ObjGet error to MS Word in Win7

[TripScott]

Hello. I have a script that runs a MS Word macro. It has worked for over a year just fine in Word 2007 (*32) under Windows XP x32. My company is upgrading everyone to Windows 7 (x64). I cannot get AutoIt to get the Word 2007 (*32) object so the macro runs. I receive this error: "--> Word.au3 Error from function _WordMacroRun, $_WordStatus_InvalidDataType."

$oWordApp = ObjGet("", "Word.Application")
$oWordDoc = ObjName("", "Word.Application.Documents")

WinWait("[REGEXPTITLE:^.* - Microsoft Word$]", "")
If Not WinActive("[REGEXPTITLE:^.* - Microsoft Word$]", "") Then WinActivate("[REGEXPTITLE:^.* - Microsoft Word$]", "")
WinWaitActive("[REGEXPTITLE:^.* - Microsoft Word$]", "")

$oWordDoc = WinActivate("[REGEXPTITLE:^.* - Microsoft Word$]", "")

_WordMacroRun($oWordApp, "pMassLoadFromPIM")

I have recompiled the script to UseX64=y. I also tried UseX64=n, which didn't work either.

What is different in Windows 7 x64 that would cause this script to not work when it works in Windows XP X32? Interestingly enough the ObjGet does work for Excel and I am able to read and write to the spreadsheet.

Thanks for any help. My team is counting on me.

Kristine

[big_daddy]

Try running the code in SciTE with the following at the top of your script.

#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64 = n

It would also help if you add the following toward the top of your script before using any _Word* functions.

_WordErrorHandlerRegister()

[gigi1]

also you can try with _WordAttach instead of ObjGet

[water]

I had a similar problem: OS was Windows 7 64 bit, Office 2010 was 32 bit, the AutoIt script was compiled for 64 bit. As soon as I compiled the AutoIt script for 32 bit everything was working fine again.

A 32 bit COM doesn't work well with a 64 bit application.

[TripScott]

I had a similar problem: OS was Windows 7 64 bit, Office 2010 was 32 bit, the AutoIt script was compiled for 64 bit. As soon as I compiled the AutoIt script for 32 bit everything was working fine again.

A 32 bit COM doesn't work well with a 64 bit application.

That was it exactly!! Thank you very much! I was recompiling all my scripts in W7x64 because some of them would fail when I tried to run them. But those weren't the Word scripts.

This leads me to a compile question. Is there a difference (for execution purposes) between compiling on an XP x32 machine in x32 mode and W7x64 in x32 mode?

Kristine

[water]

I moved 32 bit executables from XP to Windows 7 and they just ran fine.