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MS Office Forum / Word / Programming / October 2006How to set focus to Word using automation
Our application integrates tightly with Word using automation. In certain instances we are finding that Word has a dialog open but the user is not aware of this because Word does not have focus. How can we force Word to get focus. I have tried the following but to no avail: _wordApp.ShowMe(); _wordDoc.ActiveWindow.SetFocus(); (If we control the opening of Word then this works OK. However, if attach to an existing instance of Word AND it was already maximised then this is where we have the issue). The better (and easier) solution is to make sure that Word doesn't display any dialogs. If your application is (as you claim) tightly integrated, this is not difficult. > Our application integrates tightly with Word using automation. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > attach to an existing instance of Word AND it was already maximised > then this is where we have the issue). There are a couple of instances where we do want to activate Word, ie to show the results of a spellcheck and to show the document that has been automatically produced (to give the user the option to change). I neglected to say in the original post that we are also calling the Activate() method. > The better (and easier) solution is to make sure that Word doesn't display > any dialogs. If your application is (as you claim) tightly integrated, this [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > attach to an existing instance of Word AND it was already maximised > > then this is where we have the issue). If Word is activated, then dealing with the dialogs is the user's responsibility. You really can't have it both ways: either Word is under your app's control, or it's under your user's control. > There are a couple of instances where we do want to activate Word, ie > to show the results of a spellcheck and to show the document that has [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> > attach to an existing instance of Word AND it was already maximised >> > then this is where we have the issue). Yes I understand this. All I am asking for is for is the Word Automation commands to ensure that Word gets focus as the Activate() nor the SetFocus() command does not always seem to work. > If Word is activated, then dealing with the dialogs is the user's > responsibility. You really can't have it both ways: either Word is under [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > >> > attach to an existing instance of Word AND it was already maximised > >> > then this is where we have the issue). See if this thread helps http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.excel.programming/browse_frm/thr ead/605cf5361d1efccc/cf2dd38d38d7e3fd?lnk=gst&q=application.caption&rnum=1#cf2dd 38d38d7e3fd Art > Our application integrates tightly with Word using automation. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > attach to an existing instance of Word AND it was already maximised > then this is where we have the issue). It looks like others are also having the same issue. I saw the following post, however, it does seem a bit messy: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.office.developer.automation/brow se_thread/thread/2a56313a44625314/0da5fb2afb9bcde4?lnk=st&q=Activate+Word+focus+ .net&rnum=2#0da5fb2afb9bcde4 > See if this thread helps > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > attach to an existing instance of Word AND it was already maximised > > then this is where we have the issue). |
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