Here is an ancient (pre dot notation) SAS Component Language Example with a little VB and macro variables:

INIT:

/* Get macro-variable parameters */

cm_to_point=28.35;

margin_cm=2.54;

docname=left(SYMGET('lisname'));

IF INDEX(docname, "'") THEN docname=TRANSLATE(docname, '"', "'");

IF INDEX(docname, '"') EQ 0 THEN docname='"'||TRIMN(docname)||'"';

doc_orient=SYMGET('orient');

font_sz=SYMGET('fontsze');

caption_type=SYMGET('listype');

IF UPCASE(doc_orient) NE 'PORTRAIT' THEN DO;

wdOrientLandscape=1;

page_w=INT(29.7*cm_to_point);

page_h=INT(21*cm_to_point);

*page_w=INT(27.94*cm_to_point);

*page_h=INT(21.59*cm_to_point);

END; ELSE DO;

wdOrientLandscape=0;

page_h=INT(29.7*cm_to_point);

page_w=INT(21*cm_to_point);

*page_h=INT(27.94*cm_to_point);

*page_w=INT(21.59*cm_to_point);

END;

/*- Retrieve document name,

Define output name -*/

lisname=docname;

dirname=SUBSTR(docname, 1, INDEX(docname, '\')-1);

docname=SUBSTR(docname, INDEX(docname, '\')+1);

DO WHILE(INDEX(docname, '\'));

parentdir=dirname;

dirname=TRIMN(dirname)||'\'||SUBSTR(docname, 1, INDEX(docname, '\')-1);

docname=SUBSTR(docname, INDEX(docname, '\')+1);

END;

filename=SCAN(docname, 1, '.');

i=2;

DO WHILE(SCAN(docname, i+1, '.') NE '');

filename=TRIMN(filename)||'.'||SCAN(docname, i);

i=i+1;

END;

outdocname=TRIMN(parentdir)||'\Doc\'||TRIMN(filename)||'.doc"';

refname=TRIMN(filename);

CALL SYMPUT("outdocf", outdocname);

/*- Word Constants Definitions -*/

wdLine=5;

wdWord=2;

wdParagraph=4;

wdGoToPage=1;

wdExtend=1;

wdGoToNext=2;

wdContentText=-1;

wdActiveEndPageNumber=3;

wdNumberOfPagesInDocument=4;

wdFormatDocument=0;

wdOrganizerObjectStyles=0;

/*- Open a (new) MS-Word session -*/

hostcl=loadclass('sashelp.fsp.hauto');

CALL SEND (hostcl, '_NEW_', wordobj, 0, 'Word.Application');

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_SET_PROPERTY_', 'Visible', 'True');

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_GET_PROPERTY_', 'Documents', worddoc);

/*- Load VB macros from word template document -*/

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_GET_PROPERTY_', 'Addins', addins);

CALL SEND (addins, '_DO_', 'Add',

SYMGET('pgm_in')||"\Wdata\Source\Publish.DOT", 'True');

/*- Create New Document according to HouseStyle, A4 Portrait/Landscape -*/

IF UPCASE(doc_orient) NE 'PORTRAIT' THEN DO;

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_DO_', 'Run', "Publish.Module1.NewA4LandscHS");

END; ELSE DO;

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_DO_', 'Run', "Publish.Module1.NewA4PortraitHS");

END;

/*- Get a handle to active document and full name -*/

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_GET_PROPERTY_', 'ActiveDocument', actdoc);

actdocfname=''; /* needs to be pre-defined as string for

the following instruction to work */

CALL SEND (actdoc, '_GET_PROPERTY_', 'FullName', actdocfname);

/*- Copy defined styles from template to current documeny -*/

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_DO_', 'OrganizerCopy',

SYMGET('pgm_in')||"\Wdata\Source\Publish.DOT",

actdocfname, "Caption0", wdOrganizerObjectStyles);

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_DO_', 'OrganizerCopy',

SYMGET('pgm_in')||"\Wdata\Source\Publish.DOT",

actdocfname, "Caption1", wdOrganizerObjectStyles);

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_DO_', 'OrganizerCopy',

SYMGET('pgm_in')||"\Wdata\Source\Publish.DOT",

actdocfname, "PDFbookm", wdOrganizerObjectStyles);

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_DO_', 'OrganizerCopy',

SYMGET('pgm_in')||"\Wdata\Source\Publish.DOT",

actdocfname, "PDFbookmView", wdOrganizerObjectStyles);

/*-Insert .LIS file -*/

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_GET_PROPERTY_', 'Selection', wordsel);

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'InsertFile', lisname, "", 0,0, 0);

/*

*- Set Page Setup and Font - already done in NewA4LandscHS -*;

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_GET_PROPERTY_', 'Selection', wordsel);

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'WholeStory');

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_GET_PROPERTY_', 'Font', selfon);

CALL SEND (selfon, '_SET_PROPERTY_', 'Name', "Courier New");

CALL SEND (selfon, '_SET_PROPERTY_', 'Size', font_sz);

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_GET_PROPERTY_', 'ActiveDocument', actdoc);

CALL SEND (actdoc, '_GET_PROPERTY_', 'PageSetup', pgsetup);

CALL SEND (pgsetup, '_SET_PROPERTY_', 'Orientation',

wdOrientLandscape);

CALL SEND (pgsetup, '_SET_PROPERTY_', 'TopMargin',

margin_cm * cm_to_point);

CALL SEND (pgsetup, '_SET_PROPERTY_', 'BottomMargin',

margin_cm * cm_to_point);

CALL SEND (pgsetup, '_SET_PROPERTY_', 'LeftMargin',

margin_cm * cm_to_point);

CALL SEND (pgsetup, '_SET_PROPERTY_', 'RightMargin',

margin_cm * cm_to_point);

CALL SEND (pgsetup, '_SET_PROPERTY_', 'PageWidth', page_w);

CALL SEND (pgsetup, '_SET_PROPERTY_', 'PageHeight', page_h);

*/

/*- Remove Last line if it only contains a Carriage Return -*/

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_DO_', 'Run', "Publish.Module1.RemoveLstLF");

/*- Remove Page Break on 1st line -*/

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_DO_', 'Run', "Publish.Module1.Remove1stPgBrk");

/*- Insert caption (at top of 1st page) with specific text

and bookmark it with a specific name -*/

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'TypeParagraph');

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'MoveUp', wdLine, 1);

*- Make sure caption_type is defined -*;

IF caption_type NOT IN ('Figure' 'Table' 'Equation') THEN DO;

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_GET_PROPERTY_', 'CaptionLabels', captionlabels);

CALL SEND (captionlabels, '_DO_', 'Add', caption_type);

END;

*- type refname, select it, define its text as MyBookMarkName

(VB Global variable that will be used by VB macro SetMyBookMark)

then delete it -*;

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'TypeText', refname);

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'MoveUp', wdLine, 1, wdExtend);

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_DO_', 'Run', "Publish.Module1.NameMyBookMark");

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'Delete');

*- type caption_type, select it, define its text as MyCaptionType

(VB Global variable that will be used by VB macro InsertCaptionRef)

then delete it -*;

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'TypeText', caption_type);

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'MoveUp', wdLine, 1, wdExtend);

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_DO_', 'Run', "Publish.Module1.NameMyCaptionType");

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'Delete');

*- Insert caption text and select it -*;

_cap0=INPUT(SYMGET('_cap0'), 8.); *- number of caption parts -*;

lastchar='';

IF _cap0 THEN DO i=1 TO _cap0;

*- concatenate caption parts into a single paragraph -*;

cap=TRIM(SYMGET('_cap'||TRIM(LEFT(PUT(i, 8.)))));

IF lastchar NE '' THEN DO;

IF lastchar=: '.' THEN cap=' '||cap;

ELSE IF lastchar=: '-' THEN cap=' '||cap;

ELSE cap=' '||cap;

END;

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'TypeText', cap);

lastchar=REVERSE(TRIM(cap));

END;

ELSE CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'TypeText',

"NOTICE: no caption is defined for "

||TRIMN(caption_type)||" "||TRIMN(lisname));

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'TypeParagraph');

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'MoveUp', wdParagraph, 1);

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'Extend'); * zero-character selection *;

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'Extend'); * word *;

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'Extend'); * sentence *;

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'Extend'); * paragraph *;

*- Make Caption from selection and re-select the caption -*;

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_DO_', 'Run', "Publish.Module1.MakeCaption");

* CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'InsertCaption', caption_type, caption);

* Above statement would be limited to the length of caption variable *;

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'MoveUp', wdParagraph, 1);

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'Extend'); * zero-character selection *;

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'Extend'); * word *;

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'Extend'); * sentence *;

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'Extend'); * paragraph *;

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_GET_PROPERTY_', 'End',

select_end);

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_SET_PROPERTY_', 'End',

select_end-1);

*- Bookmark the selection -*;

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_DO_', 'Run', "Publish.Module1.SetMyBookMark");

*- Insert white text that PDFMaker will use to create

a bookmark to this page -*;

*CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'MoveDown', wdParagraph, 1);

*CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'TypeParagraph');

*CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'MoveLeft', wdCharacter, 1);

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_DO_', 'Run', "Publish.Module1.SetPDFbookmViewStyle");

CALL SEND (wordsel, '_DO_', 'TypeText', SYMGET('_bookm'));

*- Insert reference to Caption on top of following pages -*;

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_DO_', 'Run', "Publish.Module1.InsertCaptionRef");

/*- Add Filename + path to header of document to help identify

printed output (will be removed afterwards) -*/

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_DO_', 'Run',

"Publish.Module1.HeaderFilePath");

/*- Save as Word document and close MS-Word session -*/

CALL SEND (actdoc, '_DO_', 'SaveAs', outdocname, wdFormatDocument);

CALL SEND (worddoc, '_DO_', 'Close', 0);

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_DO_', 'Quit', 0);

CALL SEND (wordobj, '_TERM_');

RETURN;

MAIN:

RETURN;

TERM:

RETURN;

On 5/31/06, Pardee, Roy <pardee.r@ghc.org> wrote: > > We had a guy here come up w/a fairly Rube-Goldbergian thing using > winword's mail merge feature. He defined merge fields in a word > document that referred to a text file, and then changed the contents of > the text file w/sas to "update" the word doc. > > It worked well for the time his group needed it AFAIK... > > -----Original Message----- > From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of > data _null_; > Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 12:30 PM > To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Subject: Re: Read/Write Microsoft Word document > > I think your method will "break" your WORD document. You my be able to > accomplish this using SAS via DDE. I don't have an example but there > are many SUGI papers and other SAS-L related discussions that should be > helpful. > > You should be able to use SAS to execute a find/change etc. through DDE, > I do this with SAS DDE to EXCEL but have not tried it with WORD. > > I suspect there are more modern methods, that would be rather simple. > Others will be more helpful. Search the archives while you wait. > > On 5/31/06, compilsys <pmaradan@compilsys.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Does anyone knows how to read a Microsoft Word document (not RTF) and > > write into a new one with some string modified... > > > > I tried : > > > > data _null_; > > infile 'c:\mydocument.doc' recfm=n length=len _infile_=tmp; > > input; > > if index(tmp,'stringtomodify') > 0 then > > tmp=tranwrd(tmp,'stringtomodify','stringmodified'); > > put tmp $varying32767. len; > > run; > > > > ...but does'nt work. > > I choose WORD document because same RTF document is ~20MB instead of > > ~350K... > > thanks folks > > Pascal > > >