The Design and Implementation of a Word Addin for Document Classification Management
Abstract
With the popularity of computer science and the development of computer technology, along with the advantages of electronic documents such as convenience, efficiency and ease to use, most of information is stored and archived in the form of electronic document. Faced with the fact that amount of information increasing ceaselessly, it is more and more urgent to find a way to manage and access information effectively and easily. It is expected that we can collect, archive and refer to any types of documents facilely in a unified document interface.
This article introduces the design and implementation of a Word document classification management software. This system took the users’ entire requirement into consideration, and was designed correctly and completely, with which any types of document on the disk (including not only the Word documents but also other types on other media) can be classified and managed in a unified document interface. Its document management functions includes: creating, editing and deleting document records and adding or removing files into or from the records.
The software is implemented in the form of a Word addin component, which adds a user-defined toolbar into the Word, and implemented the functions mentioned above from with the toolbar. Obeying the principles of COM component programming, it is implemented with Visual Basic 6.0 and saves the document classification information in a database of Office2003 Access.
Key words: COM Component; Word Addin; Document Classifier
