How can I enumerate embedded objects in Word in a general fashion? winslars 03.09.2006 09:47:01 I am currently making our OCX components Office-compatible and I have run into a small problem that I haven't found a good solution for yet. We have two control types: one represents the document and the other represents individual fields within that document. We want the document control to find its associated fields (or vice versa). Initially we developed this with IE as container but now we extend it to general OLE containers and the problem we have run into is that Word does not seem to support IOLEContainer::EnumObjects. The code that runs fine in Excel and PowerPoint and allows us to enumerate over the embedded objects returns 0 (zero) objects in Word. I have tried to find documentation about this on the Internet, but the info is dated and indicates that Excel should have the same behavior and that is definitely wrong. There are suggestions about using the Word automation model, but I would like to avoid that if I can and use general interfaces to accomplish the task. Any suggestions?

Re: How can I enumerate embedded objects in Word in a general fashion? Cindy M. <C.Meister-C[ at ]hispeed.ch> 04.09.2006 14:21:17 Hi =?Utf-8?B?d2luc2xhcnM=?=, It would have helped if you could have provided information on which approach you are using for PPT/Excel. As far as I know, the only way to pick up OLE objects in Word is to loop through the InlineShapes and Shapes collections, checking the type (whether it's an OLE control), then picking up the OLEFormat.Object to get to the "guts". [Quoted Text] > I am currently making our OCX components Office-compatible and I have > run into a small problem that I haven't found a good solution for yet. > > We have two control types: one represents the document and the other > represents > individual fields within that document. We want the document control to find > its > associated fields (or vice versa). Initially we developed this with IE as > container but > now we extend it to general OLE containers and the problem we have run into > is that Word does not seem to support IOLEContainer::EnumObjects. The code > that runs fine in Excel and PowerPoint and allows us to enumerate over the > embedded objects returns 0 (zero) objects in Word. > > I have tried to find documentation about this on the Internet, but the info > is dated and indicates that Excel should have the same behavior and that is > definitely wrong. > There are suggestions about using the Word automation model, but I would > like to avoid that if I can and use general interfaces to accomplish the task. > > Any suggestions? > Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)

Re: How can I enumerate embedded objects in Word in a general fash winslars 05.09.2006 07:01:01 As I wrote in my original post I use IOleContainer::EnumObjects Here is a snippet of my code that works in IE/Excel/PowerPoint but not in Word: ("TOLEIP" is a smart pointer class, "ioc" is the IOleContainer pointer in my control, "_DQlix" is the dispatch interface to my satelite object) TOLEIP<IEnumUnknown> pEnumerator; // Get an enumerator for the embedded objects HRESULT hr = ioc->EnumObjects (OLECONTF_EMBEDDINGS, &pEnumerator); _ASSERTE (SUCCEEDED (hr)); if (FAILED (hr)) return; TOLEIP<IUnknown> pUnk; ULONG uFetched = 0; for (UINT i = 0; pEnumerator->Next (1, &pUnk, &uFetched) == S_OK; i ++) { // Try to convert IUnknown pointer into wanted interface TOLEIP<IDispatch> pDQlix; hr = pUnk->QueryInterface (__uuidof (_DQlix), (void**) &pDQlix); pUnk = NULL; if (pDQlix) { // We have a match, use the interface ... } } As you can see I am working at the low-level generic IOleContainer / IOleObject level. I find it strange that Word does not supply the same kind of support that Excel does, but everything seems to indicate that that is the case. Can i get to the InlineShapes and Shapes collections in a general manner or are they Word-specific? "Cindy M." wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi =?Utf-8?B?d2luc2xhcnM=?=, > > It would have helped if you could have provided information on which approach > you are using for PPT/Excel. As far as I know, the only way to pick up OLE > objects in Word is to loop through the InlineShapes and Shapes collections, > checking the type (whether it's an OLE control), then picking up the > OLEFormat.Object to get to the "guts". > > > I am currently making our OCX components Office-compatible and I have > > run into a small problem that I haven't found a good solution for yet. > > > > We have two control types: one represents the document and the other > > represents > > individual fields within that document. We want the document control to find > > its > > associated fields (or vice versa). Initially we developed this with IE as > > container but > > now we extend it to general OLE containers and the problem we have run into > > is that Word does not seem to support IOLEContainer::EnumObjects. The code > > that runs fine in Excel and PowerPoint and allows us to enumerate over the > > embedded objects returns 0 (zero) objects in Word. > > > > I have tried to find documentation about this on the Internet, but the info > > is dated and indicates that Excel should have the same behavior and that is > > definitely wrong. > > There are suggestions about using the Word automation model, but I would > > like to avoid that if I can and use general interfaces to accomplish the task. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Cindy Meister > INTER-Solutions, Switzerland > http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) > http://www.word.mvps.org > > This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply > in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) > >

Re: How can I enumerate embedded objects in Word in a general fash Cindy M. <C.Meister-C[ at ]hispeed.ch> 05.09.2006 11:41:49 Hi =?Utf-8?B?d2luc2xhcnM=?=, You might be best off with this question in the Office.developer.automation newsgroup. You're more likely to meet other programmers there who work at this level. The Word, Excel and Powerpoint interfaces were all developed individually, by different teams, many years ago. What they expose/provide is quite different. InlineShapes is particular to Word. The other Office apps do use the Shapes collection, as it bases on the shared Office graphics tools, but it's not said that you can use it at the level you appear to be working at. [Quoted Text] > As I wrote in my original post I use IOleContainer::EnumObjects > Here is a snippet of my code that works in IE/Excel/PowerPoint but not in > Word: > ("TOLEIP" is a smart pointer class, "ioc" is the IOleContainer pointer in my > control, > "_DQlix" is the dispatch interface to my satelite object) > > TOLEIP<IEnumUnknown> pEnumerator; > > // Get an enumerator for the embedded objects > HRESULT hr = ioc->EnumObjects (OLECONTF_EMBEDDINGS, &pEnumerator); > _ASSERTE (SUCCEEDED (hr)); > if (FAILED (hr)) return; > > TOLEIP<IUnknown> pUnk; > ULONG uFetched = 0; > > for (UINT i = 0; pEnumerator->Next (1, &pUnk, &uFetched) == S_OK; i ++) { > > // Try to convert IUnknown pointer into wanted interface > TOLEIP<IDispatch> pDQlix; > hr = pUnk->QueryInterface (__uuidof (_DQlix), (void**) &pDQlix); > pUnk = NULL; > > if (pDQlix) { > // We have a match, use the interface > ... > } > } > > As you can see I am working at the low-level generic IOleContainer / > IOleObject level. I find it strange that Word does not supply the same kind > of support that > Excel does, but everything seems to indicate that that is the case. > > Can i get to the InlineShapes and Shapes collections in a general manner or > are they Word-specific? > Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)

Re: How can I enumerate embedded objects in Word in a general fash winslars 05.09.2006 11:54:01 I will do that. Thanks "Cindy M." wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi =?Utf-8?B?d2luc2xhcnM=?=, > > You might be best off with this question in the Office.developer.automation > newsgroup. You're more likely to meet other programmers there who work at this > level. The Word, Excel and Powerpoint interfaces were all developed > individually, by different teams, many years ago. What they expose/provide is > quite different. > > InlineShapes is particular to Word. The other Office apps do use the Shapes > collection, as it bases on the shared Office graphics tools, but it's not said > that you can use it at the level you appear to be working at. > > > As I wrote in my original post I use IOleContainer::EnumObjects > > Here is a snippet of my code that works in IE/Excel/PowerPoint but not in > > Word: > > ("TOLEIP" is a smart pointer class, "ioc" is the IOleContainer pointer in my > > control, > > "_DQlix" is the dispatch interface to my satelite object) > > > > TOLEIP<IEnumUnknown> pEnumerator; > > > > // Get an enumerator for the embedded objects > > HRESULT hr = ioc->EnumObjects (OLECONTF_EMBEDDINGS, &pEnumerator); > > _ASSERTE (SUCCEEDED (hr)); > > if (FAILED (hr)) return; > > > > TOLEIP<IUnknown> pUnk; > > ULONG uFetched = 0; > > > > for (UINT i = 0; pEnumerator->Next (1, &pUnk, &uFetched) == S_OK; i ++) { > > > > // Try to convert IUnknown pointer into wanted interface > > TOLEIP<IDispatch> pDQlix; > > hr = pUnk->QueryInterface (__uuidof (_DQlix), (void**) &pDQlix); > > pUnk = NULL; > > > > if (pDQlix) { > > // We have a match, use the interface > > ... > > } > > } > > > > As you can see I am working at the low-level generic IOleContainer / > > IOleObject level. I find it strange that Word does not supply the same kind > > of support that > > Excel does, but everything seems to indicate that that is the case. > > > > Can i get to the InlineShapes and Shapes collections in a general manner or > > are they Word-specific? > > > > Cindy Meister > INTER-Solutions, Switzerland > http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) > http://www.word.mvps.org > > This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply > in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) > >