> hello, i did some search in this group and google, seems with
> Dsofile.dll the document properties and custom document properties can
> be accessed without opening the word document, how about doc
> variables? thanks. - kelie
No, for those you need to open the doc in Word. However, for the new docx
file format that comes with Office 2007, you will be able to open those
files and get at anything without using Word, provided you take the trouble
to learn how to read and write XML.

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Kelie - 10 Mar 2007 18:49 GMT
> No, for those you need to open the doc in Word. However, for the new docx
> file format that comes with Office 2007, you will be able to open those
> files and get at anything without using Word, provided you take the trouble
> to learn how to read and write XML.
>
> --
Thank you Jonathan.
Kelie - 10 Mar 2007 18:53 GMT
> No, for those you need to open the doc in Word. However, for the new docx
> file format that comes with Office 2007, you will be able to open those
> files and get at anything without using Word, provided you take the trouble
> to learn how to read and write XML.
Thank you Jonathan.