We have a function which is supposed to get the range of the viewed text in a word document. However, we are getting the COMException in the first few lines of the function. The function is called with a fixed timer every 10 seconds.
We're dealing with this for quite some time and would appreciate any help/tips, Thank you.
private void GetViewedText()
{
// get the rectangle shown on the screen
IntPtr h = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainWindowHandle;
h = FindWindowExW(h, new IntPtr(0), "_WwF", "");
h = FindWindowExW(h, new IntPtr(0), "_WwB", this.Application.ActiveDocument.Name);
h = FindWindowExW(h, new IntPtr(0), "_WwG", "Microsoft Word Document");
RECT tagRect = new RECT();
GetWindowRect(h, out tagRect);
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//get the range in the doc from the rect
// problem with "ActiveDocument" or "ActiveWindow"
Word.Range r1 = (Word.Range)this.Application.ActiveWindow.RangeFromPoint(tagRect.left, tagRect.top);
Word.Range r2 = (Word.Range)this.Application.ActiveWindow.RangeFromPoint(tagRect.right, tagRect.bottom);
Word.Range r = this.Application.ActiveDocument.Range(r1.Start, r2.Start);
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//for each paragraph we increase the number of times read it and change the color
for (int p = 1; p <= r.Paragraphs.Count; p++)
{
Word.Range rPar = document.Range(r.Paragraphs[p].Range);
Word.Range rParNum = document.Range(rPar.Start, rPar.Start + 1);
Word.Range rParText = document.Range(rPar.Start + 1, rPar.End);
try
{
int parNum = Int32.Parse(rParNum.Text);
paragraphs[parNum].ReadParagrafh();
if (paragraphs[parNum].GetCounter() == 1)
{
rParText.HighlightColorIndex = Word.WdColorIndex.wdYellow;
}
else if (paragraphs[parNum].GetCounter() == 2)
{
rParText.HighlightColorIndex = Word.WdColorIndex.wdBrightGreen;
}
else
{
rParText.HighlightColorIndex = Word.WdColorIndex.wdGreen;
}
}
catch
{
continue;
}
}
}
fixed it, had to remove the document.Range so the new line is:
Word.Range rPar = r.Paragraphs[p].Range;