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    - FormField String too large I'm inserting a very large string into a formfield typing: FormFields("txtdesPrimerApellido").Result = "very large string". Why is word telling me that the string is too large if I set the MAX LENGTH of the form field as unlimited? TIA Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53308
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    - show label dialog box Per my last request, this is for Word 2002. THANKS. Kurt Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53305
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    - show label dialog box Hi, I would like to create a macro that displays the envelope/label dialog box, but on the label tab. (I have created a custom envelope macro, and therefore don't need the Word envelope feature.) Any help on the macro language to show the label dialog box? THANKS! Kurt Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53304
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    - Macro to eliminate mutiple blank lines. Hi, just wondering if anyone has made one already (Please dont waste your time writing it unless you have it), I need a macro that will go through a document and spot places where there is more than one blank line between lines with text and leave only one line. I'm looking for a simple recursive function. I can write a big function to do it but I think there is a simpler way I'm unfamiliar with. NOTE: I tried lookign for consecutive line breaks replacing them with one line break but that didn't really work. Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53301
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    - Is it possible to do this using VBA in MS Word Hi, I am a newbie to MS Word Programming, I would like to know if VBA is possible to do the following jobs for me: 1. When type a typo in word, the word will be underlined, is it possible to do this using VBA? 2. When you right click the underlined word, a list of suggestions will be shown, is it possible to program it using VBA? Since I am just a newbie, I don't know if VBA can do this or not, if this cannot be done using just VBA, pls point me to the right direction... Thanks and hope for reply. Regards, Johnny Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53297
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    - Checkbox Macro on Exit I've created a form template with "x" boxes. I'd like for the "xed" box to become red in color when the user clicks on it. I've tried assigning a macro to do this, but the message I get upon use is that the macro cannot be performed because the document is protected (which it would be, being a form!) Anybody have an idea for a work-around? (My experience w/ Visual Basic is minimal, but I think I can plug in a macro.) Thanks! Jenny Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53296
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    - 2003 best Help for dim OOP-er Does there appear to be some reason why this code returns a No. 4160, 'bad file name' error: Set docCurrentDocument = Documents(strFileName) or Documents(strFileName).BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropertyAuthor) where strFileName looks perfect, returned from: strFileName = Application.FileSearch.FoundFiles(index) ? -- Jim Shores Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53294
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    - Styles automatically renamed ... Word XP --------------- Problem: Step 1: - "Heading 1" is defined with certain formats Step 2: - User changed formats for "Heading 1" - The text parts that were "Heading 1" are automatically renamed to f.e. "Heading 1 + 11 pt" by Word Step 3: - I try to change formats for all text parts in the document that were originally formated as "Heading 1". Because they were renamed automatically, my changes do not affect those text parts. How can I get them back under control? Thanks for any help Best Regards, George Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53289
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    - Opening a Web Page I've got a word document that under certain conditions opens then creates an internetexplorer.application then immediately navigates to a web page, is there anyway of maximizing the internet explorer window through the word macro. Help!!! Stewart Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53288
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    - Removing Metadata Greetings. I'm trying to find a way to automate the removal of metadata (author info, etc.) from Word documents. Can someone recommend a good way to proceed? Ideally I would be able to "clean" docs with a single click from within Word, drop files onto an application icon, run the cleaner from the context menu, or script the process for multiple files. Is VBA the best way to accomplish this? Many thanks in advance for any tips, Michael Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53287
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    - Doc name and page # in header I have a few hundred or so word doc's. I'd like a macro to open each one and insert the document name and page numbers (ie: NameOfDocument.doc page 1 of 5) into the header. Then, save and close the file, open the next, etc. This would take forever if done by hand. Any suggestions? Thanks! C Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53278
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    - Problem populating a formfield with multiline text from Userform. I have a text form field called "bmAddress" and use a userform with a multiline text box to populate (ActiveDocument.FormFields("bmAddress").Result = userform.txtaddress). For some reason when the information populates into form field Â? (a square) appears on every new line. Â?Address 1 Â?Address 2 Â?Address 3 Â?Post Code On Windows XP it displays as a space, so I can't use a find and replace to remove the squares. Unfortunately i do need this to populate into a form field and not just a normal bookmark. Appreciate any help. Thanks Caro Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53264
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    - VC++ Automation Word 2000 Error : Unable to Disable "Cntrl-C" Hi, I am automating Word 2000 and I want to disable the "Ctrl C" keyboard functionality. (Using VBA I am successful in disabling the "Ctrl-C" by doing this - "Application.FindKey(BuildKeyCode(wdKeyControl, wdKeyC)).Disable") I am using the following C++ automation code which gives me the DISP_E_EXCEPTION error code on IDispatch::Invoke for "Disable" method ("AutoWrap" function below is a wrapper around IDispatch::Invoke). Here is my C++ code: parm1.vt = VT_I4; parm1.lVal = wdKeyControl;//::SysAllocString(L"^"); parm2.vt = VT_I4; parm2.lVal = wdKeyC;//::SysAllocString(L"c"); VariantClear(&result); AutoWrap(DISPATCH_METHOD, &result, pWdApp, L"BuildKeyCode",2,parm2,parm1); parm1.vt = VT_I4; parm1.lVal = result.lVal; VariantClear(&result); AutoWrap(DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET , &result, pWdApp, L"FindKey", 1,parm1); pWdKey = result.pdispVal; AutoWrap(DISPATCH_METHOD, NULL,pWdKey , L"Disable", 0); I will appreciate any help on this. Thanks. Vishal ---------------------- Here is the code for the AutoWrap Function if it helps: HRESULT AutoWrap(int autoType, VARIANT *pvResult, IDispatch *pDisp, LPOLESTR ptName, int cArgs...) { // Begin variable-argument list... va_list marker; va_start(marker, cArgs); if(!pDisp) { MessageBox(NULL, "NULL IDispatch passed to AutoWrap()", "Error", 0x10010); _exit(0); } // Variables used... DISPPARAMS dp = { NULL, NULL, 0, 0 }; DISPID dispidNamed = DISPID_PROPERTYPUT; DISPID dispID; HRESULT hr; char buf[200]; char szName[200]; EXCEPINFO pExcepInfo; // Convert down to ANSI WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, ptName, -1, szName, 256, NULL, NULL); // Get DISPID for name passed... hr = pDisp->GetIDsOfNames(IID_NULL, &ptName, 1, LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, &dispID); if(FAILED(hr)) { sprintf(buf, "IDispatch::GetIDsOfNames(\"%s\") failed w/err 0x%08lx", szName, hr); MessageBox(NULL, buf, "AutoWrap()", 0x10010); //_exit(0); return hr; } // Allocate memory for arguments... VARIANT *pArgs = new VARIANT[cArgs+1]; ZeroMemory(pArgs, (cArgs+1)* sizeof (VARIANT)); // Extract arguments... for(int i=0; i<cArgs; i++) { pArgs[i] = va_arg(marker, VARIANT); } // Build DISPPARAMS dp.cArgs = cArgs; dp.rgvarg = pArgs; // Handle special-case for property-puts! if(autoType & DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT) { dp.cNamedArgs = 1; dp.rgdispidNamedArgs = &dispidNamed; } // Make the call! hr = pDisp->Invoke(dispID, IID_NULL, LOCALE_SYSTEM_DEFAULT, autoType, &dp, pvResult, &pExcepInfo, NULL); switch(hr) { case S_OK: break; case DISP_E_BADPARAMCOUNT: MessageBox(0,"1","",0); break; case DISP_E_BADVARTYPE: MessageBox(0,"2","",0); break; case DISP_E_EXCEPTION: MessageBox(0,"3","",0); break; case DISP_E_MEMBERNOTFOUND: MessageBox(0,"4","",0); break; case DISP_E_NONAMEDARGS: MessageBox(0,"5","",0); break; case DISP_E_OVERFLOW: MessageBox(0,"6","",0); break; case DISP_E_PARAMNOTFOUND: MessageBox(0,"7","",0); break; case DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH: MessageBox(0,"8","",0); break; case DISP_E_UNKNOWNINTERFACE: MessageBox(0,"9","",0); break; case DISP_E_UNKNOWNLCID: MessageBox(0,"10","",0); break; case DISP_E_PARAMNOTOPTIONAL: MessageBox(0,"11","",0); break; default: MessageBox(0,"Default","",0); break; } if(FAILED(hr)) { sprintf(buf, "IDispatch::Invoke(\"%s\"=%08lx) failed w/err 0x%08lx", szName, dispID, hr); MessageBox(NULL, buf, "AutoWrap()", 0x10010); //_exit(0); return hr; } // End variable-argument section... va_end(marker); delete [] pArgs; return hr; } Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53263
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    - Conditional compilation on Word version Hi anybody know how to get a conditional compilation based on the version of word ?? This bit of code doesnt work but illustrates what i need #if Val(Application.Version) > 8 Then ' 8 = Word97, 9 = Word2000 blahblah #endif Actually what i need is way of telling whether the Assistant(clippy) is loaded that works in both Word97 and Word2000, unfortunately the assistant appears to behaves slightly differently in each so i need different code. thanks Dave Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53262
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    - Word as report engine?? Hi: I'm new to word and am having some trouble figuring out how to create a report template of several pages and loading data from my SQL Server database into the appropriate sections of my report. The report requires that individual columns from individual records be used in specific portions of the report. There are often in excess of 20 records used for a report. I've tried the mailmerge which doesn't work because I must either select a form letter or a label. Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated. TIA, Cathy Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53260
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    - Automating change link source in Word document I created a master Word document, which has 115 links to a master Excel file. For each new client of mine, I need to save both the Word document and the Excel file under new names. This means that I have to change the links source manually for all 115 links. This becomes a rather tedious task, as I add new clients daily. Can someone help me with a macro that will change the link source? I use Word 2002 and Excel 2002. Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53256
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    - Conversion of VBA script for Word95 to Word 2002 The following is a script I developed years ago for Word 95 - it still works fine and is the reason my typist uses WORD 95 (no real need to upgrade). However, as I need to go to ACCESS2002/03 - I am thinking of moving on to WORD 2002/03 as well. Am I better off staying with VB Script or will the new macros in the latest versions of WORD be better? ___The code script basically collects the text from a group of letters puts/archives it into one file of template "pcopy" tagging each with a date and then saving the file with a name that includes the current date. ________ Dim wd,n Dim fso, f, f1, fc, s,h,nn, y, m, d dim sh, snn, sn, sy, sm, sd Set wd = CreateObject("word.basic") wd.FileNew ("pcopy") Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set f = fso.GetFolder("\\p266\c\my documents\practice letters\") Set fc = f.Files For Each f1 in fc n=n+1 s = f1.name wd.Insert Left(s, Len(s) - 4) + " .. " ' line16 wd.InsertDateTime "d MMM yy .. hh:mm:ss", 0 wd.ParaUp wd.RightPara wd.ParaDown wd.InsertPara wd.InsertFile "\\p266\c\my documents\practice letters\" + s, , , 0 wd.InsertBreak Next wd.editclear -1 y=datepart("yyyy",now) m=datepart("m",now) d=datepart("d",now) h=datepart("h",now) nn=datepart("n",now) sy=right(formatnumber(y,0),2) if m<10 then sm="0"+ formatnumber(m,0) else sm=formatnumber(m,0) end if if d<10 then sd="0"+ formatnumber(d,0) else sd=formatnumber(d,0) end if if h<10 then sh="0"+ formatnumber(h,0) else sh=formatnumber(h,0) end if if nn<10 then snn="0"+ formatnumber(nn,0) else snn=formatnumber(nn,0) end if if n<10 then sn="0"+ formatnumber(n,0) else sn=formatnumber(n,0) end if wd.FileSaveAs "\\p266\c\my documents\archive\" + sy + sm + sd + "_" + sh+snn + "_" + sn + ".doc" wd.FilePrintSetup "Photocopier on Lexnet" __________ -- John jrg_REM_SPAM@bigpond.net.au Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53245
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    - Word & Excel MVP code problem http://www.word.mvps.org/faqs/interdev/ControlXLFromWord.h tm I have been attempting to use this code on two PCs using Office 2000 and a friend has tried on Office XP, but in neither case was the code able to open Excel where it was not already running, just open the named file when it was already running. The code ran with no errors reporting, but nothing actually happened whenExcel was not running. The code was copied and pasted, with only the file pathname being changed. I managed to select the Microsoft Excel Object 9 ( 10 in XP) Library - although this option was not present for selection in the references until the code had run and failed at least once. Is there a problem with this code? Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53244
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    - Document not displayed properly I created a word template and the top half of the page is 2 columns wide - the bottom half of the page is a text box and the document text is written over top of the text box. The template executes a VBA macro that inserts the text that the user enters into text boxes and places the text at the appropriate bookmarks. When the VBA macro is done and the document is displayed in normal view it indicates where the column breaks are but it shows the 2nd column under the 1st in a single column width. If I click View-Print Layout the document is shown correctly 2 columns wide with the text box below. I am using Word 2003. What is the best way to correct this? Thanks Mike Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53235
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    - Damaged word files? After a power outage and a corporate upgrade to word 2003 (we don't now which is responsible for al the problems) we have problems with opening word files. It sometimes takes up to 5 minutes to open a simple word file. When it finally opens we save the content to a different word file (by hand). Now the question is can this task be automated? We don't just want to loop true al the files in VBA and do a save document. It must be some kind of a copy al content and save that as a new document function but how can we do this? What is the best way to select al of the content? Thanks in advance. Kevin Bronsdijk Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53232
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    - how to make a document password protected on closing Hello - I hope this is the right forum. I am not a programmer but think I need a programmer's help for this. I would like a Word form to be password protected upon closing. This is to allow a survey result to remain confidential until opened by the correct person. Security level doesn't need to be very high. Is there a macro that can do this? thanks. Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53231
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    - FAQ - frequently asked questions - vba - Please Read Before Posting - unofficial FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions - brief - vba - unofficial This FAQ is posted weekly.- more or less Please save us all some time by reading it before posting to the news group. This newsgroup is about VBA - Visual Basic for Applications - which is the programming language for Word 97-2003 (macros). There is a longer FAQ with more questions and links that is regularly posted in the non-VBA Word newsgroups. You may want to check that out as well. --- BEFORE POSTING ANYTHING PLEASE READ THESE --- http://www.mvps.org/word/FindHelp/Posting.htm http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Reading these articles will help you get a quick and meaningful response to your question rather than just more questions for you. It may keep your message from being screened or bounced. A few basics, though: (1) Be nice; everyone answering questions here is a volunteer. (2) Post a question in only one newsgroup generally. If you _have to_ post in more than one, post a _single_ message and put both newsgroups in the header for that _single_ message. (3) Do not attach anything to a message. (4) The only really stupid question is the one you don't ask. (5) Do not use your real email address unless you want spam. (See bottom for sample.) The reasons for the requests are spelled out on the web page. A longer version of this FAQ is also on the Internet at http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm Newsgroup Archives: http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search MVPs FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word/ To the extent there is any "official" FAQ, this is it. --- Also, before posting, you may want to look at the following questions to see if yours is among them. ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- 1. I see a macro in a newsgroup I would like to try. How do I add it to my template? http://addbalance.com/word/macrosfromnewsgroup.htm or http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/CreateAMacro.htm 2. What are some good books for me to read about Word? http://addbalance.com/word/wordbooks.htm and http://www.mvps.org/word/Tutorials/BookRecommendations.htm 3. How can I run a macro automatically when a document opens, closes, is created? http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DocumentEvents.htm 4. What is an MVP? http://www.mvps.org/word/AboutMVPs/index.html and http://addbalance.com/word/mvp.htm 5. I need to make a form to... Userforms are custom dialog boxes written using vba. If you want a fill-in-the-blanks form you want what Word calls an online form. Look in Word's help for that, and for more info on online forms follow the links at: http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms especially Dian Chapman's series of articles If you want a custom dialog box that you code with VBA commands you want a UserForm. Take a look at: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Userforms.htm 6. Where can I find more information on the Web? http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#webvba http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Userforms.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/OfficeInterdev.htm Comments / corrections / additions may be sent to wordfaq@no.spam.addbalance.com. Remove no.spam from the address. (This is a "proofed" email address, I hope.) Posted 5 July 2004 Charles Kenyon (the editor) Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53229
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    - Macro to Wrap Selected Text with Brackets Hi, Is there a way to wrap pre-selected text with brackets using VBA? To explain, the user types text (can be numbers, dates, one or more words), selects the text to be wrapped with brackets and kicks off a macro to insert open bracket at the beginning ([) and a closing bracket (]) at the end of the selection. Thanks in advance. Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53224
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    - Adding reference without UNC When I use "ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.VBProject.References.AddFromFile" and add a reference to something like "X:\xxx\xxx.dot" it adds a reference to "\\Servername\xxx\xxx.dot". I have a global template started from the Word Startup directory. At the beginning of my code I add a reference in the above mentioned way to be able to access methods in my global module. When I now look in the Tools-Add Ins dialog I now have two references to the same template (and double menu bars from my template). One reference with UNC-path and one without. I use Word 2003. In earlier Word versions it works fine Does anyone have any idea how to get rid of these double references? Is the only way to set the path to the Startup directory using UNC notation? Thanks in advance, Siim Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53223
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    - open Excel from Word 2000 I am sure I am probably missing something silly, but I have copied code from the MVP site to open an instance of excel where one is not already open. Unfortunatley I get a "user type not defined" error when I try to run it. What have I missed? (best point it out simply unless I also missed it from the MVP site- it mentions adding a reference, but not sure if th code is doing that or i was supposed to have done something?) Sub WorkOnAWorkbook() Dim oXL As Excel.Application Dim oWB As Excel.Workbook 'Dim oSheet As Excel.Worksheet 'Dim oRng As Excel.Range Dim ExcelWasNotRunning As Boolean Dim WorkbookToWorkOn As String 'specify the workbook to work on WorkbookToWorkOn = "C:\CONTRACT\CONTRACTnew.xls" 'If Excel is running, get a handle on it; otherwise start a new instance of Excel On Error Resume Next Set oXL = GetObject(, "Excel.Application") If Err Then ExcelWasNotRunning = True Set oXL = New Excel.Application End If On Error GoTo Err_Handler 'If you want Excel to be visible, you could add the line: oXL.Visible = True here; but your code will run faster if you don't make it visible 'Open the workbook Set oWB = oXL.Workbooks.Open(FileName:=WorkbookToWorkOn) 'Process each of the spreadsheets in the workbook 'For Each oSheet In oXL.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets 'put guts of your code here 'get next sheet 'Next oSheet If ExcelWasNotRunning Then oXL.Quit End If 'Make sure you release object references. 'Set oRng = Nothing 'Set oSheet = Nothing Set oWB = Nothing Set oXL = Nothing 'quit Exit Sub Err_Handler: MsgBox WorkbookToWorkOn & " caused a problem. " & Err.Description, vbCritical, _ "Error: " & Err.Number If ExcelWasNotRunning Then oXL.Quit End If End Sub Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53220
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    - VBA Macro for adding resized photos Dear all I would like to add a resized photo to a word document and have the following code. Unfortunately it fails! Please can you help me with it! Cheers John P North Yorkshire UK Sub AddPicturefromdirectory() If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) Then Dialogs(wdDialogInsertPicture).Show With Selection.Cells(1).Range.InlineShapes(1) .LockAspectRatio = msoTrue .Width = InchesToPoints(1.4) .Height = InchesToPoints(1.8) .Range.Copy linktofile:=False, savewithdocument:=True End With Else ' Error Message and Quit End If End Sub Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53213
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    - emailing saved doc from the template using non-microsoft/web clien Hi all, Template is ready now! But one more question! I want to add a "send" button to this template, so that when clicked, a save dialog box pops up to save as a file (.doc) on a local hard-drive in a pre-determined folder for my records, and simultaneously email this file (.doc) only (without "send" button) to a my manager (to a specified email address/addresses) using non-Microsoft default email client (Lotus Notes) as an attachment with an auto-populate subject line (where account number, date and time taken from the fields in document). i.e. - "Incoming call for ABC funds received: <account number> @ <date/time>".. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance Nirav Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53201
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    - Advice/Help Can anyone recommend any good websites or books regarding learning VBA? Thanks in advance Barry Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53191
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    - Can one save a reference added to project when automating Word Can one SAVE a reference added to a project when automating Word using a Word object? I want to do this from within VB 6, but I find that I cannot do this even from within Word itself? For example, using the code below (obvious pieces of code are omitted), one gets the desired result, i.e., all of the following are executed. Debug.Print "Found(1): " & ref.Name Debug.Print "Found(2): " & ref.Name Debug.Print "Found(3): " & ref.Name However, if I instead use the Word object, say: dim appWord as Word.Application set appWord = New Word.application and use, e.g., Set docNew = appWord.Documents.Add(NewTemplate:=False, DocumentType:=wdNewBlankDocument, _ Template:=strTemplate) instead of Set docNew = Documents.Add(NewTemplate:=False, DocumentType:=wdNewBlankDocument, _ Template:=strTemplate) The 3rd test fails and the following is executed: Debug.Print "Not Found(3): " & strReference, Err.Number, Err.Description Is this behavior documented? Is there a way to SAVE a project after adding a Reference when automating Word? ----------------------------------------------- Dim docWord As Word.Document Dim docNew As Word.Document Dim ref As VBIDE.Reference Set docNew = Documents.Add(NewTemplate:=False, DocumentType:=wdNewBlankDocument, _ Template:=strTemplate) Set docWord = docNew.AttachedTemplate.OpenAsDocument With docWord ' add a reference here, then do the following For Each ref In .VBProject.References Debug.Print ref.Name Next ref If .VBProject.Saved Then Debug.Print "Project was not modified" Else Debug.Print "Project was modified" End If On Error Resume Next Set ref = .VBProject.References(strReference) If Err.Number = 0 Then Debug.Print "Found(1): " & ref.Name Else Debug.Print "Not Found(1): " & strReference, Err.Number, Err.Description End If .Save .Close savechanges:=wdSaveChanges End With With docNew For Each ref In .AttachedTemplate.VBProject.References Debug.Print ref.Name Next ref On Error Resume Next Set ref = .AttachedTemplate.VBProject.References(strReference) If Err.Number = 0 Then Debug.Print "Found(2): " & ref.Name Else Debug.Print "Not Found(2): " & strReference, Err.Number, Err.Description End If .Close End With Set docWord = Documents.Add(NewTemplate:=False, DocumentType:=wdNewBlankDocument, _ Template:=strTemplate) With docWord For Each ref In .AttachedTemplate.VBProject.References Debug.Print ref.Name Next ref On Error Resume Next Set ref = .AttachedTemplate.VBProject.References(strReference) If Err.Number = 0 Then Debug.Print "Found(3): " & ref.Name Else Debug.Print "Not Found(3): " & strReference, Err.Number, Err.Description End If .Close End With -- http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site. Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53186
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    - Adding a counter in a document I need to create an invoice with a counter for the invoice number. Program will be opened and closed through out the day and the counter needs to keep up with the number of times the invoice is printed. Can any one give me some tips on just how to do that? -- No Bush in 2004!!!!!! Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53177
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    - Find and replace with lower case Is there any (easy) way to do a global search using wildcards and then replace the found text with its lower case equivalent? E.G. <index1>MAPLE</index1> with <index1>maple</index1>? It seems obvious but I can't find it in the program. Thanks, Jon. Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53174
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    - This File is in use by another Application or User (Normal.dot) in Word 2003 I have read many, many posting on this subject but none come close to my scenario, which is: 1) I have this code snuipped from an Access 2003 application that creates documents mased on templates and inserts values from an Access table: 'Start of Code Snippet. ... (some code) Set objWord = New Word.Application With objWord ' open a new templat instance. .Documents.Add Template:=(strDocPath) ' save the document in the default dir. .ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:=stNewDocName, FileFormat:=wdFormatDocument .Documents(stNewDocName).Activate End With ... (some code that sets the bookmarks in the document(s) to appropriate values With objWord ' close the document and save the change. .Documents(stNewDocName).Close SaveChanges:=wdSaveChanges ' quit word .Quit End With End of code snippet Under Windows 2000 and Office XP this worked fine, but under Windows 2003 & Office 2003 the .Close statement generates the "This file is in use by another application or user" message citing Normal.Dot. I am stumped. Any ideas? Thanks, Brad Marshall Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53167
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    - Keyboard shortcut question I suspect there is not a way to do this but I'll ask anyway. I'm working on a large application in Word that among other things, inserts SGML tags. I have a list of 432 standard tags that can be inserted into the document. So far I have avoided having to hard code the list of tags into the code by having a text file with the list of tags. That way I can retrieve the names of the tags and pass them as arguments to the different subroutines that insert the tags. I was able to do this when applying tags using toolbar buttons (by setting the parameter of the toolbar button and retrieving it in the sub that applies the tag) and also in a user form that presents the user with a listbox with all the tags in it. However, I've now hit a wall. They need to be able to apply tags using keyboard shortcuts. There are the issues I've found: 1. I can't assign a macro that takes an argument (even if it's optional) to a keyboard shortcut. 2. I can't seem to discover which keyboard shortcut fired the subroutine. 3. There is a CommandParameter argument when adding a keybinding, however, it doesn't appear to do what I need. (It's used when assigning a command such as FontSize to a shortcut to specify what size.) At this point the only way I can see to do this would be to create a subroutine for each tag (all 432 of them) that would simply call the macro that inserts the tag passing the name of the tag to it. What is particularly annoying is that I've given the users the ability to create custom tags on the fly for those rare cases where there is not an appropriate standard tag. They want to be able to assign shortcut keys to these also but if I can't use a generic macro to insert the tag by passing the tag name, this isn't going to happen. Thanks for your time! KathyK Grand Rapids, MI -- Kathy ***** "Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best." -Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933) American scholar, educator, lyricist Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53164
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    - create a table within a table in vba? hi, in a word doc., i have 3 tables. in vba for word xp, how can i create a table within one of the tables? thanks, william. -- -- Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53163
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    - Duplexing printer? I hope Jonathan West is reading this, I am trying to use your VBA code you have posted. It runs through all the code with no errors when I step through but when it is finished the duplex code has not changed. I am using a Lexmark T622. Thanks for any help you can give me. Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53136
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    - create table hi, in vba for word xp, how can i insert the table to the very, very end of the first page of the doc.? put a frame at the end, and insert the table to it? thanks, william. -- Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53132
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    - Macro not working in Word 2003 Using the code below in Word 2000 a macro I was using worked just fine. After upgrading to Word 2003 it no longer works correctly. In fact if I execute the macro on a table with more than one row in it, the screen just starts flashing and I have to halt Word with the task manager. Here's the code: Dim marker As String Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory Selection.Find.ClearFormatting Selection.Find.Highlight = True With Selection.Find Do While .Execute(FindText:="", _ Wrap:=wdFindStop, Forward:=True) = True marker = Selection.Text Selection.Delete Selection.Fields.Add Range:=Selection.Range, Type:=wdFieldEmpty, _ PreserveFormatting:=False Selection.TypeText Text:="INCLUDETEXT " & Chr(34) & "I:/htltr/jdltr/prod/" & marker & ".doc" & Chr(34) & " B" & marker Selection.MoveRight wdCharacter, 2 ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = Not ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = Not ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes Loop End With ActiveDocument.Fields.Update Here's what I see happening when I execute that code: Example, I have a table with two rows, both of which are highlighted: 2136 2130 The macro selects 2136 and replaces it with: {INCLUDETEXT I:/htltr/jdltr/prod/2136 .doc B2136 }then (I think) it selects 2130 but replaces it with: {INCLUDETEXT I:/htltr/jdltr/prod/ .doc B } and then the screen just keeps flashing requiring me to open the task manager and end Word. If I have a single row table, such as: 2136 Then the macro selects 2136 and replaces it with: {INCLUDETEXT I:/htltr/jdltr/prod/2136 .doc B2136 } and then ends normally, instead of going into a continuous loop. However, that results in a filename error because the macro is inserting a " " (blank space) between the filename and the .doc extention. Any suggestions or assistance correcting this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Roger Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53127
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    - Compile Error I hope this is the correct place to post this question. Back in December I apparently acquired a Trojan Horse that resulted in significant problems requiring removal and re-installation of Windows XP Home and my various programs. Since that time, whenever I am in Word I get the following error message: MS Visual Basic Compile error in hidden module: AutoExec. Can anybody help me get rid of this error message/problem? Thanks, Carol Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53124
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    - Word Automation with VBScript I am using VBScript for a very simple Word automation task, which consists in opening a HTML file and saving it as a Word document. In order to generate a standalone document, I need to break the links of all InlineShapes, so that they are saved along with the document. From Word, I do this using menu "Edit->Links", selecting all files, and using the "Break Link" button, which is very fast. From VBScript, I tried looping through the InlineShapes and using LinkFormat.BreakLink, which works, but it takes ages when the document has plenty of links. Does anyone know how I can perform the same task as when using "BreakLink" button from the "Edit->Links" dialog box, from VBScript? Thanks. Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53114
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    - How to stop looping search at end of document? I have a macro which is designed to find an occurrence of a string of text, copy it to a variable, and add some XML tags containing that variable. I then want it to repeat the process down the document to find the next occurrence and so on. How can I write a loop that will stop when it reaches the last occurrence in the document? The part that I want to loop follows: Thanks, Jon. Selection.Find.ClearFormatting With Selection.Find .Text = "<title>" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindAsk .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Selection.Find.Execute Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1 Selection.Extend Selection.Extend Character:="<" Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1 Title = LCase(Selection) Selection.Collapse (wdCollapseEnd) Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1 Selection.TypeText Text:="<indexterm><index1>" Selection.InsertBefore Title Selection.Collapse (wdCollapseEnd) Selection.TypeText Text:="</index1><index2>" Selection.InsertBefore Keyword Selection.Collapse (wdCollapseEnd) Selection.TypeText Text:="</index2></indexterm><" Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53109
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    - activating and deactivating a device Is it possible to activate or deactivate a peripheral device without using the windows device manager but using a program ? I think VBA can do this, but... how ? -- David C. Tag: Word Macro Tag: 53101

I am trying to run a macro in Word. Part of the macro, is supposed to
change my print settings for a LaserJet 8100dn. After going into VB, and
debugging the macro, I noticed that VB did not support the commands that I
needed. Does anyone know how I can work around this, or possibly get an Add
In, so I can use the settings I want. Thanks!

Keith Sylvester
IT Department, MMS
ksylvester@funddrive.com

Word Macro by Joost

Joost
Wed Jul 07 13:49:51 CDT 2004

>-----Original Message-----
>I am trying to run a macro in Word. Part of the macro,
is supposed to
>change my print settings for a LaserJet 8100dn. After
going into VB, and
>debugging the macro, I noticed that VB did not support
the commands that I
>needed. Does anyone know how I can work around this, or
possibly get an Add
>In, so I can use the settings I want. Thanks!
>
>Keith Sylvester
>IT Department, MMS
>ksylvester@funddrive.com
>
>
>.
>

Hi Keith,

Take a look:
http://www.word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/ChangeCurPrinter.h
tm

Have fun,
Joost Verdaasdonk

Re: Word Macro by Keith

Keith
Fri Jul 09 09:24:57 CDT 2004

I went to the link, which in turn took me to another link to a microsoft
troubleshoot. That was great and is what I needed, the only problem is, I
dont know where to put it in the macro, and I am still having problems with
it not working. If anyone could help me further, that would be great.
Here is the link for microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=230743

Thanks!
"Joost Verdaasdonk" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2915201c46453$2f9b3320$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I am trying to run a macro in Word. Part of the macro,
> is supposed to
> >change my print settings for a LaserJet 8100dn. After
> going into VB, and
> >debugging the macro, I noticed that VB did not support
> the commands that I
> >needed. Does anyone know how I can work around this, or
> possibly get an Add
> >In, so I can use the settings I want. Thanks!
> >
> >Keith Sylvester
> >IT Department, MMS
> >ksylvester@funddrive.com
> >
> >
> >.
> >
>
> Hi Keith,
>
> Take a look:
> http://www.word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/ChangeCurPrinter.h
> tm
>
> Have fun,
> Joost Verdaasdonk