Re: RPG and Word ?

[Joep Beckeringh <joep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David,

There is no way (that I know of) that RPG can talk to Word. What you can 
do is create a file and open it with Word. Problem is that .doc is a 
proprietary format, so it is not feasible to create a .doc file from RPG 
(there is an open source project for accessing Office documents, 
especially spreadsheets, with Java, about which Scott Klement has 
written a lot, but the Word part of it does not seem to be very useful). 
But you can create a .html document (e.g. with CGIDEV2) and open it with 
Word. Another option is .rtf (Rich Text Format), but HTML is much better 
documented.

If you must do anything with Word, you'll have to program on the PC 
side. You could use MS Access, create an ODBC link and program in Visual 
Basic. You can access Word and its object model from VB.

Joep Beckeringh



David Foxwell wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> We have an application that manages the courrier that is sent to our clients. 
> The text of each courrier is typed in a green screen and saved in a file for 
> later edition.
> Now the boss has discovered the command STRPCO and that instead of showing a 
> green screen for typing text, we can open a Word document.
>
> Is there any way that, when Word opens, the necessary client information ( 
> name, address, etc ) can be first written to the document from the RPG 
> application?
>
> TIA