Delphi擅長做資料庫類的MIS開發,但對於OA就有點力不從心了。不過隨著Microsoft的COM技術逐漸成熟,現在普通Windows應用已經可以和Office97無縫結合了,尤其是在Delphi 5中提供了一組Servers組件,更是簡化了程式開發。
最近接觸了一個使用者的案例,用Delphi控制Word做一個合約管理程式。辦公人員先根據業務需要,寫好合約的文字,但在使用者名稱稱、產品名稱等變化的位置填寫指定的標記字串,然後通過Delphi把資料庫中的實際資料替換掉Word中的文字,最後讓Word列印出合約。
Delphi內建了一個簡單的Word例題,但功能太簡單。通過尋找VBA的說明,再對照Delphi的VCL,編寫了如下代碼,實現了基本的公文管理功能。
啟動Word時用如下代碼:
begin
try
Wordapplication.Connect;
except
MessageDlg('Word may not be installed', mtError, [mbOk], 0);
Abort;
end;
Wordapplication.Visible := True;
WordApplication.Caption := 'Delphi automation';
end;
關閉Word用如下代碼。如果想儲存Doc檔案,請修改SaveChanges變數的內容:
var
SaveChanges, OriginalFormat, RouteDocument: OleVariant;
begin
SaveChanges := WdDoNotSaveChanges;
OriginalFormat := UnAssigned;
RouteDocument := UnAssigned;
try
WordApplication.Quit(SaveChanges, OriginalFormat, RouteDocument);
WordApplication.Disconnect;
except
on E: Exception do
begin
Showmessage(E.Message);
WordApplication.Disconnect;
end;
end;
end;
讓Word開啟一個指定的檔案,需要先放置OpenDialog,然後調用WordApplication.Documents.Open:
var
ItemIndex :OleVariant;
FileName, ConfirmConversions, ReadOnly, AddToRecentFiles,
PassWordDocument, PassWordTemplate, Revert,
WritePassWordDocument, WritePassWordTemplate, Format: OleVariant;
begin
if not dlgOpen.Execute then
Exit;
...{Open document}
FileName := dlgOpen.FileName;
ConfirmConversions := False;
ReadOnly := False;
AddToRecentFiles := False;
PassWordDocument := '';
PassWordTemplate := '';
Revert := True;
WritePassWordDocument := '';
WritePassWordTemplate := '';
Format := wdOpenFormatDocument;
WordApplication.Documents.Open( FileName, ConfirmConversions,
ReadOnly, AddToRecentFiles, PassWordDocument, PassWordTemplate,
Revert, WritePassWordDocument, WritePassWordTemplate, Format );
...{Assign WordDocument component}
ItemIndex := 1;
WordDocument.ConnectTo(WordApplication.Documents.Item(ItemIndex));
...{Turn Spell checking of because it takes a long time if enabled and slowsdown WinWord}
WordApplication.Options.CheckSpellingAsYouType := False;
WordApplication.Options.CheckGrammarAsYouType := False;
end;
當我們安裝delphi時選擇的是xp樣式的即使用WordXP時,這裡的代碼需要更改為這樣
var ItemIndex :OleVariant;
FileName, ConfirmConversions,ReadOnly,AddToRecentFiles,PasswordDocument, PasswordTemplate,Revert: OleVariant;
WritePasswordDocument,WritePasswordTemplate,Format: OleVariant;
Encoding,Visible,OpenAndRepair,DocumentDirection,NoEncodingDialog: OleVariant;
begin
if not dlgOpen.Execute then
Exit;
//...{Open document}
FileName := dlgOpen.FileName;
ConfirmConversions := False;
ReadOnly := False;
AddToRecentFiles := False;
PassWordDocument := '';
PassWordTemplate := '';
Revert := True;
WritePassWordDocument := '';
WritePassWordTemplate := '';
Format:=wdFormatDocument;
//Encoding
Visible:=true;
WordApplication1.Disconnect;
WordApplication1.documents.Open(FileName,ConfirmConversions,
ReadOnly,AddToRecentFiles,
PasswordDocument,PasswordTemplate,
Revert,WritePasswordDocument,WritePasswordTemplate,Format,
Encoding,Visible,OpenAndRepair,DocumentDirection,NoEncodingDialog);
WordApplication1.Visible:=true;
...{Assign WordDocument component}
ItemIndex := 1;
WordDocument1.ConnectTo(WordApplication1.Documents.Item(ItemIndex));
...{Turn Spell checking of because it takes a long time if enabled and slows down Winword}
WordApplication1.Options.CheckSpellingAsYouType := False;
WordApplication1.Options.CheckGrammarAsYouType := False;
end;
讓Word替換標記字串要使用WordDocument.Range.Find.Execute,這裡用Delphi替換了<#Name>:
var
FindText, MatchCase, MatchWholeWord, MatchWildcards, MatchSoundsLike,
MatchAllWordForms, Forward, Wrap, Format, ReplaceWith, Replace: OleVariant;
begin
FindText := '<#Name>';
MatchCase := False;
MatchWholeWord := True;
MatchWildcards := False;
MatchSoundsLike := False;
MatchAllWordForms := False;
Forward := True;
Wrap := wdFindContinue;
Format := False;
ReplaceWith := 'Delphi';
Replace := True;
WordDocument.Range.Find.Execute( FindText, MatchCase, MatchWholeWord,
MatchWildcards, MatchSoundsLike, MatchAllWordForms, Forward,
Wrap, Format, ReplaceWith, Replace );
end;
上面這4段程式碼完成了公文管理的準系統,再把它和資料庫結合起來,就可以開發一個與Lotus Notes類似的產品了。