Loading MS Word without addins in C#

Question

Hi All,

I wish to load Word Application without addins for purpose of previewing a document. This will help  in getting the Word Application up faster .

I am currently using the following code

        public Word.Application GetWordInstanceWithoutAddins()

        {

            Word.Application objWordApp;

            Process proc = new Process();

            proc.StartInfo.FileName ="winword.exe";

            proc.StartInfo.Arguments = "/a";

            proc.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;

            proc.Start();

            proc.Close();

            int retries = 0;

            while (true)

            {

                try

                {

                    if (Process.GetProcessesByName("winword").GetLength(0) > 0)

                    {

                        objWordApp = (Word.Application)System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetActiveObject("Word.Application");

                        break;

                    }

                }

                catch { System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(500); }

                if (retries > 5)

                {

                    objWordApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();

                    break;

                }

                retries++;

            }

            objWordApp.Visible = false;

            objWordApp  = (Word.Application)System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetActiveObject("Word.Application");

            return objWordApp;

        }

Posting this query in case there is a more elegant method.

Thanks

Tomy

Answer 1

Thank you for your sharing.

But this forum is talking about VBA, it seems you are using C#, I think you post in wrong forum.