From: David Mullet <david.mullet@...>
Date: 2009-10-21T10:52:37+09:00
Subject: Re: win32ole word find replace

jhn Vln wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm trying to use ruby to "find and replace" feature in Word and
> although i know the word is in the file it says it does not find it.
> What the name of god am i doing wrong here(please see code below).
> 
> Any input is greatly appreciated. Thank you,
> 
> require 'win32ole'
> word = WIN32OLE.new('Word.Application')
> word.Visible = true
> doc = word.documents.open("C:/test_file.doc")
> word.selection.wholestory
> find = word.Selection.Find
> find.text = "is" # simplest test string ever
> if word.selection.find.found
>   p "Found"
> else
>   p "Crapppppppp"
> end

You're very close, but you need to call the Execute() method on the Find 
object:

find = word.Selection.Find
find.Execute()
if word.selection.find.found
    p "Found"
else
    p "Crapppppppp"
end

David

http://rubyonwindows.blogspot.com/2007/11/find-replace-with-ms-word.html
http://rubyonwindows.blogspot.com/search/label/word
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