How to Edit Table Microsoft Word

[viptnn]

anyone know how to edit available table at word: add row or fill data to cell. I have searched but not found

[water]

It depends ...

You could use the Word UDF that comes with AutoIt. Use function _Word_DocTableRead to retrieve the current table, then modify the array and rewrite the table using function _Word_DocTableWrite.
As the functions only retrieve the text, formatting will be lost.

Another possible way is to use MS COM interface to Word. But this will take a bit more time and effort.

[kcvinu]

It's easy with MS COM. read this for writing text

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/tkf9d64e.aspx

And this for adding rows and cols

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2dw39e8e.aspx

 

[water]

If you have problems translating the code to AutoIt please post your questions here.

[viptnn]

If you have problems translating the code to AutoIt please post your questions here.

Autoit is the first language i study, so please teach me how to translate VBA to autoit.

Me.Application.ActiveDocument.Tables.Item(1).Rows.Add()

With Me.Tables.Item(1).Cell(1, 1).Range
    .Text = "Name"
    .ParagraphFormat.Alignment = Word.WdParagraphAlignment.wdAlignParagraphRight
End With

[kcvinu]

@viptnn ,

First of all, you need to create or get the word's com object. Use "ObjCreate" or "ObjGet" function for that. Read the help file for more details.

Remember, When using ObjCreate, you are going to create a new instance of word and when using ObjGet, your trying to connect the already opened word instance. 

And when you create or get the object, then you can use it like this for the above given code.

For example, this is the vb code 

Me.Application.ActiveDocument.Tables.Item(1).Rows.Add()

You can write it like this

Local $oWord = ObjGet("","Word.Application")

$oWord.ActiveDocument.Tables.Item(1).Rows.Add()

So simple. And do not forget to check the constants for WordConstants.au3 in include folder.

[water]

To create the Word COM object and to open the document you can use _Word_Create, _Word_DocOpen from the Word UDF that comes with AutoIt.
The UDF makes things a bit easier and comes with error checking already included.

[viptnn]

For example, this is the vb code 

Me.Application.ActiveDocument.Tables.Item(1).Rows.Add()

You can write it like this

Local $oWord = ObjGet("","Word.Application")

$oWord.ActiveDocument.Tables.Item(1).Rows.Add()

So simple. And do not forget to check the constants for WordConstants.au3 in include folder.

Its look like very easy, i can do with second case. Thank you so much 

Dim $oDoc = $oWord.ActiveDocument

With $oDoc.Tables.Item(1).Cell(1, 1).Range
    .Text = "Name"
    .ParagraphFormat.Alignment = "Word.WdParagraphAlignment.wdAlignParagraphRight"
EndWith

[water]

Autoit does not support the VB way to use application related constants. Try:

; Enumeration taken from: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff835817%28v=office.14%29.aspx
Global $wdAlignParagraphRight = 2 ; Right-aligned
Global $oDoc = $oWord.ActiveDocument
With $oDoc.Tables.Item(1).Cell(1, 1).Range
    .Text = "Name"
    .ParagraphFormat.Alignment = $wdAlignParagraphRight
EndWith

 

[kcvinu]

@water,  I think these constants are already declared in WordConstants.au3. So inclusing that file is the right way, is it ?

[water]

The Word UDF only has those constants defined in WordConstants.au3 which are used as parameters by one of the functions of the Word UDF.
Else WordConstants.au3 would have become way too big.