Programming PHP

Example 15-2. Completing and printing a Word invoice from PHP (continued)
$word->visible = 1 ;
$word->Documents->Open($invoice);
// fill in fields
$word->Application->Run("BkmkCustomer");
$word->Selection->TypeText($customerinfo);
$word->Application->Run("BkmkDelivery");
$word->Selection->TypeText($deliverynum);
$word->Application->Run("NextCell");
$word->Selection->TypeText($shipdate);
$word->Application->Run("NextCell");
$word->Selection->TypeText($shipvia);
$word->Application->Run("NextCell");
$word->Selection->TypeText($orderdate);
$word->Application->Run("NextCell");
$word->Selection->TypeText($custnum);
$word->Application->Run("NextCell");
$word->Selection->TypeText($ordernum);
$word->Application->Run("NextCell");
$word->Application->Run("BkmkItem");
$word->Selection->TypeText($item[1]);
$word->Application->Run("NextCell");
$word->Selection->TypeText($desc[1]);
$word->Application->Run("NextCell");
$word->Selection->TypeText($quantity[1]);
$word->Application->Run("NextCell");
$word->Selection->TypeText($cost[1]);
$word->Application->Run("NextCell");
$word->Selection->TypeText($subtot[1]);
$word->Application->Run("BkmkTotal");
$word->Selection->TypeText($total);
// print it
$word->Application->Run("invoiceprint");
// wait to quit
$word->Application->ActiveDocument->Saved=True;
while($word->Application->BackgroundPrintingStatus>0){sleep (1);}
// close the application and release the COM object
$word->Quit( );
$word->Release( );
$word = null;
?>
Reading and Writing Excel Files
Controlling Excel is similar to controlling Word—research the APIs and use a combination
of macros and COM. The hierarchy of objects is: the Application can have
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