WordGetInfo As String

Returns the value of the passed in key for Microsoft Word as a String.

Use this function do get more information about the installed version of Microsoft Word.

When Word is not found on the current computer, then an empty String is returned.

If an error occurred, then "ERROR" is returned.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
Key	String	A plist key for which we want to retrieve its value

Returns:

Type	Key	Example Value
String	CFBundleSignature	MSWD
String	DTSDKName	macosx10.5
String	DTPlatformBuild	10M2518
String	BuildMachineOSBuild	10K540
String	MicrosoftBuildNumber	141117
String	MicrosoftLocalizationLCID	1033
String	NSHumanReadableCopyright	© 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
String	CFBundleExecutable	Microsoft Word
String	CFBundleHelpBookFolder	Help
String	CFBundleShortVersionString	14.4.7
String	CFBundlePackageType	APPL
String	NSAppleScriptEnabled	True
String	CFBundleHelpBookName	Word Help
String	DTSDKBuild	9L31a
String	DTXcodeBuild	10M2518
String	DTCompiler	4.2
String	CFBundleDisplayName	Microsoft Word
String	CFBundleDevelopmentRegion	en
String	LSRequiresNativeExecution	True
String	NSHighResolutionCapable	True
String	CFBundleName	Word
String	CFBundleVersion	14.4.7
String	LSApplicationCategoryType	public.app-category.productivity
String	CFBundleNumericVersion	340230144
String	LSHasLocalizedDisplayName	True
String	DTPlatformVersion	PG
String	DTXcode	0400
String	CFBundleGetInfoString	14.4.7 (141117), © 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
String	CFBundleIdentifier	com.microsoft.Word
String	LSRequiresCarbon	True
String	CFBundleIconFile	MSWD
String	CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion	6.0

Available in:

WindowMain	WindowLink
YES	YES

Hint: You can find references to XojoScripts which make use of this function by sending the following SQL statement to the database:

Select id,GUID, ScriptName,ScriptCode from im_scripts where ScriptCode Like '%WordGetInfo%'

Example XojoScript:

// Retrieve information about Microsoft Word

Dim v As String = WordGetInfo("CFBundleGetInfoString")

If v = "" Then

MsgBox "Information is not available!"

ElseIf v = "ERROR" Then

MsgBox "An error occured!"

Else

MsgBox v

End If