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Asked: 2026-06-02T06:33:52+00:00

I’m developing a vb6 application that uses Microsoft office word. each single word11,word12,word14 object

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I’m developing a vb6 application that uses Microsoft office word.
each single word11,word12,word14 object libraries can make my application work. But How do I detect which version of Office is installed and thus which version of the “Microsoft Word Object Library” is available, and subsequently load it?

Note: I don’t want to use .net because many of my clients do not want to install .netframework.

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    Generally:

    • Code to the lowest version of Word you plan to support or do version tests before invoking any methods/properties that might not be supported under all versions

    • You don’t load a Word Object Library; you invoke an instance of Word and automate it. Windows figures out which version of Word to invoke if there are multiple versions; once you have a Word object, you can query its version for your version tests.

    On my PPT FAQ site, there’s some general information about this; the same code should work in VB6 with only minor alterations, if any.

    Controlling Office Applications from PowerPoint (by Naresh Nichani and Brian Reilly)
    http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00795_Controlling_Office_Applications_from_PowerPoint_-by_Naresh_Nichani_and_Brian_Reilly-.htm

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