Re: Determine if a Word Document is New or Saved
Re: Determine if a Word Document is New or Saved
- Subject: Re: Determine if a Word Document is New or Saved
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:10:28 -0800
- Thread-topic: Determine if a Word Document is New or Saved
Title: Re: Determine if a Word Document is New or Saved
On 12/14/07 1:57 PM, "email@hidden" <email@hidden> wrote:
tell application "Microsoft Word"
if path of active document is "" then
display dialog "New Document"
else
display dialog "Old Document"
end if
end tell
Stan C.
In Word 04 and below, that would be the "save way" to run it. However, in the new Word 08 the "path" and "full name" both pass the file name included. I had to make the adjustment after I realized the differences.
thus:
tell application "Microsoft Word"
path of active document
end tell
In Word 2008 returns:
-->>"Document1" or
--> "Mac HD:Users:User1:Documents:Document1.doc"
Word 2004 returns:
-->> "" or
--> "Mac HD:Users:User1:Documents"
Thanks again!
Brian
The only copies of Word 2008 out now are either NDA or stolen. But if what you say is true, then you should use 'full name' since it would work the same for both 2004 and 2008.
It was always un-Mac-like that the 'path' property (derived from the equivalent VBA Property) was actually the path to the containing folder (or disk) rather than to the document. In all other Mac apps, 'path' includes the file itself. Of course, this sort of makes 'full name' redundant, since it returns the same thing.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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