ms word - How to open document that contains AutoOpen macro with PowerShell?

Question

My current PowerShell script:

$document = "C:\test.doc"
$word = new-object -comobject word.application
$word.Visible = $false
$word.DisplayAlerts = "wdAlertsNone"
$word.AutomationSecurity = "msoAutomationSecurityForceDisable"
$doc = $word.Documents.Open($document)
$word.ActivePrinter = "\http://ptr-server:631pdf-printer"
$background = $false
$doc.PrintOut([ref]$background)
$doc.close([ref]$false)
$word.quit()

But it results in an alert box The macros in this project are disabled. Please refer to the online help or documentation of the host application to determine how to enable macros.

How can I open the document without it running the AutoOpen macro or displaying any sort of dialog prompt?

Environment Details:

• Word 2003 SP3
• Windows Server 2003 R2 - Standard Edition - Service Pack 2
• Powershell Version 1.0

Answer 1

The issue you're experencing is documented at KB-886633 (Nevermind that it is talking about Office for Mac - the same applies on PCs):

Additionally, if a macro tries to open a file that contains a macro, the attempt will fail if both of the following conditions are true:

• The Application.AutomationSecurity property option is set to
  msoAutomationSecurityForceDisable.
• The attempt to open the file is made through an Office API macro. This includes macros that are written in VBA, XLM in Excel, and WordBasic in Word.

Both bullet points apply to your script.

The only way I know to get around it is to go old-school - with WordBasic - to disable all Auto Macros (AutoOpen, AutoExec, etc.). Insert $word.WordBasic.DisableAutoMacros right before $word.AutomationSecurity = "msoAutomationSecurityForceDisable". Note that there is no equivalant to this routine in VBA.