Centering a table in Word LabWindows

Question

Hello all!
    I create a table in Word using Microsoft Word 9.0 Object Library (word2000.fp) and I have a problem with centering a table in document. I have created correctly table but I can't centered a table in my document page. I have tired all possible of ways to center a table but no results. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Please help on the issue. Below I add a piece of my code written in Labwindows/CVI:
     Word_GetProperty (docHandle, NULL, Word_DocumentApplication,
                              CAVT_OBJHANDLE, &appHandleL);
     Word_GetProperty (appHandleL, NULL, Word_ApplicationSelection,
                   CAVT_OBJHANDLE, &currSelHandleL);
     // adding paragraph
     Word_SelectionTypeParagraph (currSelHandleL, NULL);
     Word_GetProperty (currSelHandleL, NULL, Word_SelectionRange,
                   CAVT_OBJHANDLE, &rangeHandleL);
     // creating a table
     Word_GetProperty (docHandle, NULL, Word_DocumentTables, CAVT_OBJHANDLE, &tablesHandleL);
      Word_TablesAdd (tablesHandleL, NULL, rangeHandleL, 5, 6,CA_VariantInt(1) , 
                  CA_VariantInt(0), &tableHandleL );  
      //Word_TableSelect (tableHandleL, NULL);
      // centering a table
      Word_GetProperty (currSelHandleL, NULL, Word_SelectionTables, CAVT_OBJHANDLE, &tablesHandleL);
      //Word_SetProperty (tablesHandleL, NULL, Word_RowsWrapAroundText, CAVT_BOOL, FALSE);
      Word_SetProperty (tablesHandleL, NULL, Word_RowsAlignment, CAVT_LONG,
                WordConst_wdAlignRowCenter);
What am I doing wrong? How should be correctly it?
      I greet    Theodore
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Answer 1

Hi Tamás Simon,
   My version of CVI and OS what I'm using it's: CVI 8.5 and Windows XP Professional SP3, but ones are alright. I have found solution to my problem. The issue was lying in incorrect use of objects in the called function Word_SetProperty ( ). I used the syntax:
      Word_SetProperty (tablesHandleL, NULL, Word_RowsAlignment, CAVT_LONG, WordConst_wdAlignRowCenter);
and it should be as:
      Word_SetProperty (WordObjRows, NULL, Word_RowsAlignment, CAVT_LONG, WordConst_wdAlignRowCenter);
The entrie code source to create a table with centering should look like this:
int CVICALLBACK Add_Table (int panel, int control, int event,
              void *callbackData, int eventData1, int eventData2)
     WordObj_Columns                   WordObjColumns;
     WordObj_Rows                        WordObjRows;
     WordObj_ParagraphFmt          WordObjParagraphsFmt;
     WordObj_Paragraphs              WordObjParagraphs;
     WordObj_Range                      rangeHandleL;
     WordObj_Table                        tableHandleL;
     WordObj_Tables                      tablesHandleL;
     WordObj_Selection                  currSelHandleL;
     WordObj_Application               appHandleL;
     switch (event)
      case EVENT_COMMIT:
          Word_GetProperty (docHandle, NULL, Word_DocumentApplication,
                              CAVT_OBJHANDLE, &appHandleL);
          Word_GetProperty (appHandleL, NULL, Word_ApplicationSelection,
                              CAVT_OBJHANDLE, &currSelHandleL);
          // adding paragraph with centering property
          Word_GetProperty (docHandle, NULL, Word_DocumentParagraphs,
                              CAVT_OBJHANDLE, &WordObjParagraphs);
          Word_GetProperty (WordObjParagraphs, NULL, Word_SelectionParagraphFormat,
                              CAVT_OBJHANDLE, &WordObjParagraphsFmt);
          Word_SetProperty (WordObjParagraphsFmt, NULL, Word_SelectionParagraphFormat,
                              CAVT_OBJHANDLE, &WordObjParagraphsFmt);
          Word_SetProperty (WordObjParagraphsFmt, NULL, Word_ParagraphFmtAlignment,
                              CAVT_LONG, WordConst_wdAlignParagraphCenter);
          Word_SelectionTypeParagraph (currSelHandleL, NULL);
          Word_GetProperty (currSelHandleL, NULL, Word_SelectionRange,
                              CAVT_OBJHANDLE, &rangeHandleL);
           // creating a table
          Word_GetProperty (docHandle, NULL, Word_DocumentTables, CAVT_OBJHANDLE, &tablesHandleL);
          Word_TablesAdd (tablesHandleL, NULL, rangeHandleL, 5, 6,
                             CA_VariantInt(1), CA_VariantInt(0), &tableHandleL);
          // setting rows and columns size the table
          Word_GetProperty (tableHandleL, NULL, Word_TableRows, CAVT_OBJHANDLE,
                             &WordObjRows);
          Word_GetProperty (tableHandleL, NULL, Word_TableColumns,
                            CAVT_OBJHANDLE, &WordObjColumns);
          Word_SetProperty (WordObjRows, NULL, Word_RowsHeight, CAVT_FLOAT, 20.5);
          Word_SetProperty (WordObjColumns, NULL, Word_ColumnsPreferredWidth,
                            CAVT_FLOAT, 40.5);
          // centering the table
          Word_SetProperty (WordObjRows, NULL, Word_RowsAlignment, CAVT_LONG,
                            WordConst_wdAlignRowCenter);
        break;
 return 0;
I added also some table properties, such as size rows and columns, paragraph with centering. I hope that it will be useful to someone.
         I would like to thank you for your help and wish you all the best
         Theodore85