mdupris
6/29/2007 4:45:00 PM
Never mind... Seems an old COM Add-in had inserted itself into the
system and was fouling things up. (Loud "Duh!" sound at this end, when
it was discovered).
= M =
On Jun 28, 11:39 am, mdup...@hotmail.com wrote:
> I can't open a Word session in a C# session without getting an error
> "This command is not available because no document is open". The
> simplest code illustrating the problem is below:
>
> using System;
> using System.Collections.Generic;
> using System.ComponentModel;
> using System.Data;
> using System.Drawing;
> using System.Text;
> using System.Windows.Forms;
> using Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;
>
> namespace JustOpenWord
> {
> public partial class Form1 : Form
> {
> public Form1()
> {
> InitializeComponent();
> }
>
> private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
> {
> Word.Application oWord = new Word.Application();
> }
> }
>
> }
>
> The error occurs on execution of the "Word.Application oWord = new
> Word.Application();" line.
>
> The same failure occurs with variants such as "ApplicationClass" or
> "_Application". I've tried using "try/catch" to manage the error, and
> the pop-up, without success. Suspecting an Office configuration issue
> (Office 2003 running in Windows XP) I re-installed Office, without
> success.
>
> Anyone have any clues what's going on here? They would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> = M =