PHP + MS Word

[arnis]

All I want to do is save a word document in HTML format using PHP and COM. I have the following code

$word =new COM("word.application") or die("Unable to instantiate word");
$word->Documents->Open("F:/Useless test.doc");
$word->Documents[1]->SaveAs("f:/Useless test.htm",8);
$word->Quit();

To figure out that Word -> HTML converter is number '8' I made a Word macro which prints constant - wdFormatHTML. How can I use this constant in my PHP code because

$word->Documents[1]->SaveAs("f:/Useless test.htm",wdFormatHTML); did not worked - said something about type mismatch.

-Arnis

[Anon]

Try something like this:

$wdFormatHTML = 8;

$word->Documents[1]->SaveAs("f:/Useless test.htm",$wdFormatHTML);

[arnis]

Thats Not what I was asking. I wanted to know how could I access and use that constant wdFormatHTML in my PHP + COM programms. Thats a Windows constant which change from computer to computer. Like in Your computer Word -> HTML converter might not be defined as 8.

-Arnis

[ame12]

Think I know what you're asking. The suggested VBA on the MSDN site recommends something like this:

ActiveDocument.SaveAs _
FileFormat:=FileConverters("WrdPrfctDat").SaveFormat

This is for a save as WordPerfect format - there is an automated conversion using a "FileConverters" class. That should get you the constant.

Dave

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[arnis]

The constant is something like an enviroment constant. It only works inside Word macros and the value of this constant changes from computer to computer. So you have to find this constant for your coumputer.
1. Tools/Macros/Record macro
2. When macro is beeing recorded type letter "a"
3 Go to Tools/Macros/Start macro and select previously recorded macro and change the code of it by replacing "a" with the name of the constant. (to find out all constants read the Visaul Basic help, you can open it with Alt + F11 then F2 and then search SaveAs. Second parameter for SaveAs method is file format and there you can find all the file formats word document can be saved to).
4 Run macro and see what it prints

You can do the same with Excel too.

Good Luck,

-Arnis

-----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 1:01 PM
To: [e-mail]
Subject: PHP + MS Word

hello,

do you have fund something about your problem with the constant with PHP ?
Can you explain me where do you have fund that
the param ",8" is the word->html save.
Do you know where i can find more info about this.

Thk a lot for you answer...

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