I will certainly take a look at WordPad. You are right - it is definitely overlooked. Thanks Mike. BC
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MikeB Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 7:56 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Interface with word The best RTF editor you can get is already on your machine... Wordpad. It's always overlooked, but venerable. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Castanaro, Bob" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 4:33 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Interface with word Hello list, Am using v8 Turbo with compiled application and enjoying the use of the RTF editor. Unfortunately, it is fairly limited. I understand that v9 will have a much more robust editor, but that is too far off for my needs. So my users want to use WORD (ugh). How are others interfacing this? I need some ideas. Usually, I would shell out to the RTF editor from a field in a form. Is there a way to use WORD for this? Or do I need to have a whole extravagant system to shell out and launch WORD and save a file name and try to figure out how to associate that with a record? I am trying to make this as easy as possible - Nurses are using this and they are not all equal in computer skills, so my goal is user-friendly. Any ideas appreciated! Robert M. Castanaro Director, Surgical Services, Clinic and Pain Services Summa Health System Barberton Hospital 155 Fifth Street N.E. Barberton, Ohio 44203 Phone 330-615-3627 [email protected] [cid:[email protected]]
