Even though microsoft office document image writer was added in MS Office
2003, is it possible (and legal) to install it in on clients that have
Office 97 and above?

Also, I attempted to use the PrintOut method in VBA to print to a microsoft
office document image writer file, and append a bunch of documents to it,
but it seems to want to open the mdi file each time. Is it possible to do
this using the PrintOut method in Word VBA to get a bunch of docs into one
mdi file?

Thank You,
Derek Hart

It would be possible - though not simple, and certainly not legal to install
this part of Office 2003 on clients' machines.
If you want documents in a graphical format, why not use (eg) SnagIt which
is relatively inexpensive (there's a demo) and which will output to graphic
format and of course there is the industry standard PDF format with software
ranging from free to Adobe Acrobat.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
.


Derek Hart wrote:
Even though microsoft office document image writer was added in MS
Office 2003, is it possible (and legal) to install it in on clients
that have Office 97 and above?

Also, I attempted to use the PrintOut method in VBA to print to a
microsoft office document image writer file, and append a bunch of
documents to it, but it seems to want to open the mdi file each time.
Is it possible to do this using the PrintOut method in Word VBA to
get a bunch of docs into one mdi file?

Thank You,
Derek Hart

I am combining up to 100 word docs in Word VBA automation, totaling possibly
300 pages. The products that convert to pdf are too slow. It looks like the
Microsoft Office Document Image Writer will be much faster. I can embed an
ActiveX control in my app to show the combined word docs. Does anybody have
any idea how to code this in Word VBA, how to simply combine word docs into
a MODI?

Derek Hart

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
It would be possible - though not simple, and certainly not legal to
install this part of Office 2003 on clients' machines.
If you want documents in a graphical format, why not use (eg) SnagIt which
is relatively inexpensive (there's a demo) and which will output to
graphic format and of course there is the industry standard PDF format
with software ranging from free to Adobe Acrobat.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
.


Derek Hart wrote:
Even though microsoft office document image writer was added in MS
Office 2003, is it possible (and legal) to install it in on clients
that have Office 97 and above?

Also, I attempted to use the PrintOut method in VBA to print to a
microsoft office document image writer file, and append a bunch of
documents to it, but it seems to want to open the mdi file each time.
Is it possible to do this using the PrintOut method in Word VBA to
get a bunch of docs into one mdi file?

Thank You,
Derek Hart