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  • Andy314A Offline
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    Andy314
    wrote on last edited by
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    Hallo, I think to understand the binary docx structrue is a very hard stuff.
    Much more easy it would be to use the AcxtiveX interface for word.
    Code something like this:

    Open Doc1, select all text, copy to clipboard, close Doc1
    open Doc2, set cursor to the end of the document, paste text, save doc2.

    The AciteveX interface of Qt is very good and I have much experiences with it. I use it for Excel (fill Tables) and for Access (open Report an export to PDF.

    You can hide the office windows by this task, so that the user sees nothing of you tasks.

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    • D Dante Pham

      @mrjj After doing some research I think DocX may just work. However, I have never had any exprience dealing with .dll files, let alone using it in Qt. Do you have any suggestions on how to use it ?

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      mrjj
      Lifetime Qt Champion
      wrote on last edited by mrjj
      #16

      @Dante-Pham
      Hi.
      Using a DLL involves loading it and resolve symbols.
      Meaning to be able to run functions from it.
      You also need a .h file. (didnt see any?)
      You should also get a copy of visual studio as .NET is best/easy/to used from that IDE.
      Then you shall google calling a .net DLL from C++ as there might be other things to look out for.

      Maybe @VRonin knows a easier way to use the .DLL in Qt.

      Update:
      Its available via Nuget
      so it should be easy to install and try the samples directly in VS.
      Then try to mix with Qt.

      Update 2:
      Using VBA, this short code can merge all docs from a folder.

      Sub MergeDocs()
          Dim rng As Range
          Dim MainDoc As Document
          Dim strFile As String, strFolder As String
          Dim Count As Long
          With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
              .Title = "Pick folder"
              .AllowMultiSelect = False
              If .Show Then
                  strFolder = .SelectedItems(1) & Application.PathSeparator
              Else
                  Exit Sub
              End If
          End With
          Set MainDoc = Documents.Add
          strFile = Dir$(strFolder & "*.docx") ' can change to .doc
          Count = 0
          Do Until strFile = ""
              Count = Count + 1
              Set rng = MainDoc.Range
              With rng
                  .Collapse 0
                  If Count > 1 Then
                      .InsertBreak 2
                      .End = MainDoc.Range.End
                      .Collapse 0
                  End If
                  .InsertFile strFolder & strFile
              End With
              strFile = Dir$()
          Loop
          MsgBox ("Files are merged")
      lbl_Exit:
          Exit Sub
      End Sub
      

      Credits to gmaxey.
      http://www.vbaexpress.com/forum/showthread.php?51797-Macro-to-merge-mulitple-word-doc-into-one-word-doc

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      • VRoninV Offline
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        VRonin
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        #17

        For what you need to do I'd point you to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18351829/merge-multiple-word-documents-into-one-open-xml/18352219#18352219

        Using .Net dlls in visual studio is extremely easy, just open the project property and add a reference to the .dll, then right click on the .cpp file you need to use the library in, go into properties and activate /clr in the "Common Language RunTime Support" field under general. Now you can use C++/CLI in it which is quite close to C#

        "La mort n'est rien, mais vivre vaincu et sans gloire, c'est mourir tous les jours"
        ~Napoleon Bonaparte

        On a crusade to banish setIndexWidget() from the holy land of Qt

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        • Andy314A Andy314

          Hallo, I think to understand the binary docx structrue is a very hard stuff.
          Much more easy it would be to use the AcxtiveX interface for word.
          Code something like this:

          Open Doc1, select all text, copy to clipboard, close Doc1
          open Doc2, set cursor to the end of the document, paste text, save doc2.

          The AciteveX interface of Qt is very good and I have much experiences with it. I use it for Excel (fill Tables) and for Access (open Report an export to PDF.

          You can hide the office windows by this task, so that the user sees nothing of you tasks.

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          Dante Pham
          wrote on last edited by
          #18

          @Andy314 I am using ActiveX but i have no idea what functions are used to do what you describe. Would you mind giving me some examples ? How do I copy and paste ? How to hide the window ?

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          • mrjjM mrjj

            @Dante-Pham
            Hi.
            Using a DLL involves loading it and resolve symbols.
            Meaning to be able to run functions from it.
            You also need a .h file. (didnt see any?)
            You should also get a copy of visual studio as .NET is best/easy/to used from that IDE.
            Then you shall google calling a .net DLL from C++ as there might be other things to look out for.

            Maybe @VRonin knows a easier way to use the .DLL in Qt.

            Update:
            Its available via Nuget
            so it should be easy to install and try the samples directly in VS.
            Then try to mix with Qt.

            Update 2:
            Using VBA, this short code can merge all docs from a folder.

            Sub MergeDocs()
                Dim rng As Range
                Dim MainDoc As Document
                Dim strFile As String, strFolder As String
                Dim Count As Long
                With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
                    .Title = "Pick folder"
                    .AllowMultiSelect = False
                    If .Show Then
                        strFolder = .SelectedItems(1) & Application.PathSeparator
                    Else
                        Exit Sub
                    End If
                End With
                Set MainDoc = Documents.Add
                strFile = Dir$(strFolder & "*.docx") ' can change to .doc
                Count = 0
                Do Until strFile = ""
                    Count = Count + 1
                    Set rng = MainDoc.Range
                    With rng
                        .Collapse 0
                        If Count > 1 Then
                            .InsertBreak 2
                            .End = MainDoc.Range.End
                            .Collapse 0
                        End If
                        .InsertFile strFolder & strFile
                    End With
                    strFile = Dir$()
                Loop
                MsgBox ("Files are merged")
            lbl_Exit:
                Exit Sub
            End Sub
            

            Credits to gmaxey.
            http://www.vbaexpress.com/forum/showthread.php?51797-Macro-to-merge-mulitple-word-doc-into-one-word-doc

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            Dante Pham
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            #19

            @mrjj
            _ DocX only has a .DLL file and a documentation (.chm file) which is very unfinished. Lots of explainations in there are missing. After a while I found myself lost and my code messed up. I tried emailing the guy and he hasn't replied to me yet. Still, I did try adding library into Qt but it only takes .lib files. I found a documentation which show me how to add .dll files but it still didn't work after numerous tries
            _ I don't think Nuget and VBA are going to work for me because I don't know anything about them, which makes it difficult for me to modify and make tweaks to them ( which i am definitely going to ). Still, I have to do more research on them. I will be back very soon

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            • D Dante Pham

              @mrjj
              _ DocX only has a .DLL file and a documentation (.chm file) which is very unfinished. Lots of explainations in there are missing. After a while I found myself lost and my code messed up. I tried emailing the guy and he hasn't replied to me yet. Still, I did try adding library into Qt but it only takes .lib files. I found a documentation which show me how to add .dll files but it still didn't work after numerous tries
              _ I don't think Nuget and VBA are going to work for me because I don't know anything about them, which makes it difficult for me to modify and make tweaks to them ( which i am definitely going to ). Still, I have to do more research on them. I will be back very soon

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              mrjj
              Lifetime Qt Champion
              wrote on last edited by
              #20

              @Dante-Pham said in How to read and write docx files in Qt:

              Nuget

              That is just a system to easy get a lib for Visual Studio.
              Click and Play , so to speak :)

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                Dante Pham
                wrote on last edited by
                #21

                Ok so thanks to @VRonin , I found this https://youtu.be/qOfiiYP2JTI?t=2m11s , in which is pretty much what I'm looking for ! The only problem is I don't know C# . Is there any way we can do that in Qt in C++ ??

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                • D Dante Pham

                  Ok so thanks to @VRonin , I found this https://youtu.be/qOfiiYP2JTI?t=2m11s , in which is pretty much what I'm looking for ! The only problem is I don't know C# . Is there any way we can do that in Qt in C++ ??

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                  mrjj
                  Lifetime Qt Champion
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #22

                  @Dante-Pham
                  Well if you know c++ then C# is pretty easy.
                  https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yyaad03b(v=vs.90).aspx

                  I think you can do it almost same way with Visual Studio and c++ but of course the syntax will be
                  different.

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                  • mrjjM mrjj

                    @Dante-Pham
                    Well if you know c++ then C# is pretty easy.
                    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yyaad03b(v=vs.90).aspx

                    I think you can do it almost same way with Visual Studio and c++ but of course the syntax will be
                    different.

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                    Dante Pham
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #23

                    @mrjj Ok I got 5 more days to finish this ... And I have never used visual studio.

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                    • D Dante Pham

                      @mrjj Ok I got 5 more days to finish this ... And I have never used visual studio.

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                      mrjj
                      Lifetime Qt Champion
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #24

                      @Dante-Pham
                      oh. that might be a bit tight then.
                      Im not sure what he use in the video . maybe this ?
                      http://www.aspose.com/api/net/words/aspose.words/documentbuilder

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                      • D Dante Pham

                        Ok so thanks to @VRonin , I found this https://youtu.be/qOfiiYP2JTI?t=2m11s , in which is pretty much what I'm looking for ! The only problem is I don't know C# . Is there any way we can do that in Qt in C++ ??

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                        VRonin
                        wrote on last edited by VRonin
                        #25

                        @Dante-Pham said in How to read and write docx files in Qt:

                        Is there any way we can do that in Qt in C++ ??

                        As mentioned above you'll need to use a dialec of C++ called C++/CLI.
                        You can download visual studio from https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community/ you can find a crash course in the dialect here: https://www.codeproject.com/articles/19354/quick-c-cli-learn-c-cli-in-less-than-minutes
                        Given the name googling it is a nightmare you are better off just googling stuff in C# and either translate it (it's not that hard) or if you go on msdn the examples are often available in C#, VB.Net and more importantly C++/CLI (see for example https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.mail.smtpclient(v=vs.110).aspx?cs-save-lang=1&cs-lang=cpp)

                        @Dante-Pham said in How to read and write docx files in Qt:

                        DocX only has a .DLL file and a documentation

                        That's all you need, you use #using <DocX.dll> to include it in the source file (that needs to be compiled with the /clr option )

                        Here you can find a small example of a qmake project using this paradigm

                        "La mort n'est rien, mais vivre vaincu et sans gloire, c'est mourir tous les jours"
                        ~Napoleon Bonaparte

                        On a crusade to banish setIndexWidget() from the holy land of Qt

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                        • D Dante Pham

                          @mrjj Ok I got 5 more days to finish this ... And I have never used visual studio.

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                          Devopia53
                          wrote on last edited by Devopia53
                          #26

                          @Dante-Pham

                          Why not use QAxObject for MS ActiveX?
                          This is the solution you want to use like this:

                          QString     outFile("C:/test.docx");
                          QString     inFile1("C:/test1.docx");
                          QString     inFile2("C:/test2.docx");
                          QAxObject   axObject("Word.Application");
                          QAxObject   *documents = axObject.querySubObject("Documents");
                          QAxObject   *document = documents->querySubObject("Open(const QString&, bool)", inFile1, true);
                          QAxObject   *selection = axObject.querySubObject("Selection");
                          
                          selection->dynamicCall("EndKey(QVariant&)", 6); // WdUnits::wdStory=6
                          selection->dynamicCall("InsertBreak(QVariant&)", 7); // WdBreakType::wdPageBreak=7
                          selection->dynamicCall("InsertFile(QString&)", inFile2);
                          
                          document->dynamicCall("SaveAs(const QString&)", outFile);
                          document->dynamicCall("Close()");
                          axObject.dynamicCall("Quit()");
                          
                          

                          You need a validation check for all pointers!

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                          • D Devopia53

                            @Dante-Pham

                            Why not use QAxObject for MS ActiveX?
                            This is the solution you want to use like this:

                            QString     outFile("C:/test.docx");
                            QString     inFile1("C:/test1.docx");
                            QString     inFile2("C:/test2.docx");
                            QAxObject   axObject("Word.Application");
                            QAxObject   *documents = axObject.querySubObject("Documents");
                            QAxObject   *document = documents->querySubObject("Open(const QString&, bool)", inFile1, true);
                            QAxObject   *selection = axObject.querySubObject("Selection");
                            
                            selection->dynamicCall("EndKey(QVariant&)", 6); // WdUnits::wdStory=6
                            selection->dynamicCall("InsertBreak(QVariant&)", 7); // WdBreakType::wdPageBreak=7
                            selection->dynamicCall("InsertFile(QString&)", inFile2);
                            
                            document->dynamicCall("SaveAs(const QString&)", outFile);
                            document->dynamicCall("Close()");
                            axObject.dynamicCall("Quit()");
                            
                            

                            You need a validation check for all pointers!

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                            VRonin
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #27

                            @Devopia53 said in How to read and write docx files in Qt:

                            Why not use QAxObject for MS ActiveX

                            The main point is that to use activeX you need MS Word installed, if you use an independent library you do not

                            "La mort n'est rien, mais vivre vaincu et sans gloire, c'est mourir tous les jours"
                            ~Napoleon Bonaparte

                            On a crusade to banish setIndexWidget() from the holy land of Qt

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                            • VRoninV VRonin

                              @Devopia53 said in How to read and write docx files in Qt:

                              Why not use QAxObject for MS ActiveX

                              The main point is that to use activeX you need MS Word installed, if you use an independent library you do not

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                              mrjj
                              Lifetime Qt Champion
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #28

                              Hi
                              In posters use case, there will always be word as the users
                              will create the input in that application.
                              However, @VRonin explanation on how to mix .NET with Qt in Visual studio does
                              sound awfully easy and would most likely be the most straightforward as DocX seems
                              very high level.
                              Time is short however and he never used VS before so might be slightly uphill to get going. :)

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                                Dante Pham
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #29

                                Just to be clear, MS Word will always be installed along with this app ( if it's not already installed )
                                Currently I'm using QAxObject, however, I can't find the functions that i need (most importantly copying, pasting and adding customizable-style-strings) anywhere. Having this will probably solve the whole problem.
                                Using Visual Studio to me is very overwhelming. I lost quite a few times using it. I'm familiar with Dev C++ and CodeBlock and they are quite simple.

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                                  @Dante-Pham

                                  Why not use QAxObject for MS ActiveX?
                                  This is the solution you want to use like this:

                                  QString     outFile("C:/test.docx");
                                  QString     inFile1("C:/test1.docx");
                                  QString     inFile2("C:/test2.docx");
                                  QAxObject   axObject("Word.Application");
                                  QAxObject   *documents = axObject.querySubObject("Documents");
                                  QAxObject   *document = documents->querySubObject("Open(const QString&, bool)", inFile1, true);
                                  QAxObject   *selection = axObject.querySubObject("Selection");
                                  
                                  selection->dynamicCall("EndKey(QVariant&)", 6); // WdUnits::wdStory=6
                                  selection->dynamicCall("InsertBreak(QVariant&)", 7); // WdBreakType::wdPageBreak=7
                                  selection->dynamicCall("InsertFile(QString&)", inFile2);
                                  
                                  document->dynamicCall("SaveAs(const QString&)", outFile);
                                  document->dynamicCall("Close()");
                                  axObject.dynamicCall("Quit()");
                                  
                                  

                                  You need a validation check for all pointers!

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                                  Dante Pham
                                  wrote on last edited by Dante Pham
                                  #30

                                  @Devopia53 I'm not sure what youre trying to implement there. I tested it out and the three files didnt change at all. If you know how to copy, paste from one docx to another, add strings using QAxWidget, that would be awesome

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                                    @Devopia53 I'm not sure what youre trying to implement there. I tested it out and the three files didnt change at all. If you know how to copy, paste from one docx to another, add strings using QAxWidget, that would be awesome

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                                    Devopia53
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                                    #31

                                    @Dante-Pham

                                    The example I provided is simply merging Document1(inFile1) and Document2(inFile2) to create Document3(outFile).

                                    For more information, check out Microsoft's site.

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                                      Dante Pham
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                                      #32

                                      One last thing
                                      Let's say i have to create a .docx file that has 50 questions and it should look like this:
                                      Header
                                      Questions 1: { insert docx to this area }
                                      Questions 2: { insert docx to this area }
                                      ...
                                      Questions 50: { insert docx to this area }
                                      Footer
                                      I implemented this code:

                                          QAxObject   axObject("Word.Application");
                                          QAxObject   *documents = axObject.querySubObject("Documents");
                                          QAxObject   *document = documents->querySubObject("Open(const QString&, bool)", Header, true); 
                                          QAxObject   *selection = axObject.querySubObject("Selection");
                                          selection->dynamicCall("EndKey(QVarient&)", 6); // WdStoryType::wdStory=6
                                      for(int i=1; i<=50; i++)
                                      {
                                          selection->dynamicCall("InsertFile(QString&)", Questioner); // A .docx file that i created. It's written "Question:" inside of it.
                                          selection->dynamicCall("InsertFile(QString&)", Question[i]); // Array of .docx files that i created. Works fine.
                                      }
                                          selection->dynamicCall("InsertFile(QString&)", Footer); 
                                          document->dynamicCall("SaveAs(const QString&)", Name);
                                          document->dynamicCall("Close()");
                                          axObject.dynamicCall("Quit()");
                                      

                                      And it came out like this
                                      Header
                                      Questions:
                                      { insert docx to this area }
                                      Questions:
                                      { insert docx to this area }
                                      ...
                                      Questions:
                                      { insert docx to this area }
                                      Footer
                                      .
                                      Is there a way to just insert "Question" + " " char(i+48) + ": ": to the start of every questions that i make ? Additionally, as you can see my output, after every "Question:" it just goes down one line ( i do understand that it's because i insert the file, but i dont know how to fix it ) and i dont want that.

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                                      • D Dante Pham

                                        @Andy314 I am using ActiveX but i have no idea what functions are used to do what you describe. Would you mind giving me some examples ? How do I copy and paste ? How to hide the window ?

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                                        Andy314
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #33

                                        Hello @Dante-Pham,
                                        I have no Qt-Code for Word, in the moment - this was for an other projekt in CPP-Builder for what I had a WrapperClass, but for Access and Excel I made my own tools.

                                        Obj ist the "Excel.Application" QAxObject*
                                        void setVisible(bool on=true)
                                        {
                                        Obj->setProperty("Visible", on);
                                        }
                                        I think for the Wordapp it is the same.
                                        You can generate html-Documentation for a QAxObject
                                        QString s = Obj->generateDocumentation();
                                        Here you get a least the function and property names, and an idea what the do. How the really work is detective searching work in the internet. The most matches you get if you look for VBA-Code (Visual-Basic for Application).

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                                          Asperamanca
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                                          For anyone revisiting this topic, I believe I have found a good alternative approach:
                                          https://forum.qt.io/topic/85893/generating-docx-communicating-with-word-add-in/10

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