Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: WordFile.Texts

Topics All Mac OS X (Only) Windows (Only) Linux (Only, Not) iOS (Only, Not)
Components Crossplatform Mac & Win Server Client Old Guides Examples
New in version: 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Statistic

WordFile.Texts

Extracts text of word file.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Server	FileMaker Cloud	FileMaker iOS SDK
WordFile	5.4	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "WordFile.Texts"; WordFile )

Parameters

Parameter Description Example value

WordFile The reference number of the open word file. $wordFile

Parameter	Description	Example value
WordFile	The reference number of the open word file.	$wordFile

Result

Returns text or error.

Description

Extracts text of word file.
Plugin inserts a few newline characters for detected line ends.

May not give all text. If you miss something, please send us test files.

Examples

Extracts text:

Set Field [WordFiles::Texts; MBS("WordFile.Texts"; $WordFile)]

Open word file and extract text:

Set Variable [$w; Value:MBS( "WordFile.OpenContainer"; Extract text from Word file::WordFile )]
If [MBS("iserror")]
Show Custom Dialog ["Failed to read word file"; $w]
Exit Script []
End If
Set Field [Extract text from Word file::Text; MBS( "WordFile.Texts"; $w )]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "WordFile.Release"; $w )]

Example Databases

WordFile/Extract text from Word file

Created 5th November 2015, last changed 19th January 2018

WordFile.SetXML - WordFile.WriteFile