From: andyh47 <andyh@...>
Date: 2005-07-07T03:45:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Need help with win320le word interface

Thanks very much for your post and the one from Corey.  The advice worked 
like a charm. Thanks very much for your help.


"Dave Burt" <dave@burt.id.au> wrote in message 
news:V%Cye.15665$oJ.2679@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> "andyh47" <andyh@synplicity.com> asked:
>>
>> require 'win32ole'
>>
>> ...
>>
>> curpos = selection.Information['wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage']
>
> The above is not a correct translation of the VB code you are using:
>    curpos = Selection.Information(wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage)
>
> wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage is a constant integer whose value is 5. 
> (Try printing it or displaying it in a msgbox from Word/VBA.
>
> Furthermore, Information has a required argument, and you need to pass 
> that as a Ruby argument rather than using the [] operator as you're doing 
> here.
>
> Try this:
>    WdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage = 5
>    curpos = selection.Information(WdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage)
> or this:
>    module Word; end   # you can use whatever name you like instead of Word
>    WIN32OLE.const_load(w, Word)
>    curpos = selection.Information(WdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage)
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>