R: Get a Handle to a Running Word Instance

GetCurrWrd {DescTools} | R Documentation

## Get a Handle to a Running Word Instance

### Description

Look for a running Word instance and return its handle. `NULL` is returned if nothing's found.

### Usage

    GetCurrWrd()
    GetCurrXL()

### Value

a handle (pointer) to the running Word, resp. Excel instance.

### Note

Closing an instance does not update the value of the pointer. So it may contain an invalid address. Whether the pointer is still valid can be checked by `IsValidWrd`.

### Note

This does unfortunately not work with RDCOMClient (but it would with rcom)! Any better idea out there?

### Author(s)

Andri Signorell <andri@signorell.net>

### See Also

`GetNewWrd`, `IsValidWrd`

### Examples

    ## Not run: # Windows-specific example

    x <- rnorm(100)

    wrd <- GetCurrWrd()

    if(IsValidWrd(wrd)){
      Desc(x, wrd=wrd)
    } else {
      print("GetCurrWrd: no running word instance found...")
    }

    ## End(Not run)

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