Script to watch for Winword 2010 then click a toolbar/ribbon button

[AuroraDaveF]

Hi, my brain is absolutely swimming and I'm having no luck trying to get my head around AutoIt and VBA macros at the same time.

I need AutoIt to detect when a/any file opens in MS Word 2010 opens and when it does, to click a button on the Word toolbar (that will run a macro that makes some changes to make the file compliant, saves the file and closes word).

I have the Word macro done and tested.  I plan to open a list of files in word using a simple DOS batch file.  I've had no luck making AutoOpen work in Word macros, so I'm hoping Openit can help me out.

I've not been able to work out how to make AutoIt to detect word has opened a file (as opposed to opened to just Document 1), or how to click the right bits of the toolbar.  Worst case scenario I can use the location of the button and make sure Word always opens full screen.  I think I can do that, but as I'm failing the other bits I'm not sure if I'm reading the data in the AutiIt window info either.

So, to the experts. I'd like a script to detect that Word has opened a file, bring up the View toolbar, then click the button to trigger the macro.  The batch file will then open the next file, repeat.

Please help.  Thanks

 

[water]

Welcome to Autoit and the forum!

I would do the following:

• Check why the macro isn't being executed when the document is opened. There are lots of sites exactly describing how to to this (like this one).
• I suggest to use the Word UDF that comes with AutoIt if you need to automate Word from an external program

Edited June 23, 2015 by water

[junkew]

Whats your endgoal. Sounds like you easier can do your whole solution in VBA macro and no need for batch file or autoit.

http://www.vbaexpress.com/kb/getarticle.php?kb_id=76

and then you should ask your question in a VBA forum