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MS Office Forum / Word / Programming / November 2006How tell via Automation if document has been changed?
If I open Word via automation and let the user view, and possibly edit, a document, how can I tell via Automation if the document has been changed?  Signature.Bill. Hi Bill You can do this if you turn on Track Changes and then use ActiveDocument.Revisions.Count. If it's > 0 then some changes have been made. You'll also need to give the user a mechanism to accept or reject the tracked changes and to turn off tracked changes. There's some information on how Track Changes works at http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/trackchanges/HowTrackChangesWorks.html Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word > If I open Word via automation and let the user view, and possibly edit, > a document, how can I tell via Automation if the document has been > changed? > Hi Bill > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > > > -- .Bill. Thanks Shauna. Word knows internally that a document has benn changed since it prompts you to save the document when you close Word only if the document has been changed. I was hoping that there would be a way to access that flag. Signature.Bill. Hi Bill Ah - if that's all you want, you can use ActiveDocument.Saved. If it's True, then the document is saved. If it's False then the document is "dirty" and the user would get a "do you want to save" message on exiting Word. But that won't necessarily tell you if the document has been changed. If I open a document, change it and save it, then the .Saved property will be True, but I have made changes. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word >> Hi Bill >> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > the document has been changed. I was hoping that there would be a way > to access that flag. |
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