pcsoft.us.windevCopyright 2026, PC SOFT8 Dec 2014 20:06:00 Z8 Dec 2014 06:28:00 ZHello All I fully appreciate that I am asking for the highly unlikely and possibly the impossible, but it is Christmas. I have a qaulity management system written in Windev and I have been asked to trial it on a Mac running parallels with Windows8. I started with zero expectations so I was surprised that the software worked fine and quite impressed when double clicking on a document name in a table opened the document in the Mac copy of MS Word (using shell execute). The problem is that the office automation doesn't work. The software has a master set of documents that are copied into each job and then modifed to suit that job. As the documents are copied, a find and replace routine is run and this fails after GetActiveObject() This is the code //Find and replace in a word document MyWordObject is object OLE dynamic IF MyWordObject <> Null THEN MyWordObject>>Visible = OLETrue MyWordObject>>Quit() END MyWordObject=GetActiveObject("Word.Application") IF MyWordObject=Null THEN // check if word is open WHEN EXCEPTION IN MyWordObject = new object OLE "Word.Application" DO Info("MS Word is not installed on this computer. The find and replace function cannot complete") LOkToFindReplace = False delete MyWordObject END //exception The other complication is that I do not have a Mac or access to one and the client is 800 miles away so contact with them is via teamviewer. It may be a simple as finding the name of the "Word" OLE server application that is on offer from the Mac I suppose onother solution may be to purchase another copy of MS Word and run it in the parallels partition ? Regards Al30WEBDEVen_UShttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels/read.awpmoderateur@pcsoft.fr (El moderador)webmaster@pcsoft.fr (El webmaster)guestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49401/read.awp8 Dec 2014 20:06:00 ZHello Derek Gee whiz, so many choices, learn Apple Script, learn .Net to Windev integration, poke myself repeatedly with a sh…https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49401/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49401/read.awp[WD19] Problem running MS Office automation on Mac/Parallelsguestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49400/read.awp8 Dec 2014 19:14:00 ZAl Had a few minutes to spare so thought I would have a rummage around. Seems that 'AppleScript' is your friend - now I use th…https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49400/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49400/read.awp[WD19] Problem running MS Office automation on Mac/Parallelsguestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49391/read.awp8 Dec 2014 13:48:00 ZHello Derek Thanks for confirming that. It does look like another copy of Word would provide an imediate solution, with the .…https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49391/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49391/read.awp[WD19] Problem running MS Office automation on Mac/Parallelsguestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49389/read.awp8 Dec 2014 13:00:00 ZAl Stab in the dark here as I am just starting with a Mac/Parallels setup and have to say that so far I have found it to be pre…https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49389/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49389/read.awp[WD19] Problem running MS Office automation on Mac/Parallelsguestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49386/read.awp8 Dec 2014 11:47:00 ZHello Fabrice Thanks for the information. I am in touch with Parallels Tech support but I am not hopeful of them coming up w…https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49386/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49386/read.awp[WD19] Problem running MS Office automation on Mac/Parallelsguestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49385/read.awp8 Dec 2014 11:33:00 ZHello Al I do not think that what you want to do is directly achievable... However, there is some good news... I recently …https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49385/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49385/read.awp[WD19] Problem running MS Office automation on Mac/Parallelsinfopcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49378/read.awp8 Dec 2014 08:51:36 ZWord works also with the RTF-format, as does Wordpad (so, you have two different tools without buying another copy of MS-Office)…https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49378/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/49376-wd19-problem-running-office-automation-mac-parallels-49378/read.awp[WD19] Problem running MS Office automation on Mac/Parallels