Importing CustomDocumentProperties from Word to Excel using VBA - excel

I am trying to pull CustomDocumentProperties from a Word Document (that I select using Application.GetOpenFilename) to an Excel Sheet.
I can get the to run code using the number of the item:
Set ExcelRange = Range("DataFields")
For r = 1 To ExcelRange.Rows.Count Step 1
ExcelWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(r, 3) = WordDoc.CustomDocumentProperties(r).Value
Next r
If I hard code the name of the custom property, it also works:
Set ExcelRange = Range("DataFields")
For r = 1 To ExcelRange.Rows.Count Step 1
ExcelWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(r, 3) = WordDoc.CustomDocumentProperties("Subject Name").Value
Next r
Obviously in this case, it returns the "Subject Name" 7 times).
I don't want to return all the values - only specific ones based on the values of a named range (in this case DataFields).
DataFields references A1:A7. I would like to take those cells(that contain the names of the custom properties) and paste the value of the corresponding custom properties in C1:C7
However, I can seem to get the code to return values in C1:C7 based on the values in A1:A7.
Based on my (limited) knowledge, I thought that the following would return the desired results, but it's not working for me:
Set ExcelRange = Range("DataFields")
For r = 1 To ExcelRange.Rows.Count Step 1
ExcelWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(r, 3) = WordDoc.CustomDocumentProperties(ExcelRange(r, 1))
Next r
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

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update data via macro from another workbook

I need some help with vba code. I'm self-lerning so please be understanding for simply cases ;)
I'm trying to create macro which will be looking for some records/cells in one workbook (FileA) (determined by 3 conditions) and then paste values to another workbook (FileB) and after that find in another tab in FileB some values where condition will be pasted value to match them with looking value (I belivie it could be done somehow with Vlookup but I get stuck).
Below problematic for me part of code (I'm working on some files found in work, no one use it now).
First issue is with Set Update, I don't know why it takes it as "Nothing"... conditions are true - I mean "pp1" is existing in column A in FileA.
Second issue shows when I change i start range to some "later" numbers, eg From i = 2280, macro is ignoring last line where should assign some values (again shows update2 as "nothing") but value if pp2 is existing in W column in tab data...
Dim name As String
name = "[path to file on sharepoint]"
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Workbooks.Open Filename:=name
a = 1
For i = 2263 To 14000
If Workbooks("FileA").Sheets("Main").Cells(i, 11) = "CANCEL" And Workbooks("FileA").Sheets("Main").Cells(i, 6) = "DENIS" And Workbooks("FileA").Sheets("Main").Cells(i, 5) > 1301358454 Then
pp1 = Workbooks("FileA").Sheets("Main").Cells(i, 1)
If pp1 > 0 Then
Set Update = Workbooks("FileA").Worksheets("Main").Range("A:A").Find(pp1, lookat:=xlPart)
If Update > 0 Then
Update = Update.Row
Workbooks("FileB").Worksheets("lost").Cells(a, 1).Value = Workbooks("FileA").Worksheets("Main").Cells(Update, 5)
pp2 = Workbooks("FileB").Worksheets("lost").Cells(a, 1)
update2 = Workbooks("FileB").Worksheets("data").Range("W:W").Find(pp2, lookat:=xlPart).Row
Workbooks("FileB").Worksheets("lost").Cells(a, 5) = Workbooks("FileB").Worksheets("data").Cells(update2, 43)

How to use Autofill/Filldown with a range of values

I have been trying to get Excel to apply a formula over a set of columns and then extend the pattern across the entire set of rows.
This has led to the following code:
For i = 0 To avgsheetNames.Count - 1
If Contains(CStr(avgsheetNames(i)), "Scores") = True Then
With mainWorkBook.Worksheets(avgsheetNames(i))
strFormulas(1) = "=SUM(Aggregated_Internal_Scores!I2:I7)/6"
strFormulas(2) = "=SUM(Aggregated_Internal_Scores!J2:J7)/6"
strFormulas(3) = "=SUM(Aggregated_Internal_Scores!K2:K7)/6"
strFormulas(4) = "=SUM(Aggregated_Internal_Scores!L2:L7)/6"
strFormulas(5) = "=SUM(Aggregated_Internal_Scores!M2:M7)/6"
strFormulas(6) = "=SUM(Aggregated_Internal_Scores!N2:N7)/6"
strFormulas2(1) = "=SUM(Aggregated_Internal_Scores!I8:I13)/6"
strFormulas2(2) = "=SUM(Aggregated_Internal_Scores!J8:J13)/6"
strFormulas2(3) = "=SUM(Aggregated_Internal_Scores!K8:K13)/6"
strFormulas2(4) = "=SUM(Aggregated_Internal_Scores!L8:L13)/6"
strFormulas2(5) = "=SUM(Aggregated_Internal_Scores!M8:M13)/6"
strFormulas2(6) = "=SUM(Aggregated_Internal_Scores!N8:N13)/6"
mainWorkBook.Worksheets(avgsheetNames(i)).Range("C2:H2").Formula = strFormulas
mainWorkBook.Worksheets(avgsheetNames(i)).Range("C3:H3").Formula = strFormulas2
mainWorkBook.Worksheets(avgsheetNames(i)).Range("C2:H3").AutoFill Destination:=mainWorkBook.Worksheets(avgsheetNames(i)).Range("C2:H32")
End With
End If
As you can see I have tried to provide the pattern I am going for where the values extracted from the "Aggregated_Internal_Scores" sheet should follow the pattern I2:I7 > I8:I13 > I14:I19 and so on.
However, when the macro has been executed what I get is I2:I7 > I8:I13 > I4:I9 > I10:I15?
It seems Excel is taking the block C2:H3 as the pattern and just incrementing by 2 at the start of every block.
Can you anyone explain where I have gone wrong and how I can specify that I want the extraction of sheet values to follow a certain pattern?
Thank you in advance!
Use:
mainWorkBook.Worksheets(avgsheetNames(i)).Range("C2:H32").Formula = "=SUM(INDEX(Aggregated_Internal_Scores!I:I,(ROW($ZZ1)-1)*6+2):INDEX(Aggregated_Internal_Scores!I:I,(ROW($ZZ1)-1)*6+7))/6"
Replace everything inside the If with that.
If one has Office 365 with dynamic array formula then use:
mainWorkBook.Worksheets(avgsheetNames(i)).Range("C2:H32").Formula2 = "=SUM(INDEX(Aggregated_Internal_Scores!I:I,SEQUENCE(6,,(ROW($ZZ1)-1)*6+2))/6"

Update an Excel style in VBA

My Excel macro reads the answers to a survey from a set of Excel files. The answers of a survey contain a score (from 1 to 4) and a description. The goal is to generate a a matrix. Each cell of the matrix has a color that represents the score. I would like the user to be able to modify the layout of these cell. To make it easy to the user, I created a template matrix and a button. The user should be able to modify the layout of the cells and on a click of a button, a set of styles (Score 1, Score 2,...) should be generated. Once the matrix is created, the Workbook should be to function without the survey files.
I have tried a couple of things:
Try 1
ThisWorkbook.Styles.Add "Score 1", BasedOn:=cell1
This gives errors. I don't fully understand when they occur, but one of the causes is when the user modifies the cell layout by selecting another style.
Try 2
ThisWorkbook.Styles("Score 1").Delete
ThisWorkbook.Styles.Add "Score 1", BasedOn:=cell1
This is not a good idea: all cells loose their styling when it is executed a second time.
Try 3: Current
Copy the most frequently used properties of the cells layout and copy them to the style. If this style is deleted by the user, it is recreated. This procedures is not ideal, since most style properties won't be covered.
Is there a way to update a cell style that is more general? I would like there to be as little room as possible to make the workbook in an inconsistent and non-functional state.
I sticked with try 3. Because it required a lot of code for all properties that seemed possible to be edited, and because of copying borders is tricky, I post the result.
'xR1_Template: the cell to base the style on
'nm_Style: the name of the style
Public Function Upsert_Style(xR1_Template As Excel.Range, nm_Style As String) As Excel.Style
Dim xStyle As Excel.Style
Set xStyle = Fn.TryGet(ThisWorkbook.Styles, nm_Style)
If Fn.IsNothing(xStyle) Then
Set xStyle = ThisWorkbook.Styles.Add(nm_Style)
End If
xStyle.Font.Color = xR1_Template.Font.Color
xStyle.Font.Bold = xR1_Template.Font.Bold
xStyle.Font.Name = xR1_Template.Font.Name
xStyle.Font.Italic = xR1_Template.Font.Italic
xStyle.Font.Size = xR1_Template.Font.Size
xStyle.Font.Strikethrough = xR1_Template.Font.Strikethrough
xStyle.Font.Subscript = xR1_Template.Font.Subscript
xStyle.Font.Superscript = xR1_Template.Font.Superscript
xStyle.Font.Underline = xR1_Template.Font.Underline
xStyle.Interior.Color = xR1_Template.Interior.Color
xStyle.Interior.Pattern = xR1_Template.Interior.Pattern
xStyle.Interior.PatternColor = xR1_Template.Interior.PatternColor
'NOTE: necessary to delete all borders first. There's no way to delete them one by one.
xStyle.Borders.LineStyle = xlNone
Dim iBorder As Long
For iBorder = 1 To xR1_Template.Borders.Count
Dim xBorder As Excel.Border
'NOTE: The Borders property claims to work with xlBordersIndex argument, but this is not true.
' Normal indexing is used.
Set xBorder = xR1_Template.Borders(iBorder)
'NOTE: "none-style" borders (=no border), should be skipped.
' Once they are retrieved using the Borders property, they are always visible.
' Setting them with xlLineStyle.xlLineStyleNone does not hide them.
If xBorder.LineStyle <> XlLineStyle.xlLineStyleNone Then
Dim xBorder_Style As Excel.Border
Set xBorder_Style = xStyle.Borders(iBorder)
xBorder_Style.Color = xBorder.Color
xBorder_Style.LineStyle = xBorder.LineStyle
xBorder_Style.Weight = xBorder.Weight
End If
Next iBorder
xStyle.AddIndent = xR1_Template.AddIndent
xStyle.FormulaHidden = xR1_Template.FormulaHidden
xStyle.HorizontalAlignment = xR1_Template.HorizontalAlignment
xStyle.IndentLevel = xR1_Template.IndentLevel
xStyle.NumberFormat = xR1_Template.NumberFormat
xStyle.NumberFormatLocal = xR1_Template.NumberFormatLocal
xStyle.Orientation = xR1_Template.Orientation
xStyle.ShrinkToFit = xR1_Template.ShrinkToFit
xStyle.VerticalAlignment = xR1_Template.VerticalAlignment
xStyle.WrapText = xR1_Template.WrapText
xStyle.IndentLevel = xR1_Template.IndentLevel
Set Upsert_Style = xStyle
End Function

LibreOffice Basic Ignoring “some” of my Type...End Type Definition

I'm using LibreOffice Version: 4.4.3.2 Build ID: 40m0(Build:2) Locale: en_AU
I have a Basic Module
At the top of this module before any sub or functions I have
Type InitHeadings
MySort_By As Integer
MyCharacter As Integer
MyInitiative As Integer
MyRolled As Integer
MyTotal As Integer
End Type
...
Global InitiativeColumn As New InitHeadings
But when I run a sub, set a breakpoint and 'watch' the InitiativeColumn Object only the first two fields are shown.
The rest of my code relevant to this struct as the documentation calls them is below. I don't reference it anywhere else. Can anyone tell me why the first two would work but not the rest? I have two other structs in this code and both also ignore the last three fields. Is this a Bug?
Sub Main
'Initialise Doc and Sheet Objects
Dim Doc As Object
Doc = ThisComponent
StatsSheet = Doc.Sheets.getByName("Stats")
InitiativeSheet = Doc.Sheets.getByName("Initiative")
CombatSheet = Doc.Sheets.getByName("Combat")
'LOAD HEADING NAMES
'Initiative Sheet
For Column = 0 to 25 'Columns A to Z
MyHeadingName = InitiativeSheet.getCellByPosition(Column,0).String
Select Case MyHeadingName
Case "Sort By"
InitiativeColumn.MySort_By = Column
Case "Character"
InitiativeColumn.MyCharacter = Column
Case "Initiative"
InitiativeColumn.MyInitiative = Column
Case "Rolled"
InitiativeColumn.MyRolled = Column
Case "Total"
InitiativeColumn.MyTotal = Column
End Select
Next Column
End Sub
Sub MyInitiativeButton
'Iterate over a range of cells:
For Row = 1 To 25 'Rows 2 to 26
'Column 3 is column D the "Rolled" column
InitiativeSheet.getCellByPosition(InitiativeColumn.MyRolled,Row).VALUE = Roledice(1,20,0)
Next Row
End Sub
It looks like a bug, and seems to have been reported here. The problem did not occur when I tested it in a newer version (LO 5.1.0.3).
This is only an issue for the debugger window. The values are still there:
Sub TestStructs
InitiativeColumn.MySort_By = 5
InitiativeColumn.MyCharacter = 5
InitiativeColumn.MyTotal = 5
InitiativeColumn.DoesntExist = 5
End Sub
This code works fine until the line InitiativeColumn.DoesntExist = 5, whereupon it crashes.
Now the Global problem that you mentioned in the comments is really a problem. Considering the standard programming advice that global variables are bad, I think it's wise to consider alternatives.
Instead of a subroutine, could you perhaps use a Function that returns InitiativeColumn? If not, then assigning the variable as you suggested seems a viable workaround. Personally for LO macros I prefer Python or Java since they have classes.

Excel VBA - Get chart data range

I want to add data to a bunch of existing charts. Assume that each chart has a different number of data series and that the location of the raw data is somewhere in the same workbook. Here's what I'm starting with:
For iChart = 1 To iCount
ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart " & iChart).Activate
intSeries = 1
Do Until ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(intSeries).Name = ""
Set rXVal = ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(intSeries).XValues '<- Object Required error
Set rXVal = Range(rXVal, rXVal.End(xlDown))
Set rYVal = ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(intSeries).Values
Set rYVal = Range(rYVal, rYVal.End(xlDown))
ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(intSeries).XValues = rXVal
ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(intSeries).Values = rYVal
intSeries = intSeries + 1
Loop
Next iChart
I know that ActiveChart...XValues = rXVal works, but I'm getting an "Object Required" error on the Set rXVal = ActiveChart....XValues line. I'm assuming that since a range went in to define the data series, I can get that range back out again and then add to it.
UPDATE
To clarify things a little, I have accelerometers in 8 places and FFT software setup to record peak vibration response in 4 separate frequency bands. This yields 32 data points per sample. When exporting, the software spits out an Excel workbook with 4 sheets; one for each frequency band. Each sheet has the accelerometer names going across and sample numbers going down.
I have succeeded using this syntax:
Dim rXVal() As Variant
rXVal = ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(intSeries).XValues
UPDATE
In this case you get an array, because your given statement (ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(intSeries).XValues) is an array and not a range. This is what you see in Locals window if you dig into Series object of ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(intSeries):
(in my dummy data I have rows named r1, r2, r3, r4.)
What I want to say, XValues does not have any property which would indicate its occupied range.
If you actually need a range, I would suggest getting it from the formula property. And the way I would suggest is replacing your error causing line with this one:
Set rXVal = Range(Split(ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(intSeries).Formula, ",")(1))
Next, I see you trying to get the range for Values. Similarly, use this:
Set rYVal = Range(Split(ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(intSeries).Formula, ",")(2))
Another thing.
The following lines will cause you an error finally:
intSeries = 1
Do Until ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(intSeries).Name = ""
...some code...
intSeries = intSeries + 1
Loop
Do change them with:
For intSeries = 1 To ActiveChart.SeriesCollection.Count
...some code...
Next
Yet another thing.
Consider using With and End With, as you repeat a lot ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(intSeries). Then your code will be much more readable, as you would just skip this long line! Wouldn't that be awesome???
This works fine for me:
Dim rXVal() As Variant
Dim rXValMin, rXValMax As Double
rXVal = ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(intSeries).XValues
rXValMin = WorksheetFunction.Min(rXVal)
rXValMax = WorksheetFunction.Max(rXVal)

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