getting data from cells in MS Word

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I'd like to get text from various cells in tables in an MS Word document. It seems that the most direct way to do this is with an object created by _WordCreate() or _WordAttach(). I'm able to create the object, but once I do that I don't know which properties and methods to use. I've looked at MSDN, but I don't understand it.

I tried this:

#include <word.au3>

$path=("path to word document")
$wObj=_wordcreate($path,1)
$wObj.tables.item(1).select.selectcell(1,2)

but the SelectCell action failed.

I've been running into a lot of trouble using COM objects in AutoIt. Where can I find a tutorial? I'm looking for something that's more extensive than the one in the helpfile.

[PsaltyDS]

I'd like to get text from various cells in tables in an MS Word document. It seems that the most direct way to do this is with an object created by _WordCreate() or _WordAttach(). I'm able to create the object, but once I do that I don't know which properties and methods to use. I've looked at MSDN, but I don't understand it.

I tried this:

#include <word.au3>

$path=("path to word document")
$wObj=_wordcreate($path,1)
$wObj.tables.item(1).select.selectcell(1,2)

but the SelectCell action failed.

I've been running into a lot of trouble using COM objects in AutoIt. Where can I find a tutorial? I'm looking for something that's more extensive than the one in the helpfile.

Trouble with COM objects in AutoIt? Does that mean you have a version of the above code in VBScript or something that works fine?

Edited May 2, 2008 by PsaltyDS

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Trouble with COM objects in AutoIt? Does that mean you have a version of the above code in VBScript or something that works fine?

No, I have limited abilities with COM in general. How do I figure out which method I need to call? I don't even know if

$wObj.tables.item(1).select.selectcell(1,2)

is a real Word object; I got the select.selectcell part by recording a macro of what happens when I select a cell and then looking at the VBA code that was produced, and I got the tables.item(1) part from a piece of sample code at MSDN about putting text in cells. I'm guessing that I need to use these things to call the selectcell method. But I'm not sure, and I'd like to know where I can look for a solid introduction to using objects in my scripts.