Re: smart-tags and hyperlinks

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Thanks Peter, but it's been 25 years since I used my German, and it's not up
to any such task! :(

I wish it were, as I've had no luck, as you seem to understand, in finding
sufficient material to make this clear enough for me to be able to use. :(

My problem is complicated in that I'm blind, which means I need my material
in electronic form to be able to read it, so locating some out of print (but
really great!) book on the topic, when it's in paper, just doesn't work well
for me. :( I certainly understand the point you made about publishing in
ways that leave the material unavailable to everyone.

Thanks anyway, and I guess we'll both get off this crowded soapbox! ;)

Chip


"Peter Jamieson" <pjj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Chip,

The MOSTL and SmartTag features are in Word 2003. I can't even attempt to
tell you how they might have changed in Word 2007.

If you happen to be able to read German, there are 3 useful chapters about
Word 2003 and XML in "Word-Programmierung: Das Handbuch" published by MS
Press Deutschland, 2006, ISBN 3-86063-989-7.

If you don't read German, read no further, but if you do, IMO It is a pity
that MS Press U.S. has never attempted (to my knowledge) a similar book in
English, because for all its faults, which are mine, I have never seen
anything in English that covers this ground anything like as well as this.
FWIW this was produced after an intense period of research on my part.
Unfortunately, I can't remember a lot of the detail - If I were younger, I
would still be able to do so! Also, Cindy Meister did a terrific job of
rewriting the material in German.

IMO, in software, the more obscure or difficult the technology, the more
the onus is on technologists to make it usable. In my opinion, XML
technologists do quite a lot to promote the benefits of using their
technologies but little to demystify them or make them easy to use. If
they think they do, they are either simply wrong, publishing in places
that are not reachable by the general public (a common failing amongst
people and organisations funded by taxpayers), or perhaps imagine that
elitism is good.

--
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"Chip Orange" <Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Peter; assuming this works for 2003 I think it's just the ticket.

Chip


"Peter Jamieson" <pjj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Can I do this with smart-tags?

Probably.

Can I write the programs needed for smart-tags in VBA or do I need to
learn vb.net to do this?

If the links you need to insert are fixed, or if they can be generated
by a mixture of fixed text plus the text recognised, you may be able to
use a MOSTL file to do this (these are .XML files that rely on a
standard Smart Tag recogniser). This approach should certainly allow you
to test that the action you want to perform will actually work.You may
be able to find some sample MOSTL Smart Tag files in

c:\Program Files\Common FIles\\Microsoft Shared\Smart Tag\

or you may find samples in the Word SmartDocument SDK (I forget the full
title).


Otherwise, you can't write the Recogniser and Actions for the Smart Tag
in VBA. You can use VB or VB.NET.
--
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"Chip Orange" <Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I need to be able to process a document and have certain text strings
recognized and turned into a hyperlink to launch an external .exe
program with that text as a parameter. This doesn't look quite possible
with the word hyperlink capability (it adds a "#" between the .exe name
and the parameter that isn't processed correctly).

Can I do this with smart-tags? Can I write the programs needed for
smart-tags in VBA or do I need to learn vb.net to do this?

Thanks.

Chip









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