ms-office

Installing Microsoft Office 2007 on a Server Core Machine

I have a windows service (currently running under Windows 2003 Server) that needs to interact with a few word documents using automation. This Service needs to move to a new server. Is it possible to install and invoke word documents in a Windows 2008 R2 Server Core Machine? ...

creating excel macro for adding rows

hello, i am new to VBA and i want to create a macro in excel that add a row when i reach a certain cell. any help appreciated ...

Using Vim to edit Microsoft Word files

I have found a vi emulator for microsoft word here: ViEmu but I wanted to use vim to edit DOC or even rtf files. My question is , is this possible ? Are they any other formats that preserve page/paragraph layout combatible with both Microsft Word and Vim ? I am also open to OpenOffice formats . ...

Programmatically extracting slides as images from a Powerpoint presentation (.PPT)

Given a Powerpoint presentation in .ppt format, what is the best way to programmatically and using only open source software extract an image representation (in say .jpg or .png) of each slide in the presentation? The application will run in a Linux server environment, so installing Microsoft Office or Keynote is not an option. The fun...

What's the best program / API for converting Word docs to PDF that does NOT require Office to be installed?

Well, really the title of the question says it all. There are similar questions on SO already. But here's some differences... I absolutely cannot use Office on the server. I must be able to convert the document programmatically. I don't really care how much it costs. Obviously cheaper is better, but if you have a good suggestion that hap...

Web browser Control under Citrix environment

I have a web application which is also displayed in a web browser control of a winforms application. MS Word and Excel are installed on Citrix server. But I want to open a word/excel document on client's machine instead of Citrix server when I click a link on the website (which is displaying in web browser control) Is it possible? ...

I'm checking Ms Office version

Hello I'm currently maintaining an old plugin for Office. Current solution has a method for determining what version of Office is currently installed. It looks into the registration db for PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c and the Version=. All good and dandy. For Office 2003 the Version=11, for Office 2007 the Version=12. For Office 2010...

VBA language reference for Office 2004

Office 2003 has such things as the Office 2003 Editions: Word VBA Language Reference. Is there such documentation for Office 2004 or is it assumed that the Office 2003 documentation covers Office 2004 adequately? ...

Integration of Screenshot Effect in MicroSoft Word 2010

I am impressed alot by the new Microsoft Office 2010 New Feature's. So i am thinking of creating a particular effect in my Own Application Which is Based On Image Processing. Can Anyone help me out how to create Integration of Screenshot Effect which is in MS WORD 2010(Screen Clipping & Remove background of Images). I want to create thi...

How to replace every existing values of a column with formula?

My sheet currently has already data. Unfortunately, later I realize that all values in column E should be validated and changed as necessary by calling my own user-defined function and passing the values as the function parameter. For example, just says I have the following data in column E: E1: "This is a text in (E1)" E2: "This is a t...

Excel Visual Studio Design Time Adapter Add-in Error

Hi.. I am trying to open excel workbook 2003 using VSTO. but i am getting error again again like " Project cannot be created because the application add-in is not working correctly and might have been disabled. To check for disabled items in the Microsoft Office application, open the Help menu, click About Microsoft Office Word or Abo...

Regular Expression Rules in Outlook 2007?

Is it possible to create rules in Outlook 2007 based on a regex string? I'm trying to add a filter for messages containing a string such as: 4000-10, a four digit number followed by a dash and then a two digit number, which can be anything from 0000-00 to 9999-99. I was using this as a regex: \b[0-9]{4}\-[0-9]{2}\b but the filter isn...

outlook add-in not translated

I have created an outlook 2007 add-in with localization support (using resources files). on start up of the add-in i set the current culture and current ui culture to spanish. if i run from visual studio, my add-in is fine and is translated to spanish. when i install my add-in and run it from outlook, it stays in english. any ideas? ...

VBA: How to display a cell value by its defined name?

I have already a defined name for a particular column in my worksheet. How to display a cell value by its defined name? I've tried these: Public Sub Test() Dim R As Range Set R = ThisWorkbook.Names("SomeName").RefersToRange MsgBox CStr(R.Value) End Sub but run-time error occured "Type Mismatch" (error code: 13). What...

flex MS Project library

Hello all, Is there ActionScript library that works with MPP(MS Office Project)? library that parses MS Project XML? Also please advice me all links that may help me ...

Open remote document and save back to remote server

I have programmed a web app for my office that runs on the server. All of our documents are on the server as well. I would like to be able to have the user browse a folder on the server through my web app, open it in an editor (online or desktop), be able to edit it and save it back to the server, in the location where it was opened from...

Change Default Movie Player in PowerPoint 2007

Hello, I want to change the default movie player in PowerPoint 2007. Could anybody please suggest me the way around for it. Thanks in advance. ...

Get HTML from Office selection

Hi, I'm working on a project where I have created Office Addin's for Excel, Word, Powerpoint and Outlook. I have a button that is supposed to get the get the whatever the user has selected and import it into a WYSIWYG editor. For now this is how I get the selection and extract html. Excel.Worksheet sheet = excelApp.ActiveSheet; excelApp...

VBA: How to display an error message just like the standard error message which has a "Debug" button?

As usual, I create an error-handler using On Error Goto statement, there I put a few lines of cleaning codes and display the error message, but now I don't want to lose the comfortableness of the default handler which also point me to the exact line where the error has occured. How can I do that? Thanks in advance. ...

How to get rid of the untouchable yellow border of the ribbon menu-button?

I'm new to WPF control template and need your help on this. I got a sample Microsoft Ribbon project here. I tried to change the color of the ribbon menu button but I can not make the yellow border goes off. Please see screenshot below. If you have a work-around, please help! You can get MS Ribbon from: http://www.microsoft.com/dow...