Re: How can you find where a word doc is saved? - C# Discussion Boards

15-Aug-07 4:36

Hello! Let's say that i'm using Word 2007, and i have an add-in with a button. I create a word doc and i save it. Word is still running. How can i find where i saved the doc by pressing the add-in button? Does Visual Studio Office Tools has a solution for this problem?
Thanks a lot!
Any comment it's welcome!

Justin Perez15-Aug-07 4:40

15-Aug-07 4:40

I am confused Confused | :confused:

You have a add-in written in C# for word 2007, correct?

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alina_anitei15-Aug-07 4:44

15-Aug-07 4:44

yes i have an add-in written in C#. I just want to know if vsto can detect the name of my saved document!

Justin Perez15-Aug-07 4:45

15-Aug-07 4:45

I am unsure if there is anything "built-in" to do that, but you could easy do that with .NET if there isn't.

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alina_anitei15-Aug-07 4:47

15-Aug-07 4:47

You will save my day if you tell me how to do it with .NET

Justin Perez15-Aug-07 4:53

15-Aug-07 4:53

Are you saving this file by your Word add-in, or doing it through word? Or does it need to work for either?

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alina_anitei15-Aug-07 4:55

15-Aug-07 4:55

I'm saving this file through word

Justin Perez15-Aug-07 4:57

15-Aug-07 4:57

I don't know much about Addins for Microsoft office, what type of office resources do you have access to? Any access to Events, methods, etc?

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alina_anitei15-Aug-07 5:00

15-Aug-07 5:00

I am using office 2007. You said that there is a solution using .NET. You can tell me more about this?

Justin Perez15-Aug-07 5:02

15-Aug-07 5:02

There isn't a predefined solution for this, but it can be done with .NET. First you have to have access to stuff from MS Word, such as Recent files as suggested below by Colin. If you have access to events and stuff from Word it can be easily done.

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led mike15-Aug-07 4:50

led mike

15-Aug-07 4:50

alina_anitei wrote:
detect the name

"detect"? what does that mean?

alina_anitei wrote:
I just want to know if vsto can

What does the Documentation say?

alina_anitei15-Aug-07 4:51

15-Aug-07 4:51

it means to find the word document path that i've just created

Colin Angus Mackay15-Aug-07 4:57

Colin Angus Mackay

15-Aug-07 4:57

alina_anitei wrote:
it means to find the word document path that i've just created

And is there nothing in the documentation that tells you how to get at the MRU (Most Recently Used) file list? (I don't know much about the capabilities of Office 2007 integration with .NET, so I'm just trying to get you looking in the right direction so you might be able to see what's there)

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alina_anitei16-Aug-07 3:34

16-Aug-07 3:34

Thanks a lot Colin. I used your advice and i solved my problem.
Here's the code:

using Office = Microsoft.Office.Core;
using Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;
public void OnTextButton(Office.IRibbonControl control)
{
Word.Range currentRange = Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.Selection.Range;
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Window activeWin = (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Window)control.Context;

if (activeWin.Application.ActiveDocument.Path =="")
{
MessageBox.Show("You didn't save the document.");
return;
}
else
{
currentRange.Text = "Path: " + activeWin.Application.ActiveDocument.Path +
"\r\n" + "Name: " + activeWin.Application.ActiveDocument.Name;
}
}

This works on Office 2007 and returns the name of the current document.

Thanks again!