How about instantiating TExcelApplication embedded in a form, as is usually done with TForm (setting parent property to the host form, hiding border, etc.)? I don't know enough about TExcelApplication to know if this is feasible or not... Or maybe you can check the source code for TOleContainer out and see how it instantiates the apps as hosted forms?
Dave --- On Wed, 8/19/09, justusjan <[email protected]> wrote: From: justusjan <[email protected]> Subject: [delphi-en] Embedding MS Excel and Word documents in a Delphi application To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 8:47 AM Hi all, this has been covered before, though I can't find any usefull links to examples. I would like to embed an existing MS Office (Excel or Word) document into a Delphi application, and control it programmatically while loaded (and visible) as part of my app - NOT in a separate window: - I've tried TOleContainer - which works for displaying many sorts of ActiveX content, but then I can't seem to control it (set Zoom factor, show/hide tabcontrol, read/write data etc.) - Also, I've tried TExcelApplication and TExcelWorkbook - these allow me to control/manipulate the file but it will be launched in a new window or stay hidden, depending on the Visible property. Most (all?) references I found so far cover either the first OR the latter, whereas most documentation is found on the latter anyway (Deborah Pate's, Expert-Exchange, Delphi newsgroups and many others). Delphi Built-in Help doesn't provide me with any example neither. What I'm looking for, is these to features combined. Obviously I prefer the TxxxApplication approach, as it uses early binding. Using TurboDelphi / BDS2006 Thanks for any insights, Justus Janssen [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
