Is there a way to force Powershell to open a document as read-only and close without saving?

Question

I have a script that parses data from Word documents. I arrived to the office this morning to realize that the script hadn't completed, hanging on a "File In Use" dialog box. I found a reference to the $true parameter -- open Read-Only -- on MSDN, but I still get the dialog box.

And of course, one thing leading to another, now I also get the dialog box asking if I want to save changes before I can open the NEXT document, which can't be accessed because of an open dialog box. Sigh. How can I open a document, scan it for my data (the hyperlinks) and then close the document without saving?

Code appears here. I have not included the step where I write $hyperlinks to a file; I'm just concentrating on getting the file-read-close part working.

$global:word = new-object -ComObject Word.Application 
$word.Visible = $False 
$backupPath   = "\\Path\to\files\"   # Backup data path
$srcfiles     = Get-ChildItem $backupPath -filter "*.doc"
 #   
foreach ($doc in $srcfiles) {
    $word.documents.Open($doc.Fullname,$true);
    $links = @($doc2.Hyperlinks);
    $links
    $word.Quit();
}

Solution

For read only, try this:

$word.Documents.Open("$doc.Fullname", $false, $true)

For closing, try this:

$word.Documents.Close($false)

The MSDN links seem pretty clear about the order these parameters need to appear in and the above worked for me.

Comments

[mjolinor]

I don't mess with COM much, but if the Microsoft Word Viewer is a COM application, it seems like that migh be a better choice for what it is you're trying to accomplish.

[webwurst]

For closing I had to use this: $document.Close([ref] [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdSaveOptions]::wdDoNotSaveCh‌​anges). See msdn Documents.Close.