Dear all
i tried this fine artical which guide hot to write php code to create ms office file using COM.
http://web.informbank.com/articles/t...-documents.htm
the problem that all the examples in this guide worked fine except the ms word example i am getting the following error:
this is the output:
I'm using MS Word 11.0
Fatal error: Call to a member function TypeText() on a non-object in C:\Inetpub\temp\index.php on line ...
$word->Selection->TypeText("Hello, universe!"); // error is here !
please help i tried everything...
note: i am using windows server 2003 sbs and php 5 and office 2003
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ok i have another code which also give error and did know how to solve it
this the error :
Loaded Word, version 11.0
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'com_exception' with message 'Source: Microsoft Word
Description: Command failed' in C:\Inetpub\temp\index.php:... Stack trace: #0 C:\Inetpub\temp\index.php(...): variant->Open('C:/inetpub/temp...') #1 {main} thrown in C:\Inetpub\temp\index.php on line ...
Code:
<?php
//1. Instanciate Word
$word = new COM("word.application") or die("Unable to instantiate Word");
print "Loaded Word, version {$word->Version}\n";
//2. specify the MS Word template document (with Bookmark TODAYDATE inside)
$template_file = "C:/Inetpub/temp/reminder.doc";
//3. open the template document
$word->Documents->Open($template_file);
//4. get the current date MM/DD/YYYY
$current_date = date("m/d/Y");
//5. get the bookmark and create a new MS Word Range (to enable text substitution)
$bookmarkname = "TODAYDATE";
$objBookmark = $word->ActiveDocument->Bookmarks($bookmarkname);
$range = $objBookmark->Range;
//6. now substitute the bookmark with actual value
$range->Text = $current_date;
//7. save the template as a new document (c:/reminder_new.doc)
$new_file = "C:/Inetpub/temp/reminder_new.doc";
$word->Documents[1]->SaveAs($new_file);
//8. free the object
$word->Quit();
$word->Release();
$word = null;
?>
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