$word-&gt;visible does'nt work

$word->visible does'nt work

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Hi there,

just tried out one of the uncounted examples to open a word document out of PHP:

$word = new COM("word.application");
$word->Visible = 1;
$word->Documents->Add();
$word->Selection->TypeText("This is Text!");
$word->Documents[1]->SaveAs("Useless test.doc");
$word->Quit();
$word->Release();
$word = null;

Unfortunately Word keeps invisble. By checking the Task-Manager (Win XP/OfficeXP) I can see, that a instance of winword.exe is beginning to run. Also the "Useless test.doc" is written in the preset path. So how to make Word visible?

Thanks for your help!

diego25

Put this somewhere in your code:
$word->Visible = true;

Diego

ratio

Thanks Diego, but it does not work. Maybe it's a matter of configuring MS IIS 5.1 allowing Scripts to access client's applications..?

diego25

configuring MS IIS 5.1 allowing Scripts to access client's applications.

Are you trying to get PHP which runs on the server, to open MS Word on the client? Then it's not possible...MS Word will open on the server machine...

Diego