Newbie Questions

Re: Detect office version installed

Potemkine — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:35:30 GMT

Hi, no it'snot working on form server because if you run this codes, it will send you the office version of the server and not the client version.

Sorry

Re: Detect office version installed

cheason — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:44:41 GMT

Apologies for the response back, but thanks very much for this - really appreciated.

Can you tell me if this also works in the browser mode? I'm developing forms for SharePoint use, where InfoPath is not installed on the client machine.

Thanks,

Jason.

Re: Detect office version installed

Potemkine — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:31:40 GMT

If you use Infopath Client, here a some C# code to know the major version of office:

using Microsoft.Office.Interop;

string sVersion = string.Empty;
            Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application oApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
            oApp.Visible = false;
            switch (oApp.Version.ToString())
            {
                case "7.0":
                    sVersion = "95";
                    break;
                case "8.0":
                    sVersion = "97";
                    break;
                case "9.0":
                    sVersion = "2000";
                    break;
                case "10.0":
                    sVersion = "2002";
                    break;
                case "11.0":
                    sVersion = "2003";
                    break;
                case "12.0":
                    sVersion = "2007";
                    break;
                case "14.0":
                    sVersion = "2010";
                    break;
                default:
                    sVersion = "Too Old!";
                    break;
            }
            MessageBox.Show("Word Build: " + oApp.Version + System.Environment.NewLine + "Word Version: " + sVersion,
            "Office Version", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
            object a = (object)false;
            object b = (object)1;
            oApp.Quit(ref a, ref b, ref a);
            oApp = null;

Detect office version installed

cheason — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:16:39 GMT

Hi,

No idea if this is possible, but is it possible to design an infopath form which detects the version of office installed on the end users machine?

Thanks,

Jason.