Calling MS OFFICE programs !

[lailas]

hiii all
i am very new to VB...just started
i am trying to set menue of MS OFFICE programs(word,excel ,ms project..) in a VB.NET application
the field in the menue will be enabled only when those programs r available
Then we can call the needed program to open in vb.net application,
but we need also tjo control the location of the programs
i mean when calling the word program , it should located below the application ,,!
but HOW !
I NEED UR HELP PLZ

 

[lailas]

any one can help .. ?

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

Office is always installed to the "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office" directory from there you've got the different versions of office, office 2003 is the office11 folder and viso 2003 is the viso11 folder

inside those folders are the different exe files that launch the actual office app so to use that in your program simply use the Process class and the Process.Start() method

'Word
Dim prcWord As System.Diagnostics.Process = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\winword.exe")

'Excel
Dim prcExcel As System.Diagnostics.Process = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\excel.exe")

 

[lailas]

Thanx a lot JuggaloBrotha
i search about this and found that we can check the existance of office
programs and the versions by registry keys!
i found the code but its in vb!!
i tried to convert it and edit it,, but seems that i failed
can u plz check the cod and i will be very thankful 4 ur help

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ICE+BY+REGISTRY&rnum=1&hl=en#db1c5cd0d91c4df0