Resolved: Applescript : close word document (office 2011)

[wesleyh]

i'm simply trying to close a document (without quitting word), but this does not work.

I've tried :

close documents saving no
close active document
close document 1

but none of this is working..

The error I get (on the close line) is:

Microsoft Word got an error: The object you are trying to access does not exist

Here is a simplified script. Anyone have any ideas? All examples online seem to use this syntax, not sure if anything changed in the mac office 2011 version? Or is it just me? Does this code work on your system?

Thanks in advance.

set input to {POSIX path of "/Users/Wesley/Desktop/test.doc"}

--ENABLE GUI SCRIPTING
tell application "System Events"
if UI elements enabled is false then set UI elements enabled to true
end tell

--RUN THE GUISCRIPT
set pdfSavePath to POSIX path of (choose folder with prompt "Set destination folder")
repeat with x in input
display dialog x

tell application "Microsoft Word"
    activate
    open x
    set theActiveDoc to the active document

    close theActiveDoc saving no

    return
    end tell
 end repeat

[kryten2]

Works on Leopard with Microsoft Office 2004.

[wesleyh]

Thanks, I reinstalled word and now it works. Perhaps I didn't select the automator section of the installation previously.