Microsoft Word API for Mac OS: Troubleshooting the Find/Replace function

Question

In my previous topic at
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2623068&tstart=0
we found out the way to connect to the Ms-Word from Objective-C through ScriptingBridge.
The connection works and the given text can be found and replaced using the method executeFindFindText: Although it generates exception and I am forced to put it in @try block and then continue with everything else in @catch.
There is another, more important problem: the WordFind class does not seem to "give feedback" i.e. I could not find the way to programatically find out whether my find/replace was successfull, nor could I set WordFind object properties prior to running.
The Class WordFind has many properties e.g.
@property (copy) NSString *content; // Returns or sets the text in the find object.
@property (readonly) BOOL found; // True if the search produces a match.
@property BOOL matchWholeWord; // Returns or sets if the find operation locates only entire words and not text that's part of a larger word.
I tried to set the property "matchWholeWord" or read the properties "found" and "content" but in vain.
As I understand, the property "found" should be the key component in my process because it should
return the BOOL value I need.
What am I doing incorrectly? Any suggestions?
Here is the final code:
#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
#import "Word.h"
int main(int argc, char * argv[])
if(NSApplicationLoad())
NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
wordApp=[SBApplication applicationWithBundleIdentifier:@"com.microsoft.Word"];
if([wordApp isRunning])
WordDocument *activeWordDoc=[wordApp activeDocument];
WordTextRange *allTextRange=[activeWordDoc textObject];
WordFind *findObj=[allTextRange findObject];
NSString findText=@"FirstText";
NSString *replaceText=@"SecondText";
[findObj setMatchWholeWord:YES];
NSLog(@"WholeWord: %i", [findObj matchWholeWord]);
@try
[findObj executeFindFindText:findText
matchCase:NO
matchWholeWord:NO
matchWildcards:YES
matchSoundsLike:NO
matchAllWordForms:NO
matchForward:YES
wrapFind:WordE265FindContinue
findFormat:NO
replaceWith:replaceText
replace:WordE273ReplaceAll];
@catch(NSException * e){
NSLog(@"Search Found:%i",[findObj found]);
NSLog(@"Search Content:%@",[findObj content]);
[pool drain];
return 0;

Answer 1

DavidMan wrote:
So, what is your suggestion?
Do it in pure AppleScript.
Whom to complain? Microsoft or Apple?
I'm not sure. All this stuff was new with Office 2008. It might work better with Office 2011. I would definitely ask on the Mac Office forum to see if anyone there knows any more: http://www.officeformac.com/productforums/