---
title: "Late bound wrapper to MS Word object"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/2/19/late-bound-wrapper-to-ms-word-object.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/2/19/late-bound-wrapper-to-ms-word-object.html"
published: "2003-02-19T18:25:00"
updated: "2003-02-19T18:25:00"
tags: []
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Here is a simple wrapper object that shows you how to late bind to Microsoft Word's spell checker from .net. Use it like this: MSWord word = new MSWord(); assert( word.CheckSpelling(\"antidisestablishmentarianism\") );…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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# Late bound wrapper to MS Word object

By Roy Osherove February 19, 2003

**Historical article** · Originally published February 19, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

[_Here_](http://www.dotnetdog.com/archives/MSWordWrapper.zip) _is a simple wrapper object that shows you how to late bind to Microsoft Word's spell checker from .net._

_Use it like this:

__MSWord word = new MSWord();
assert( word.CheckSpelling("antidisestablishmentarianism") );
_

_Late binding from .net in C# to COM is not very straightforward, or documented...._

_[Posted by nick](http://www.dotnetdog.com/archives/000002.html) at December 2, 2002 11:03 PM
_

Looking at the wrapper code, you gotta wonder why doing LateBound COM manipulation is so darn clumsy and wordy. it looks like it could be much more elegant....


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