Open Method
Open method as it applies to the Documents object.
Opens the specified document and adds it to the Documents collection. Returns a Document object.
expression.Open(FileName, ConfirmConversions, ReadOnly, AddToRecentFiles, PasswordDocument, PasswordTemplate, Revert, WritePasswordDocument, WritePasswordTemplate, Format, Encoding, Visible, OpenConflictDocument, OpenAndRepair , DocumentDirection, NoEncodingDialog)
expression Required. An expression that returns a Documents object.
FileName Required Variant. The name of the document (paths are accepted).
ConfirmConversions Optional Variant. True to display the Convert File dialog box if the file isn't in Microsoft Word format.
ReadOnly Optional Variant. True to open the document as read-only. Note This argument doesn't override the read-only recommended setting on a saved document. For example, if a document has been saved with read-only recommended turned on, setting the ReadOnly argument to False will not cause the file to be opened as read/write.
AddToRecentFiles Optional Variant. True to add the file name to the list of recently used files at the bottom of the File menu.
PasswordDocument Optional Variant. The password for opening the document.
PasswordTemplate Optional Variant. The password for opening the template.
Revert Optional Variant. Controls what happens if FileName is the name of an open document. True to discard any unsaved changes to the open document and reopen the file. False to activate the open document.
WritePasswordDocument Optional Variant. The password for saving changes to the document.
WritePasswordTemplate Optional Variant. The password for saving changes to the template.
Format Optional Variant. The file converter to be used to open the document. Can be one of the following WdOpenFormat constants.
| WdOpenFormat can be one of these WdOpenFormat constants. |
| wdOpenFormatAllWord |
| wdOpenFormatAuto The default value. |
| wdOpenFormatDocument |
| wdOpenFormatEncodedText |
| wdOpenFormatRTF |
| wdOpenFormatTemplate |
| wdOpenFormatText |
| wdOpenFormatUnicodeText |
| wdOpenFormatWebPages |
To specify an external file format, apply the OpenFormat property to a FileConverter object to determine the value to use with this argument.
Encoding Optional Variant. The document encoding (code page or character set) to be used by Microsoft Word when you view the saved document. Can be any valid MsoEncoding constant. For the list of valid MsoEncoding constants, see the Object Browser in the Visual Basic Editor. The default value is the system code page.
Visible Optional Variant. True if the document is opened in a visible window. The default value is True.
OpenConflictDocument Optional Variant. Specifies whether to open the conflict file for a document with an offline conflict.
OpenAndRepair Optional Variant. True to repair the document to prevent document corruption.
DocumentDirection Optional WdDocumentDirection. Indicates the horizontal flow of text in a document.
| WdDocumentDirection can be one of these WdDocumentDirection constants. |
| wdLeftToRight default |
| wdRightToLeft |
NoEncodingDialog Optional Variant. True to skip displaying the Encoding dialog box that Word displays if the text encoding cannot be recognized. The default value is False.
Open method as it applies to the OLEFormat object.
Opens the specified object.
expression.Open
expression Required. An expression that returns an OLEFormat object.
Open method as it applies to the RecentFile, Subdocument, and Version objects.
Opens the specified object. Returns a Document object representing the opened object.
expression.Open
expression Required. An expression that returns one of the above objects.
Example
As it applies to the Documents object.
This example opens MyDoc.doc as a read-only document.
Sub OpenDoc()
Documents.Open FileName:="C:\MyFiles\MyDoc.doc", ReadOnly:=True
End SubThis example opens Test.wp using the WordPerfect 6.x file converter.
Sub OpenDoc2()
Dim fmt As Variant
fmt = Application.FileConverters("WordPerfect6x").OpenFormat
Documents.Open FileName:="C:\MyFiles\Test.wp", Format:=fmt
End SubAs it applies to the RecentFiles object.
This example opens each document in the RecentFiles collection.
Sub OpenRecentFiles()
Dim rFile As RecentFile
For Each rFile In RecentFiles
rFile.Open
Next rFile
End SubAs it applies to the Version object.
This example opens the most recent version of Report.doc.
Sub OpenVersion()
Dim mydoc As Document
Set mydoc = Documents.Open("C:\MyFiles\Report.doc")
If mydoc.Versions.Count > 0 Then
mydoc.Versions(mydoc.Versions.Count).Open
Else
MsgBox "There are no saved versions for this document."
End If
End Sub