Problem Insert Ole Object in document

[Matthias Korte]

Hi newsgroup,
i have a problem with inserting a word document as object to another
document.
To do that insert process, we use the InlineShapes.AddOleObject(...) Method.

The Environment is Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise.

When i do this add process on my developer machine, the document is inserted
as a Picture object.
I can change the size of the object.
When i do the add process on a customer machine, the document is inserted as
a document-object.
When i want to edit the size of the object, the size can't be changed.

On both machines we have the same office version.
I think it's an OLE problem, how can i solve that problem?

Best regards,
Matthias

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Matthias Korte was telling us:
Matthias Korte nous racontait que :

Hi newsgroup,
i have a problem with inserting a word document as object to another
document.
To do that insert process, we use the InlineShapes.AddOleObject(...)
Method.
The Environment is Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise.

When i do this add process on my developer machine, the document is
inserted as a Picture object.
I can change the size of the object.
When i do the add process on a customer machine, the document is
inserted as a document-object.
When i want to edit the size of the object, the size can't be changed.

On both machines we have the same office version.
I think it's an OLE problem, how can i solve that problem?

Show us the relevant code you are actually using.

 

[Matthias Korte]

Hi Jean,

here is the relevant method, that inserts a OleObject and try to change the
size:

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....
_oRange = _oDocument.Range(ref oStart, ref oEnd);
....

public void insertOleObject(object oDoc, Boolean lPageBreak)
{

object oLink = false;
object oIcon = false;
object oSave = true;
object o1 = Type.Missing;
object o2 = 0;
object oIndex = 0;
IEnumerator oPictures;
Word.InlineShape oPicture;

try
{
_oRange.Collapse(ref _oCollapsEnd);
_oRange = _oRange.InlineShapes.AddOLEObject(ref o1, ref
oDoc, ref oLink, ref oIcon, ref o1, ref o1, ref o1, ref o1).Range;
oPictures =
(IEnumerator)_oRange.InlineShapes.GetEnumerator();
for (int i = 1; i <= _oRange.InlineShapes.Count; i++)
{
oPictures.MoveNext();
oPicture = (Word.InlineShape)oPictures.Current;
oPicture.Width = oPicture.Width * (float)0.63;
oPicture.Height = oPicture.Height * (float)0.63;
}
_oRange.Collapse(ref _oCollapsEnd);

}
catch (Exception e)
{
// do some error handling here
}
}

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I hope that code snippet helps..

Best regards,
Matthias

 

[Matthias Korte]

Hi,
i created a small test application to demonstrate the problem. (i add the
source code to the topic).
When i run this app it works correct under Microsoft Office 2007. When i run
this app under Office 2003, the size of the OleObject will not be changed.
Are there any changes between 2003 and 2007.

Best regards,
Matthias

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi Matthias,

_oRange = _oRange.InlineShapes.AddOLEObject(ref o1, ref
oDoc, ref oLink, ref oIcon, ref o1, ref o1, ref o1, ref o1).Range;

I'd say your problem is here. You're not specifying a value for that
first parameter (Type.missing), but this is where you should be
giving the OLE Class information, something like "Word.Document.8".

Record a VBA macro when inserting a document as an object, then look
at what values it records for the parameters. You want to use those
same values...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17
2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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