Re: Need AS400-based magic box to insert RTF file into Word document

Hi Dan

I think you need to use regular VB to create a stand-alone executable that will find your active Word instance. That's how to execute a macro from outside of Word itself. The section on creating an OLE client in VB should help you here. You'll need to delve into the object structure of Word to find how to call a macro.

Incoming Remote Command is the server. As far as the autostart, I guess that depends. This sounds sort of productionish, so I guess I'd say yes; you want to set up appropriate users on the PC.

Neat idea - I once did (with others) something with STRSCNCPY that put the screen, with attributes, into a file, then I'd change those to various attributes (bold, underline, etc.) in Word. At one place the STRSCNCPY was triggered with the Attn key, too.

Good luck

Vern

At 10:48 AM 1/14/2003 -0800, you wrote:

Hi Vern

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Is there a way to get a macro executed from a source outside the Word
application and getting it to run on an already opened Word app and an
already opened Word document?  I suppose if I can do this from the
Windows Run command line, I should be able to remotely call it from the
400.  Vern, you mention a VB client that the 400 could call via
RunRmtCmd; would this be something I could build from Word's VBA?  Or
will I need the VB development product?  I'm guessing that the client
would have to find & activate the already-opened Word application, then
execute the macro?  It's been awhile since I've done any VB, but I know
I've never written anything like that before.  I am looking at the MSDN
article you provided a link for, but am going to have to wait til some
after-hours free time to go through it.  Well, maybe not, says you need
VB 5.0 or 6.0, and I don't have access to that.

I noticed in the "Opening PC docs thru AS/400" thread that you
mentioned CA's Incoming Remote Command; I have set that up.  Should the
"Automatically start IRC" box be checked?  This is the "server" you are
talking about?  How does one get it to "run on the PC"?

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