WD: How to Obtain the Word for Windows Type Library

ID: Q143434


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows


SUMMARY

Word 97

The object library or type library is included with Word 97. The file name is Msword8.olb.

Each Office 97 program provides a file called an object library, or type library, that contains information about the objects, properties, methods, events, and built-in constants it uses. You can use a the Object Browser to look at the information in this file and to browse the object model it describes.

To open the Object Browser in the Visual Basic Editor, use the following steps:

  1. In Word, point to Macro on the Tools menu, and click Visual Basic Editor.


  2. On the View menu, click Object Browser.


  3. From the Object Browser window, in the Project/Library box, click the object library whose objects you want to see (for example: Word), or click <All Libraries> to view the objects of all referenced libraries.

    NOTE: If the object library whose objects you want to examine doesn't appear in the Project/Library box, you must create a reference to the object library using the References dialog box (Tools menu).


For Help on any of the Classes or Members, select the item, and then click the Help (question mark) button on the Object Browser toolbar.

Word 6.0, 7.0

The Microsoft Word type library for Microsoft Word for Windows provides you with the U.S. object model of the WordBasic object.

The following table describes the available type library files.

   For this version         Obtain this           Which contains
   of Word for Windows      executable file       the following files
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------

   Version 7.0 or 7.0a      Wrd95lib.exe          Wb70en32.tlb (10-11-95)
                                                  Readme.txt (08-29-95)

   Version 6.0, 6.0a,       Wrd60lib.exe          Wb60en.tlb (08-08-94)
   or 6.0c                                        Readme.txt (02-10-95) 
For more information about how to use the type library, obtain the file, extract its contents, and read the Readme.txt file that accompanies the executable.

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file names below to download the files:
Wrd95lib.exe

Wrd60lib.exe
For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp
and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.

Additional query words: 6.0 7.0 8.0 word6 word7 word95 word8 word97 winword typelib typlib

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a,97
Platform : WINDOWS
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Last Reviewed: December 9, 1999
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