Microsoft KB Archive/198508

= How To Insert and Format a Picture in Word 97 w/ OLE Automation =

Article ID: 198508

Article Last Modified on 7/1/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0a
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q198508



SUMMARY
This article describes how to insert a graphic, such as a company logo, into a Word 97 document created with OLE automation.



Sample Code
oWord=CREATEOBJECT("Word.Application") WITH oWord * Uncomment this line to open different BMPS with GETFILE function * pic=GETFILE("bmp") * Comment this line below if using the GETFILE function * Change the path according to your installed TASTRADE directory pic="C:\VFP\SAMPLE\TASTRADE\BITMAPS\BEVERAGE.BMP" futuredate=DATE+14 .Documents.Add .ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddPicture(pic) .ActiveDocument.Shapes("Picture 2").Select .Selection.ShapeRange.RelativeHorizontalPosition = 2 .Selection.ShapeRange.RelativeVerticalPosition = 0 .Selection.ShapeRange.Left=4.2*72 && Move 4.2 inches x 72 points/inch .Selection.ShapeRange.Top = 0 .Selection.ShapeRange.LockAnchor = .T.     .Visible=.T.      .Selection.MoveRight .Selection.InsertParagraphAfter .Selection.MoveDown .Selection.Font.Name = "Arial" .Selection.Font.Bold = .T.     .Selection.Font.Size = 8 .Selection.InsertDateTime("dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy", 1) .Selection.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = 1     && Center date .Selection.InsertParagraphAfter .Selection.MoveDown .Selection.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = 3     && Justify .Selection.InsertParagraphAfter .Selection.MoveDown .Selection.InsertAfter("Dear ") .Selection.MoveRight .Selection.Fields.Add(oWord.Selection.Range,-1,"author") .Selection.MoveRight .Selection.InsertAfter(":") .Selection.InsertParagraphAfter .Selection.InsertParagraphAfter .Selection.MoveDown .Selection.InsertAfter("This letter is to inform you that ") .Selection.InsertAfter("you have been selected as the") .Selection.InsertAfter("grand prizewinner in our contest. ") .Selection.InsertAfter("To claim your prize, please complete ") .Selection.InsertAfter("the entry form and return it no later than ") .Selection.InsertAfter(futuredate) .Selection.InsertAfter(".") .Selection.InsertParagraphAfter .Selection.InsertParagraphAfter .Selection.InsertAfter("If we have not received your entry within ") .Selection.InsertAfter("fourteen days, that is, on or before ") .Selection.InsertAfter(cmonth(futuredate)) .Selection.InsertAfter(" ") .Selection.InsertAfter(day(futuredate)) .Selection.InsertAfter(", ") .Selection.InsertAfter((year(futuredate))) .Selection.InsertAfter(", we will remove your name from the ") .Selection.InsertAfter("list of eligible winners.") .Selection.InsertParagraphAfter .Selection.InsertParagraphAfter .Selection.InsertAfter("Thank you,") .Selection.InsertParagraphAfter .selection.Moveright .Selection.InsertAfter("The Prize Selection Committee") .Selection.Font.Name = "Lucida Handwriting" .selection.Font.Bold=.T.     .Selection.MoveRight .Application.Activate     && Activate Word. =INKEY(3)                 && Wait a couple seconds. * Uncomment the line below to Save the document *.QUIT(-1)                && Quit with saving. * Comment the line below Save the document. .QUIT(0)                  && Quit w/o saving. ENDWITH

