Application.OpenDocument method - Developer Area

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Application.OpenDocument method

Opens a document

Syntax:

Function OpenDocument(ByVal FileName As String, Optional ByVal CodePage As Long = 0) As Document

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
FileName	String	Specifies the full path name of the existing document to open
CodePage	Long	Specifies the document encoding (code page or character set) to use for the document.

Remarks:

The OpenDocument method opens an existing document in Corel DESIGNER.

Examples:

The following VBA example opens an existing Corel DESIGNER (CDR) document, adds a page to the document, creates a colored ellipse on the new page, and saves the entire document.

Sub DocumentOpen()
  Dim doc As Document
  Set doc = OpenDocument("C:\Flower.cdr")
  With doc
    .AddPages (1)
    .ActiveLayer.CreateEllipse(0, 3, 5, 1).Fill.UniformColor.CMYKAssign 0, 100, 100, 0
    .Save
  End With
End Sub

The following VBA example opens an existing Corel DESIGNER (DES) document, adds a page to the document, creates a colored ellipse on the new page, and saves the entire document.

Sub DocumentOpen()
  Dim doc As Document
  Set doc = OpenDocument("C:\Flower.des")
  With doc
    .AddPages (1)
    .ActiveLayer.CreateEllipse(0, 3, 5, 1).Fill.UniformColor.CMYKAssign 0, 100, 100, 0
    .Save
  End With
End Sub

Version Information:

CorelDRAW:	X7.4, X7, X7.6, X8, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2019.2, 2020, 2021, 2020.1, 2021.5, 2022-v24, 2022-v24.1, 2022-v24.2, 2023-v24.3, 2023-v24.5, 2024-v25
Corel DESIGNER:	X7, 2017.1, 20.1, 2019.2, 2020.1, 2021.5, 2022-v24, 2022-v24.1, 2022-v24.2, 2023-v24.3, 2023-v24.5, 2024-v25