Process-dependent automatic opening of specific file in Word

[Guest Herbert Eppel]

My Translation Memory software produces intermediate tab-delimited txt

files, which I open in MS Word (and temporarily convert to a table via a

macro) for reviewing purposes.

 

I wonder if there is some (relatively straightforward?) way of

implementing a procedure that would check whether txt export subprocess

is finished and then open the exported txt file in MS Word (and run the

conversion macro)?

 

--

Herbert Eppel

http://www.HETranslation.co.uk

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Process-dependent automatic opening of specific file in Word

 

 

"Herbert Eppel" <HE@UK> wrote in message

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> My Translation Memory software produces intermediate tab-delimited txt

> files, which I open in MS Word (and temporarily convert to a table via a

> macro) for reviewing purposes.

>

> I wonder if there is some (relatively straightforward?) way of

> implementing a procedure that would check whether txt export subprocess is

> finished and then open the exported txt file in MS Word (and run the

> conversion macro)?

>

> --

> Herbert Eppel

> http://www.HETranslation.co.uk

 

The easiest method would be to put the translation command

into a batch file, followed by a command to open Word. Ask

in a Word newsgroup how to launch the conversion macro

automatically.

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Process-dependent automatic opening of specific file in Word

 

You could run it with a bat file, first line starts the translator, the

second line starts the word program when the translator program ends.

 

Herbert Eppel wrote:

> My Translation Memory software produces intermediate tab-delimited txt

> files, which I open in MS Word (and temporarily convert to a table via a

> macro) for reviewing purposes.

>

> I wonder if there is some (relatively straightforward?) way of

> implementing a procedure that would check whether txt export subprocess

> is finished and then open the exported txt file in MS Word (and run the

> conversion macro)?

>

[Guest Herbert Eppel]

Re: Process-dependent automatic opening of specific file in Word

 

On 19.07.2007 17:22 UK Time, Pegasus (MVP) wrote:

> "Herbert Eppel" <HE@UK> wrote in message

> news:umF25yhyHHA.4652@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> My Translation Memory software produces intermediate tab-delimited txt

>> files, which I open in MS Word (and temporarily convert to a table via a

>> macro) for reviewing purposes.

>>

>> I wonder if there is some (relatively straightforward?) way of

>> implementing a procedure that would check whether txt export subprocess is

>> finished and then open the exported txt file in MS Word (and run the

>> conversion macro)?

>>

>> --

>> Herbert Eppel

>> http://www.HETranslation.co.uk

>

> The easiest method would be to put the translation command

> into a batch file, followed by a command to open Word. Ask

> in a Word newsgroup how to launch the conversion macro

> automatically.

 

Thanks (and to Bob) for your reply.

 

Am I right in assuming that the method you suggested would require the

translation program to close in order to trigger opening of Word?

 

I wasn't necessarily thinking of closing the translation program, but I

may try and pursue this further when I get back from holiday.

 

--

Herbert Eppel

http://www.HETranslation.co.uk

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Process-dependent automatic opening of specific file in Word

 

 

"Herbert Eppel" <HE@UK> wrote in message

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> On 19.07.2007 17:22 UK Time, Pegasus (MVP) wrote:

>> "Herbert Eppel" <HE@UK> wrote in message

>> news:umF25yhyHHA.4652@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> My Translation Memory software produces intermediate tab-delimited txt

>>> files, which I open in MS Word (and temporarily convert to a table via a

>>> macro) for reviewing purposes.

>>>

>>> I wonder if there is some (relatively straightforward?) way of

>>> implementing a procedure that would check whether txt export subprocess

>>> is finished and then open the exported txt file in MS Word (and run the

>>> conversion macro)?

>>>

>>> --

>>> Herbert Eppel

>>> http://www.HETranslation.co.uk

>>

>> The easiest method would be to put the translation command

>> into a batch file, followed by a command to open Word. Ask

>> in a Word newsgroup how to launch the conversion macro

>> automatically.

>

> Thanks (and to Bob) for your reply.

>

> Am I right in assuming that the method you suggested would require the

> translation program to close in order to trigger opening of Word?

>

> I wasn't necessarily thinking of closing the translation program, but I

> may try and pursue this further when I get back from holiday.

>

> --

> Herbert Eppel

> http://www.HETranslation.co.uk

 

You could launch Word at any time you like, e.g. when the

translation program closes, or after a preset time delay, or

after the translation program has left a marker somewhere

to indicate that it has finished its job.

[Guest Herbert Eppel]

Re: Process-dependent automatic opening of specific file in Word

 

On 24.07.2007 14:35 UK Time, Pegasus (MVP) wrote:

> You could launch Word at any time you like, e.g. when the

> translation program closes, or after a preset time delay, or

> after the translation program has left a marker somewhere

> to indicate that it has finished its job.

 

Thanks for your further reply.

 

The "after the translation program has left a marker somewhere" option

sounds promising :-) but I'm not sure how to go about it :-(

 

In my case, I suppose the marker would be the fact that the translation

program has overwritten (i.e. changed the size and date) an existing txt

file (although the file name is not always the same - it could be one

of, say up to 10 existing files).

 

If this isn't the right forum for trying to progress this further,

perhaps you could point me in the right direction?

 

Many thanks.

 

--

Herbert Eppel

http://www.HETranslation.co.uk

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Process-dependent automatic opening of specific file in Word

 

 

"Herbert Eppel" <HE@UK> wrote in message

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> On 24.07.2007 14:35 UK Time, Pegasus (MVP) wrote:

>

>> You could launch Word at any time you like, e.g. when the

>> translation program closes, or after a preset time delay, or

>> after the translation program has left a marker somewhere

>> to indicate that it has finished its job.

>

> Thanks for your further reply.

>

> The "after the translation program has left a marker somewhere" option

> sounds promising :-) but I'm not sure how to go about it :-(

>

> In my case, I suppose the marker would be the fact that the translation

> program has overwritten (i.e. changed the size and date) an existing txt

> file (although the file name is not always the same - it could be one of,

> say up to 10 existing files).

>

> If this isn't the right forum for trying to progress this further, perhaps

> you could point me in the right direction?

>

> Many thanks.

>

> --

> Herbert Eppel

> http://www.HETranslation.co.uk

 

We don't know your translation program and its capabilities,

hence it's impossible to give any specific advice. A good

solution would be for this program to write a semaphore file

when it has finished its job. A clumsy one would be to launch

Word only if the following two conditions are met:

 

a) Ten seconds have expired since the translation program

was started, and

 

b) None of the ten files you mention are currently open.