[DUG] How can I tell what version of MSOffice is installed?

[Nick Fauchelle]

Hi Steve,

I'd look in the registry.
I have Office 2000 on my machine and I have
HCLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Word\ and \Excel
my work mate has 2003 and
HCLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\ and \Excel
so I think checking the registry is fine, you can also use that to get 
the install paths if you needed them

Nick

Steven Knight wrote:
> Hi all,
>         We are writing systems that talk to MS Word and Excel.
> Using Delphi 6 and in .net 
> Currently they target MS Office 2000. It looks like Office 2003
> is sufficiently different that we will need to cope with both.
>
> Can anyone suggest a way of finding out if a particular version of Office 
> is installed?
>
> Ta
>
> Steven Knight
> Software Developer
> Environment Canterbury
> PO Box 345, Christchurch
> phone: 00 64 3 365-3828 x 7129
> email: steven.knight at ecan.govt.nz
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