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From: Ahmed Bedeer Ahmed on 17 Feb 2010 04:24 Dear All, I'm working on a project where I need to extract text information from some word documents. I need to know each character(range)'s page number, line number and text-column number. I use Microsoft Office Interop for Word assembly in C#. I could find the page number, and line number easily using the range.get_Information() method, but I could not find the information of text-column number. Note: I mean the text-column NOT the column number in a table. and here is a portion of the code: // // After the document is opened using app.Documents.Open() // foreach (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Range range in document.Words) { string text = range.Text; lineNo = (int)range.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdFirstCharacterLineNumber); pageNo = (int)range.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdActiveEndPageNumber); float lineY = (float)range.Characters.Last.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdVerticalPositionRelativeToPage); float wordX = (float)range.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage); //.. Here I need to know the text-column number of the current range. // } please help, Thanks in advance
From: Graham Mayor on 17 Feb 2010 10:27 Text column information would seem to be a bit pointless with proportionally spaced fonts. It is essentially the character count from the start of the current 'line' to the cursor position + 1. Problem is 'line' is not a parameter of the current range. What constitutes a 'line' in the document you are evaluating. e.g. if each 'line' is a paragraph, you could move the start of the range from the cursor position to the start of the paragraph and measure the length of the range. The following is a vba equivalent of that Dim oRng As Range Dim iCol As Integer Set oRng = Selection.Range oRng.Start = oRng.Paragraphs(1).Range.Start iCol = Len(oRng) + 1 -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> "Ahmed Bedeer" <Ahmed Bedeer(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CE332D94-3253-4389-BC56-E4AC4D48FF0D(a)microsoft.com... > Dear All, > > I'm working on a project where I need to extract text information from > some > word documents. I need to know each character(range)'s page number, line > number and text-column number. > > I use Microsoft Office Interop for Word assembly in C#. > > I could find the page number, and line number easily using the > range.get_Information() method, but I could not find the information of > text-column number. > > Note: I mean the text-column NOT the column number in a table. > > and here is a portion of the code: > > // > // After the document is opened using app.Documents.Open() > // > > foreach (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Range range in document.Words) > { > string text = range.Text; > > lineNo = > (int)range.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdFirstCharacterLineNumber); > pageNo = > (int)range.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdActiveEndPageNumber); > > float lineY = > (float)range.Characters.Last.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdVerticalPositionRelativeToPage); > float wordX = > (float)range.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage); > > //.. Here I need to know the text-column number of the current range. > // > } > > please help, > > Thanks in advance
From: Ahmed Bedeer on 18 Feb 2010 08:05 Hi Graham, Thank you very much for your reply. But, I'm afraid I wasn't as clear in my question. The information that I'm seeking is text column number, not the current column number in the line that's known by the character index from the start of the line. Every page in the documents I'm processing contains two text-columns, that's considered a page-setup / page-layout . so I need to know if a range is in the right or left page column. So, please help me that. Best Regards, Ahmed Bedeer. "Graham Mayor" wrote: > Text column information would seem to be a bit pointless with proportionally > spaced fonts. It is essentially the character count from the start of the > current 'line' to the cursor position + 1. Problem is 'line' is not a > parameter of the current range. What constitutes a 'line' in the document > you are evaluating. > e.g. if each 'line' is a paragraph, you could move the start of the range > from the cursor position to the start of the paragraph and measure the > length of the range. The following is a vba equivalent of that > > Dim oRng As Range > Dim iCol As Integer > Set oRng = Selection.Range > oRng.Start = oRng.Paragraphs(1).Range.Start > iCol = Len(oRng) + 1 > > > -- > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Graham Mayor - Word MVP > > My web site www.gmayor.com > Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > > > > "Ahmed Bedeer" <Ahmed Bedeer(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:CE332D94-3253-4389-BC56-E4AC4D48FF0D(a)microsoft.com... > > Dear All, > > > > I'm working on a project where I need to extract text information from > > some > > word documents. I need to know each character(range)'s page number, line > > number and text-column number. > > > > I use Microsoft Office Interop for Word assembly in C#. > > > > I could find the page number, and line number easily using the > > range.get_Information() method, but I could not find the information of > > text-column number. > > > > Note: I mean the text-column NOT the column number in a table. > > > > and here is a portion of the code: > > > > // > > // After the document is opened using app.Documents.Open() > > // > > > > foreach (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Range range in document.Words) > > { > > string text = range.Text; > > > > lineNo = > > (int)range.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdFirstCharacterLineNumber); > > pageNo = > > (int)range.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdActiveEndPageNumber); > > > > float lineY = > > (float)range.Characters.Last.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdVerticalPositionRelativeToPage); > > float wordX = > > (float)range.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage); > > > > //.. Here I need to know the text-column number of the current range. > > // > > } > > > > please help, > > > > Thanks in advance > > > . >
From: Jay Freedman on 18 Feb 2010 08:17 Hi Ahmed, As far as I know, Word doesn't make the text column available directly. However, your code has already obtained the horizontal position (as the variable wordX). All you need to do now is determine whether that is less than or greater than half of the page width. Both measurements must be in the same units (probably points). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:05:01 -0800, Ahmed Bedeer <AhmedBedeer(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Hi Graham, > >Thank you very much for your reply. But, I'm afraid I wasn't as clear in my >question. The information that I'm seeking is text column number, not the >current column number in the line that's known by the character index from >the start of the line. > >Every page in the documents I'm processing contains two text-columns, that's >considered a page-setup / page-layout . so I need to know if a range is in >the right or left page column. > >So, please help me that. > >Best Regards, > >Ahmed Bedeer. > > >"Graham Mayor" wrote: > >> Text column information would seem to be a bit pointless with proportionally >> spaced fonts. It is essentially the character count from the start of the >> current 'line' to the cursor position + 1. Problem is 'line' is not a >> parameter of the current range. What constitutes a 'line' in the document >> you are evaluating. >> e.g. if each 'line' is a paragraph, you could move the start of the range >> from the cursor position to the start of the paragraph and measure the >> length of the range. The following is a vba equivalent of that >> >> Dim oRng As Range >> Dim iCol As Integer >> Set oRng = Selection.Range >> oRng.Start = oRng.Paragraphs(1).Range.Start >> iCol = Len(oRng) + 1 >> >> >> -- >> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> >> Graham Mayor - Word MVP >> >> My web site www.gmayor.com >> Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org >> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> >> >> >> >> "Ahmed Bedeer" <Ahmed Bedeer(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:CE332D94-3253-4389-BC56-E4AC4D48FF0D(a)microsoft.com... >> > Dear All, >> > >> > I'm working on a project where I need to extract text information from >> > some >> > word documents. I need to know each character(range)'s page number, line >> > number and text-column number. >> > >> > I use Microsoft Office Interop for Word assembly in C#. >> > >> > I could find the page number, and line number easily using the >> > range.get_Information() method, but I could not find the information of >> > text-column number. >> > >> > Note: I mean the text-column NOT the column number in a table. >> > >> > and here is a portion of the code: >> > >> > // >> > // After the document is opened using app.Documents.Open() >> > // >> > >> > foreach (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Range range in document.Words) >> > { >> > string text = range.Text; >> > >> > lineNo = >> > (int)range.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdFirstCharacterLineNumber); >> > pageNo = >> > (int)range.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdActiveEndPageNumber); >> > >> > float lineY = >> > (float)range.Characters.Last.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdVerticalPositionRelativeToPage); >> > float wordX = >> > (float)range.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage); >> > >> > //.. Here I need to know the text-column number of the current range. >> > // >> > } >> > >> > please help, >> > >> > Thanks in advance >> >> >> . >>
From: Ahmed Bedeer on 20 Feb 2010 04:31
Hi Jay, Yes, I've already tried that using the wordX, but I needed something direct and more accurate as getting wordX sometimes leads to a Microsoft Word 2002 crash. Anyway, Thank you very much. Regards, Ahmed. "Jay Freedman" wrote: > Hi Ahmed, > > As far as I know, Word doesn't make the text column available > directly. However, your code has already obtained the horizontal > position (as the variable wordX). All you need to do now is determine > whether that is less than or greater than half of the page width. Both > measurements must be in the same units (probably points). > > -- > Regards, > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the > newsgroup so all may benefit. > > On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:05:01 -0800, Ahmed Bedeer > <AhmedBedeer(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >Hi Graham, > > > >Thank you very much for your reply. But, I'm afraid I wasn't as clear in my > >question. The information that I'm seeking is text column number, not the > >current column number in the line that's known by the character index from > >the start of the line. > > > >Every page in the documents I'm processing contains two text-columns, that's > >considered a page-setup / page-layout . so I need to know if a range is in > >the right or left page column. > > > >So, please help me that. > > > >Best Regards, > > > >Ahmed Bedeer. > > > > > >"Graham Mayor" wrote: > > > >> Text column information would seem to be a bit pointless with proportionally > >> spaced fonts. It is essentially the character count from the start of the > >> current 'line' to the cursor position + 1. Problem is 'line' is not a > >> parameter of the current range. What constitutes a 'line' in the document > >> you are evaluating. > >> e.g. if each 'line' is a paragraph, you could move the start of the range > >> from the cursor position to the start of the paragraph and measure the > >> length of the range. The following is a vba equivalent of that > >> > >> Dim oRng As Range > >> Dim iCol As Integer > >> Set oRng = Selection.Range > >> oRng.Start = oRng.Paragraphs(1).Range.Start > >> iCol = Len(oRng) + 1 > >> > >> > >> -- > >> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > >> Graham Mayor - Word MVP > >> > >> My web site www.gmayor.com > >> Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org > >> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > >> > >> > >> > >> "Ahmed Bedeer" <Ahmed Bedeer(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:CE332D94-3253-4389-BC56-E4AC4D48FF0D(a)microsoft.com... > >> > Dear All, > >> > > >> > I'm working on a project where I need to extract text information from > >> > some > >> > word documents. I need to know each character(range)'s page number, line > >> > number and text-column number. > >> > > >> > I use Microsoft Office Interop for Word assembly in C#. > >> > > >> > I could find the page number, and line number easily using the > >> > range.get_Information() method, but I could not find the information of > >> > text-column number. > >> > > >> > Note: I mean the text-column NOT the column number in a table. > >> > > >> > and here is a portion of the code: > >> > > >> > // > >> > // After the document is opened using app.Documents.Open() > >> > // > >> > > >> > foreach (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Range range in document.Words) > >> > { > >> > string text = range.Text; > >> > > >> > lineNo = > >> > (int)range.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdFirstCharacterLineNumber); > >> > pageNo = > >> > (int)range.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdActiveEndPageNumber); > >> > > >> > float lineY = > >> > (float)range.Characters.Last.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdVerticalPositionRelativeToPage); > >> > float wordX = > >> > (float)range.get_Information(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdInformation.wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage); > >> > > >> > //.. Here I need to know the text-column number of the current range. > >> > // > >> > } > >> > > >> > please help, > >> > > >> > Thanks in advance > >> > >> > >> . > >> > . > |