We have an UWP application and we would like to have the following scenario:
We have an Silverlight application that uses the code below and resolves the problem nicely. Can we do something similar in UWP? Programmatically open Word and wait for instance closing.
private void SetupWordInstance(bool visible = true)
{
if (AutomationFactory.IsAvailable)
{
_wordApp = null;
try
{
_wordApp = AutomationFactory.CreateObject("Word.Application");
_wordVersion = _wordApp.Version;
}
catch
{
try
{
_wordApp = AutomationFactory.CreateObject("Word.Application");
_wordVersion = _wordApp.Version;
}
catch (Exception)
{
Utils.ShowMessage(Resource.MissingWordApplicationErrorMessage);
}
}
if (_wordApp != null)
{
AutomationEvent beforeCloseEvent = AutomationFactory.GetEvent(_wordApp, "DocumentBeforeClose");
beforeCloseEvent.AddEventHandler(new BeforeCloseAppDelegate(BeforeCloseApp));
AutomationEvent quitEvent = AutomationFactory.GetEvent(_wordApp, "Quit");
quitEvent.AddEventHandler(new QuitAppDelegate(QuitApp));
if (visible)
{
_wordApp.Visible = true;
_wordApp.Activate();
FocusWordInstance();
}
}
}
else
{
Utils.ShowMessage(Resource.MissingAutomationErrorMessage);
}
}
There is a possibility that it can correspond by the technology called desktop bridge which Microsoft provides. Here's an explanation. Easily, it is to extract the Windows Desktop function not available in UWP and provide it together with application.
Docs/Windows/UWP/Develop/Porting apps to Windows 10/Desktop Bridge
The following is a sample when using Excel.
Desktop app bridge to UWP Samples
UWP calling Office Interop APIs
Windows Application Packaging Project Samples
Since the definition of Word API is below, it seems that it can be used as above.