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[Paul S.]

FrontEnd: Xp (SP2) , GDC 2.02.09-352.212
BackEnd: Redhat 4, Genero 2.02.02-966.12

Trying to use the GoTo method in Word 2003 to move to a new position in
a document.

1. Open a Word 2003 Template which has a Bookmark called Start

2. Run following:

    CALL ui.Interface.frontCall("WINCOM","CallMethod",
        [wlapp,"Selection.GoTo",'What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="Start"'],[res])
    IF word_com_error(res, __LINE__) THEN
        RETURN FALSE
    END IF

I have changed the argument list a few times, split it up "What","Name" ,
single argument etc..

Everytime I run this line I get a Bad Parameter error.

I can open the template and save with a new name no problem, I can paste data into
the word document, but cannot position the cursor to the bookmark.

I can open the template (not using wincom) and use the Edit/GoTo option to move to the
bookmark, I have recorded a macro and the macro looks just like the method above.

I have followed this link from the MSDN web site
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa172261(office.11).aspx

And I appear to be doing the call right.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Paul

[Lionel F.]

Hello,

In your case, the problem comes probably from on a known limitation of the Wincom syntax :
- "no parenthesis" notation is not allowed ; for instance:  myFunction 3 must be written  myFunction(3)
(https://4js.com/online_documentation/fjs-gdc-2.11.01-manual-html/User/WinCOM.html)

In your example, in VBA, the syntax should be :

Code

Selection.GoTo What:=WdGoToBookmark, Name:="Start"

There is a blank space between "GoTo" and "What", therefore, this syntax is not adaptable to the Wincom API.

Maybe you could try the following one :

Code

Selection.GoTo (WdGoToBookmark,"","","Start")

It might work but it could also depend on the Word version which is used (on my side, it didn't work with 2002-SP1)

Don't hesitate to get back to me if you need further information.

Best regards,
Lionel   

[Paul S.]

Hi Thanks for the reply, I have messed around a little and these are the results.

I got round the problem by using:

   [wlapp,'ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("bkStart").Select'],[res])

What I am finding hard to understand/confusing is the relationship between the CallMethod options and
the VBA commands used by MS.

For example MS states the GoTo Method as: expression.GoTo(What, Which, Count, Name)

WinCom as: CALL ui.Interface.frontCall("WINCOM","CallMethod",[ handle, method, arg1, ... ], [result] )

Which I assume means:-

method is the member name to call = expression.GoTo
arg1,... is the arguments = What,Which,Count,Name

should we be passing the arguments within parenthesis "()" as part of the method "GoTo(arg1,arg2)
or as a single argument (arg1,arg2...) or a list of arguments (arg1),(arg2).

If the arguments are part of the method , can the arg1 option be left out?

At the end of the day I got a solution and I accept that the problem could be MS
(plenty of examples on the Internet show what MS says does not always work)

Thanks again.

The attempts below give me errors?

1.     [wlapp,'Selection.GoTo (What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="bkStart")'],[res])
Error: "One or more of the names were not known. The returned array of DISPIDs
     contains DISPID_UNKNOWN for each entry that corresponds to an unknown name."

2.     [wlapp,'Selection.GoTo(What:=wdGoToBookmark,Name:="bkStart")'],[res])
Error: "One of the arguments in rgvarg is not a valid variant type."

3.    [wlapp,'Selection.GoTo(What:=wdGoToBookmark,Name:="bkStart")',""],[res])
Error: Bad Parameter.

4.     [wlapp,'Selection.GoTo','(wdGoToBookmark,"","","bkStart")'],[res])
Error: Bad Parameter

5.     [wlapp,'ActiveDocument.GoTo(What:=wdGoToBookmark,"","",Name:="bkStart")'],[res])
Error: One of the arguments in rgvarg is not a valid variant type.

6.     [wlapp,'ActiveDocument.GoTo(wdGoToBookmark,"","","bkStart")'],[res])
Error: ne of the arguments in rgvarg is not a valid variant type.

[Lionel F.]

Hi Paul,

Well-judged! Your syntax is indeed working...

I did not find any way to make work this using the method GoTo ().

Now, you're right, I admit that the Wincom documentation is not pretty clear regarding the relationship between the CallMethod options and the VBA commands used by MS.

This is probably a thing we have to explain more deeply with further concrete examples. Anyway, the goal is, eventually, to improve the whole documentation concerning Wincom.

Thank you again for posting,
Best regards

[Paul S.]

Hi Lionel , thanks for the reply.

I look forward to seeing any new documentation on how to use Wincom, in the mean time I will use Google to check if the VBA methods work as per the MSDN website, this is how a got the solution in the end.

Paul