visual.doc) (c:\Users\xxx\Documents\...\Studio.doc) (c:\Users\xxx\Documents\...\01.doc) (c:\Users\xxx\Documents\...\Studio.doc) (c:\Users\xxx\Documents\...\SettingsForVSC#.doc) And then an empty msword page is open. [I see it breaks at the spaces in between names] ---How to fix this problem? I wish to open not only a docx file, but a html file also,or a txt file. thank you.
string path = Application.StartupPath;
private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string MSWordPath = "\"c:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\"";
selectedFile = path + "\\" + listBox1.SelectedItem as string;
//Process.Start("WINWORD.EXE", selectedFile); -or this but the same problem
Process.Start(MSWordPath, selectedFile);
}modified on Friday, May 20, 2011 1:13 PM
It's up the the particular application to interpret the command line in any way it chooses. Notepad is unusual in that it does not require a path containing spaces to be quoted. This is probably because Notepad can take one argument, a filename, and it has been coded to accept spaces within the name. Word has many command line options http://support.microsoft.com/kb/210565[^]and requires that filenames containing spaces are quoted to ensure that they are recognised as one item. The executable path passed to the Process.Start method does not need quoting as it can only ever refer to one file. Alan.
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Assuming Word is installed and is the default app to process .doc files, there is a much simpler alternative:
Process.Start(myDocFilePath);
This is equivalent to double-clicking "myDocFilePath" inside Windows Explorer, it doesn't care about spaces, and it doesn't need to know where your Word app is and what it is actually called. :) BTW: what you wrote earlier, then removed, wasn't correct; a partial success is not a proof of correctness!
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Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they preserve indentation, improve readability, and make me actually look at the code.
Yes I know, that putting only the fileName+path, that file is opening with the default app. But what I really want is to open a html file and edit it with msword. If you have other alternative than:
Process.Start(myDocFilePath);please tell. Though, thank you for your fast response... :) -
You know, (you deleted what you originally replied with!) just because it worked with Notepad before does NOT mean that you did it correctly. Even in this latest code, I can see HUGE problems with it. You're code is making some rather large assumptions that will break it if run on another system that isn't identically configured with the exact Office installed in the exact same way it is on your machine.
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Dave Kreskowiak -
Yes I know, that putting only the fileName+path, that file is opening with the default app. But what I really want is to open a html file and edit it with msword. If you have other alternative than:
Process.Start(myDocFilePath);please tell. Though, thank you for your fast response... :)Editing an HTML file with Word is a horrible idea. When saved, the resulting HTML file will be all but useless to a website as Word adds TONS of crap to the file that just hoses up everything. CP gets a fair number of articles posted that were written in Word and saved in HTML format. You should see the carnage that ensues.
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Editing an HTML file with Word is a horrible idea. When saved, the resulting HTML file will be all but useless to a website as Word adds TONS of crap to the file that just hoses up everything. CP gets a fair number of articles posted that were written in Word and saved in HTML format. You should see the carnage that ensues.
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Dave Kreskowiakyes :)) I know that too "Word adds TONS of crap to the resulting HTML". But i dont make it for publication, just for my inner use. So, Ill adapt to its creepiness. If are some hints to make something look good/and right editing with msword, please do tell. thanks.
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Problem with Process.Start("WINWORD.EXE", selectedFile); I even put the entire path there: //string MSWordPath = @"c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE"; Still same result: the path and file name is: c:\Users\xxx\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\zMAP\bridgeWord-Html\bridgeWord-Html\bin\Debug\01 SettingsForVSC#.docx The MSWord is lunched but these errors are thrown: Microsoft Word This file could not be found! (c:\Users\xxx\Documents\Visual.doc) (c:\Users\xxx\Documents\...\Studio.doc) (c:\Users\xxx\Documents\...\01.doc) (c:\Users\xxx\Documents\...\Studio.doc) (c:\Users\xxx\Documents\...\SettingsForVSC#.doc) And then an empty msword page is open. [I see it breaks at the spaces in between names] ---How to fix this problem? I wish to open not only a docx file, but a html file also,or a txt file. thank you.
string path = Application.StartupPath;
private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string MSWordPath = "\"c:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\"";
selectedFile = path + "\\" + listBox1.SelectedItem as string;
//Process.Start("WINWORD.EXE", selectedFile); -or this but the same problem
Process.Start(MSWordPath, selectedFile);
}modified on Friday, May 20, 2011 1:13 PM
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Yes I know, that putting only the fileName+path, that file is opening with the default app. But what I really want is to open a html file and edit it with msword. If you have other alternative than:
Process.Start(myDocFilePath);please tell. Though, thank you for your fast response... :)If you want to go against the established file associations, then you need to specify the executable as the first parameter to Process.Start, the arguments concatenated and properly quoted as the second parameter. You already have that. Using Word for HTML editing is a horrible idea. Type three words and you get a huge file, that should tell enough. Use a real HTML editor, or use Visual Studio, or whatever you choose, but not Word. :)
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I see a little problem with saving from msWord back to original. The file is opened all right, but in read-only. How do I change this? Sorry for my lack of knowledge... but this things are a bit new to me.
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Do the user under which is running your program have write privileges over the file? Can you open it by hand (eg. open Word and then open the html file) and save it?
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Yes, If I open it by hand, it is saving ok, loading ok... I am the only user and I have all the privileges over the file R&W.
Does your app (that contains the Process.Start stuff) do something else with the same .doc path, something Stream-like, File-like, FileInfo-like? If so, did you Close() and Dispose() it properly before calling Process.Start()? :)
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Does your app (that contains the Process.Start stuff) do something else with the same .doc path, something Stream-like, File-like, FileInfo-like? If so, did you Close() and Dispose() it properly before calling Process.Start()? :)
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Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they preserve indentation, improve readability, and make me actually look at the code.
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yes :)) I know that too "Word adds TONS of crap to the resulting HTML". But i dont make it for publication, just for my inner use. So, Ill adapt to its creepiness. If are some hints to make something look good/and right editing with msword, please do tell. thanks.
There is no way to get Word to stop screwing up your HTML.
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There is no way to get Word to stop screwing up your HTML.
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Dave KreskowiakDave Kreskowiak wrote:
There is no way to get Work to stop screwing up your HTML.
Darn coworkers! ;P
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
There is no way to get Work to stop screwing up your HTML.
Darn coworkers! ;P
Damn autocorrect!
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