Converting Interoped Code to Managed Code

I have an old VB6 program that uses Word automation to fill in a bunch of bookmarks with text from the database. I urgently need to rewrite it, as it only works on a few relic machines now. When I started the conversion I see that the Bookmark.Range object has been deleted from the .NET object model. I'm trying to download the new definition from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx familyid=da039ba4-b7c2-4f99-a45a-0b210299c2b7&displaylang=en

but, it's hung up.

Using Intellisense I note that it's suggesting I replace the Range object with the XMLNode object. Could someone expound on that suggestion, please. I don't know when the object model document will ever be finished downloading.

Thanks.

Word version is 2007.

VS is 2005.

I'm using VB code. Not C#.

In my project References I have;

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common2007

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime

And when I hover over the Range object I get an Intellisense message that Word.Range is not defined and I should change it to Word.XMLNode. I'm okay with changing all of those IF the new XMLNode will function the same as the Range object.

You said the Range object is still in there. What reference do I need to add in order to access it

Thanks.

In the meantime, I've downloaded and installed the Office 2007 Primary Interop Assemblies redistributable package and attempted to reference Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.dll in my program. Nowhere is it to be found. I searched the entire C drive and still don't find it. How do I reference something that is supposed to be installed when I can't find it anywhere on the machine

It's VSTO 2005 SE. But, its a conversion from the original VB6 program. The conversion created a bunch of references to COM objects and I'm wanting to get away from that if I can. I'm having a lot of problems with keeping a machine that will run the COM relic.

The references to Word & Tools are all added by me in an attempt to find the Range object. I'm now attempting to add the Inerop.Word but I'm having a devil of a time. I see it in the gac but don't find any file that I can point the references to.

I wanted to see what references the project type created so I just tried to create a new Word Document project in VS2005 and get this message:

"Programmatic access to the Microsoft Office Visual Basic for Applications project system could not be enabled. If Microsoft Office Word or Microsoft Office Excel is running, it can prevent programmatic access from being enabled. Exit Word or Excel before opening or creating your project."

The only thing is that I don't have Word or Excel running, I've rebooted and then double checked the Task Manager processes to make sure. But I still get this message.

My workstation is Vista with UAC disabled.

I was able to create a macro in Word 2007 and I was able to create VBA in Word 2007.

I'm running this on Vista, so I downloaded and installed the VS2005 SP1 and SP1 for Vista, even though they reported already being installed.

I can't help but think that this access problem is related somehow to Vista. I've had nothing but problems with this new machine since I took it out of the box 4 weeks ago. I'm just about 5 minutes from wiping the drive and installing XP. If that happens Vista will likely not be installed in our building - EVER. As I'm the only person remotely trying to get it to run.

I have MSDN incident support. I'm now ready to submit an incident and get the engineers involved.

When I open a VS2005 project, any project type and try to add a reference, any reference - VS2005 immediately crashes with a message that it needs to shut down. I've applied every patch and even uninstalled / reinstalled VS2005.

All this stuff is beginning to make truck driving in New Jersey look like a relaxing career change.

Are you running VS as administrator