----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Owlett" <rowlett_at_atlascomm.net>
To: <sftalk_at_forth.com>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 11:23 AM
Subject: [sftalk] Re: Can this be done in SwiftForth?

> > Dear Richard,
> > This interests me too because I am writing a VB application which
works
> > with WORD. I would really like to use FORTH along with it. Just some
random
> > thoughts:
> > 1. if you are usuing strictly WORD (and not writing an application
to
> > control WORD), could you write a DLL in SwiftForth and get a VBA macro
to
> > call it? If what you want to do is write to the WORD window, you may be
able
> > to write out what you need in FORTH and send it to WORD via WORD macro
> > commands. I know this works from VB. WORD exposes its objects. It is a
> > question of being able to talk to the appropriate WORD object, I think.
>
> I would like to get out of Word entirely. I'm only using it as VBA has
"Shell",
> "AppActivate" and "SendKeys" which allows me to control other
applications.
>
> The immediate application is to convert selected portions of a Bravo slide
show
> to a MS Powerpoint presentation. (The least of the problems is that
Powerpoint
> can not read Bravo *.cht files and transferring as images is not
acceptable for
> the end use.)

    I don't understand why you need to deal with WORD. What version of
PowerPoint are you using? This is significant because different versions of
OFFICE expose different objects. Lastly, what is Bravo?

>
> > 2. Have you ever called a SwiftForth DLL from VBA or VB? If you
have,
> > let's talk. If you haven't and want to, let's work together.
> >
>
> I have no experience at all with DLL. I'm a BASIC programmer trying to
move to
> Forth for it's "tweakability". I'm using this as a learning tool.

    If, by BASIC, you mean Visual BASIC,we should work together. I would
like to be able to call DLLs created by SwiftForth from Visual BASIC. If you
are using another BASIC, what BASIC are you using?

Bernard

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Received on Mon May 21 2001 - 11:40:57 PDT