I wrote some code to look for external links to "file A" and replace them with links to "file B". The code is in PowerPoint, "file A" and "file B" are both excel files. The PowerPoint file has about 25 "objects" linked to excel (the objects are primarily just cells from excel pasted into PowerPoint as linked objects).
The code works, but it takes 7-8 minutes to run. Any idea why it takes so long or how to make it faster? It seems as all it's doing is finding and replacing text, so I'm confused as to why it takes so much time.
Relevant portion of code:
Dim newPath As String
Dim templateHome As String
Dim oshp As Shape
Dim osld As Slide
Dim vizFile As Workbook
Dim vizFname As String
Dim replacethis As String
Dim replacewith As String
'3. Update links:
'(Replace links to template file link with links to new copy of the file)
replacethis = templateHome & vizFname
replacewith = newPath & "\" & vizFname
On Error Resume Next
For Each osld In ActivePresentation.Slides
For Each oshp In osld.Shapes
oshp.LinkFormat.SourceFullName = Replace(oshp.LinkFormat.SourceFullName, replacethis, replacewith)
oshp.LinkFormat.Update
Next oshp
Next osld
This code is pretty clean, so there's probably not a lot you can do to optimize it, but I would caution you that it's doing more than just "finding and replacing text" :) Each call to UpdateLink retrieves data from some external source. That's not just simple string replacement!
Firstly: On Error Resume Next is swallowing a lot of errors (i.e., any shape that isn't a linked object, so, most of them), that's potentially increasing your runtime and might be better if you code around those errors rather than just eating them with Resume Next.
' On Error Resume Next ' ## Comment or remove this line :)
For Each osld In ActivePresentation.Slides
For Each oshp In osld.Shapes
If oshp.Type = msoLinkedOLEObject Then
oshp.LinkFormat.SourceFullName = Replace(oshp.LinkFormat.SourceFullName, replacethis, replacewith)
oshp.LinkFormat.Update
End If
Next
Next
Also, you're calling on the oshp.LinkFormat.Update repeatedly. It is probably better to do all your text replacing in the loop, but instead of updating individual links, update them all at once outside of the loop using the Presentation.UpdateLinks method:
' On Error Resume Next ' ## Comment or remove this line :)
For Each osld In ActivePresentation.Slides
For Each oshp In osld.Shapes
If oshp.Type = msoLinkedOLEObject Then
oshp.LinkFormat.SourceFullName = Replace(oshp.LinkFormat.SourceFullName, replacethis, replacewith)
' ## REMOVE oshp.LinkFormat.Update
End If
Next
Next
' Now, update the entire presentation:
ActivePresentation.UpdateLinks
Related
My company uses a PowerPoint presentation that has linked Excel charts (namely, linked binary worksheet objects). Each month, the name of the workbook changes (from Feb to Mar, for instance) and the name of the folder the sheet is saved in changes as well. There are 40 links to update.
Does anyone know of a VBA script/macro to batch update the name of the links in PowerPoint? Currently, each link has to be updated individually.
When I run a script, nothing happens and no links update. The PowerPoint is macro-enabled.
I've tried a few different scripts, such as:
Sub switch()
Dim osld As Slide
Dim oshp As Shape
Dim oldPath As String
Dim newPath As String
Dim strLink As String
oldPath = "C:\Users\.xlsx\"
newPath = "C:\Users\.xlsx\"
For Each osld In ActivePresentation.Slides
For Each oshp In osld.Shapes
If oshp.HasChart Then
If oshp.LinkFormat.SourceFullName <> "" Then
strLink = oshp.LinkFormat.SourceFullName
oshp.LinkFormat.SourceFullName = Replace(strLink, oldPath, newPath)
Debug.Print oshp.LinkFormat.SourceFullName
oshp.LinkFormat.AutoUpdate = ppUpdateOptionAutomatic
oshp.LinkFormat.Update
End If
End If
Next oshp
Next osld
End Sub
Any insight would be appreciated.
I'm trying to write a VBA macro that will read through a text document and place specific words into columns. UPDATE: Here's a sample of the file, apparently it's XML, so at least I learned something new today. So i guess what I need is a program to shed the XML parts, and place just the text into columns.
<Alarm>
<ID>1002</ID>
<Type>Fault</Type>
<Message>Bad Brake</Message>
<Tagname>error.e2</Tagname>
</Alarm>
<Alarm>
<ID>1004</ID>
<Type>Fault</Type>
<Message>No Motion</Message>
<Tagname>error.e4</Tagname>
</Alarm>
<Alarm>
<ID>1005</ID>
<Type>Fault</Type>
<Message>Upper safety door open</Message>
<Tagname>error.e5</Tagname>
</Alarm>
Ultimately, I'm trying to put the 4 digit error codes in column A (i.e. 1002, 1004...), and the error message in column B (i.e. Bad Brake, No motion....). I'll paste what I have so far, I tried coding it for just one pair of data to start. I'm stuck trying to get the error message into column B. The error messages all start in the same position on each line, but I can't figure out how to stop copying the text, since each error message is a different length of characters. Any ideas?
(P.S. - I apologize if the code is terrible, I've been interning as an electrical engineer, so my programming has gotten rather rusty.)
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim myFile As String, textLine As String, ID As Integer, error_msg As Integer
myFile = "C:\Users\scholtmn\Documents\Projects\Borg_Warner_txt_file\BW_fault_codes.txt"
Open myFile For Input As #1
Do Until EOF(1)
Line Input #1, textLine
Text = Text & textLine
Loop
Close #1
ID = InStr(Text, "<ID>")
error_msg = InStr(Text, "<Message>")
Range("A1").Value = Mid(Text, ID + 4, 4)
Range("B1").Value = Mid(Text, error_msg + 9, (InStr(Text, " <") - 31))
End Sub
Please, try the next code:
Sub ExtractErrorsDefinition()
'it needs a reference to 'Microsoft XML, v6.0'
Dim XMLFileName As String, oXMLFile As New MSXML2.DOMDocument60, sh As Worksheet
Dim N As MSXML2.IXMLDOMNode, i As Long, arr
Set sh = ActiveSheet 'use here the necessary sheet
XMLFileName = "the full text file path" '"C:\Utile\Teste Corel\XMLtext.txt"
oXMLFile.Load (XMLFileName)
ReDim arr(1 To oXMLFile.SelectNodes("AlarmDictionary/Alarm").length, 1 To 2): i = 1
For Each N In oXMLFile.SelectNodes("AlarmDictionary/Alarm")
arr(i, 1) = N.SelectSingleNode("ID").Text: arr(i, 1) = N.SelectSingleNode("Message").Text: i = i + 1
Next
sh.Range("A2").Resize(UBound(arr), 2).value = arr
End Sub
It may work using late binding, but it is better to have the intellisense suggestion, especially when not very well skilled in working with XML.
If looks complicated to add such a reference, I can add a piece of code to automatically add it.
Please, run the next code to automatically add the necessary reference. Save your workbook and run the first code after:
Sub addXMLRef()
'Add a reference to 'Microsoft Scripting Runtime':
'In case of error ('Programmatic access to Visual Basic Project not trusted'):
'Options->Trust Center->Trust Center Settings->Macro Settings->Developer Macro Settings->
' check "Trust access to the VBA project object model"
Application.VBE.ActiveVBProject.References.AddFromFile "C:\Windows\System32\msxml6.dll"
End Sub
It looks like the txt file you are using is actually an xml file. If you changed the format, this piece of code I slightly adjusted from here should work fine.
Sub From_XML_To_XL()
Dim xmlWb As Workbook, xSWb As Workbook, xStrPath$, xfdial As FileDialog, _
xFile$, lr%, first As Boolean, r As Range
first = True
Set xfdial = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker)
xfdial.AllowMultiSelect = False
xfdial.Title = "Select an XML File"
If xfdial.Show = -1 Then xStrPath = xfdial.SelectedItems(1) & ""
If xStrPath = "" Then Exit Sub
Set xSWb = ThisWorkbook
lr = xSWb.ActiveSheet.Range("a" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row ' last used row, column A
xFile = xStrPath
Set xmlWb = Workbooks.OpenXML(xFile)
If first Then
Set r = xmlWb.Sheets(1).UsedRange ' with header
Else
xmlWb.Sheets(1).Activate
Set r = ActiveSheet.UsedRange
Set r = Range(Cells(3, 1), Cells(r.Rows.Count, r.Columns.Count))
End If
r.Copy xSWb.ActiveSheet.Cells(lr + 1, 1)
lr = xSWb.ActiveSheet.Range("a" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
xmlWb.Close False
first = False
End Sub
I think you'll find this task a lot easier if you take advantage of the fact it is in XML format. You can find more information about working with XML in VBA here.
As Ben Mega already stated: you have an XML-File - why not use XML-functionality.
Add "Microsoft XML, v6.0" to your project references - then you can use this code
Public Sub insertTextFromXML()
Dim objXML As MSXML2.DOMDocument60
Set objXML = New MSXML2.DOMDocument60
If Not objXML.Load("T:\Stackoverflow\Test.xml") Then
Err.Raise objXML.parseError.ErrorCode, , objXML.parseError.reason
End If
Dim nAlarm As MSXML2.IXMLDOMNode
'loop through all alarms and output ID plus message
For Each nAlarm In objXML.SelectNodes("AlarmDictionary/Alarm")
With nAlarm
Debug.Print .SelectSingleNode("ID").Text, .SelectSingleNode("Message").Text
End With
Next
'Filter for ID 1004
Set nAlarm = objXML.SelectSingleNode("AlarmDictionary/Alarm[ID=1004]")
Debug.Print nAlarm.XML
End Sub
You can google for VBA XPath to find out how to access the various values.
I have a complex spreadsheet with many cells of text containing random mixtures of normal text and text with strikethrough. Before I scan a cell for useful information, I have to remove the struck through text. I intially achieved this (with VBA) using the Characters object, but it was so slow as to be totally impractical, for business purposes. I was then kindly supplied with some code (on this site) that parses the XML encoding. This was 1000's of times faster, but it occassionally causes the following error:
"The parameter node is not a child of this node".
So far, it only happens in heavily loaded cells (1000's of characters), otherwise it works fine. I cannot see anything wrong in the code or the XML structure of the problem cells, although I am a total newbie to XML. Using the VBA debugger, I know the error is occurring when RemoveChild() is called, typically when it has already worked without error on a few struck through sections of a cell's text.
Is there a way I could make the following code more robust?
Public Sub ParseCellForItems(TargetCell As Excel.Range, ItemsInCell() As String)
Dim XMLDocObj As MSXML2.DOMDocument60
Dim x As MSXML2.IXMLDOMNode
Dim s As MSXML2.IXMLDOMNode
Dim CleanedCellText As String
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
Call UnstrikeLineBreakCharsInCell(TargetCell)
Set XMLDocObj = New MSXML2.DOMDocument60
'Add some namespaces.
XMLDocObj.SetProperty "SelectionNamespaces", "xmlns:ss='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet' " & _
"xmlns:ht='http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40'"
'Load the cell data as XML into XMLDOcObj.
If XMLDocObj.LoadXML(TargetCell.Value(xlRangeValueXMLSpreadsheet)) Then
Set x = XMLDocObj.SelectSingleNode("//ss:Data") 'Cell content.
If Not x Is Nothing Then
Set s = x.SelectSingleNode("//ht:S") 'Struck through cell content.
Do While Not s Is Nothing
x.RemoveChild s
Set s = x.SelectSingleNode("//ht:S")
Loop
CleanedCellText = XMLDocObj.Text
'Parse CleanedCellText for useful information.'
'...
End If
End If
Set XMLDocObj = Nothing
'Presumably don't have to 'destroy' x and s as well, as they were pointing to elements of XMLObj.
Exit Sub
ErrorHandler:
Call RaiseError(Err.Number, Err.Source, "ParseCellForItems()", Err.Description, Erl)
End Sub
Public Sub UnstrikeLineBreakCharsInCell(TargetCell As Excel.Range)
Dim mc As MatchCollection
Dim RegExObj1 As RegExp
Dim Match As Variant
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
Set RegExObj1 = New RegExp
RegExObj1.Global = True
RegExObj1.IgnoreCase = True
RegExObj1.Pattern = "\n" 'New line. Equivalent to vbNewLine.
Set mc = RegExObj1.Execute(TargetCell.Value)
For Each Match In mc
TargetCell.Characters(Match.FirstIndex + 1, 1).Font.Strikethrough = False
Next Match
Set mc = Nothing
Set RegExObj1 = Nothing
Exit Sub
ErrorHandler:
Call RaiseError(Err.Number, Err.Source, "UnstrikeLineBreakCharsInCell()", Err.Description, Erl)
End Sub
Yep, as per Tim Williams' comment, making sure you're calling RemoveChild() from its immediate parent fixes the problem:
Set s = x.SelectSingleNode("//ht:S")
Do While Not s Is Nothing
s.ParentNode.RemoveChild s
Set s = x.SelectSingleNode("//ht:S")
Loop
I am working with excel to process user input and then output an standardized email based on the input, and then take that formatted text and save it to a variable to later add it to the clipboard for ease of entry into a system we use for internal documentation.
I have a functioning approach using HTML for the email format, but that doesn't resolve my intent to have it copy the code to the clipboard or variable as the HTML tags are copied as well. I'm hoping to get the functionality of Word's bullet lists so I've been trying to adapt the MS Word code in a way that can be called on demand.
I currently have the default excel libraries, form library and object library for Word and Outlook added to the program.
My goal is to pass an array list built on excel tables through the Word list and have it format and write the text to Word editor in an outlook draft. There will be varying number of sections (No more than 6) needed to be written, typically no more than 10 items per section, usually less. So I intend to have other sub/functions call this to format each section as needed.
Attached is an example of output for this section, along with an example of where the data is coming from. Each section will have it's own sheet in Excel. The second level of the list for each section will come from a separate sheet.
I included a portion of the actual code showing the startup of a new outlook draft and entry of text. EmailBody() currently just handles any text outside of these sections, and calls a separate function for each section to parse the tables (currently as unformatted text, and only inputting line breaks).
Output Example
Data source example
Sub Email()
Dim eTo As String
eTo = Range("H4").Value
Dim myItem As Object
Dim myInspector As Outlook.Inspector
Dim wdDoc As Word.Document
Dim wdRange As Word.Range
Set myItem = Outlook.Application.CreateItem(olMailItem)
With myItem
.To = eTo
.Bcc = "email"
.Subject = CNum("pt 1") & " | " & CNum("pt 2")
'displays message prior to send to ensure no errors in email. Autosend is possible, but not recommended.
.Display
Set myInspector = .GetInspector
'Obtain the Word.Document for the Inspector
Set wdDoc = myInspector.WordEditor
If Not (wdDoc Is Nothing) Then
Set wdRange = wdDoc.Range(0, wdDoc.Characters.Count)
wdRange.InsertAfter (EmailBody(CNum("pt 1"), CNum("pt 2")))
End If
'[...]
end with
end sub
Multilevel list code I am struggling to adapt. I keep getting an error on the commented out section of code, and unsure of how to properly correct it so that it both functions and can be called on demand:
Run-time error '450': Wrong number of arguments or invalid property
assignment
Sub testList()
Dim arr1 As Object
Set arr1 = CreateObject("System.Collections.ArrayList")
With arr1
.Add "test" & " $100"
.Add "apple"
.Add "four"
End With
Dim i As Long
With ListGalleries(wdBulletGallery).ListTemplates(1).ListLevels(1)
.NumberFormat = ChrW(61623)
.TrailingCharacter = wdTrailingTab
.NumberStyle = wdListNumberStyleBullet
.NumberPosition = InchesToPoints(0.25)
.Alignment = wdListLevelAlignLeft
.TextPosition = InchesToPoints(0.5)
.TabPosition = wdUndefined
.ResetOnHigher = 0
.StartAt = 1
.LinkedStyle = ""
End With
ListGalleries(wdBulletGallery).ListTemplates(1).Name = ""
'Selection.Range.ListFormat.ApplyListTemplateWithLevel ListTemplate:= _
' ListGalleries(wdBulletGallery).ListTemplates(1), ContinuePreviousList:= _
' False, ApplyTo:=wdListApplyToWholeList, DefaultListBehavior:= _
' wdWord10ListBehavior
'writes each item in ArrayList to document
For i = 0 To arr1.Count - 1
Selection.TypeText Text:=arr1(i)
Selection.TypeParagraph
Next i
'writes each item to level 2 list
Selection.Range.SetListLevel Level:=2
For i = 0 To arr1.Count - 1
Selection.TypeText Text:=arr1(i)
Selection.TypeParagraph
Next i
Selection.Range.ListFormat.RemoveNumbers NumberType:=wdNumberParagraph
arr1.Clear
End Sub
Please forgive me if any of this seems inefficient, or an odd approach. I literally pickup up VBA a few weeks ago and only have a few hours of application in between my job responsibilities with what I've learned so far. Any assistance would be much appreciated.
The reason why you are getting that error is because, it is not able to resolve the object Selection. You need to fully qualify the Selection object else Excel will refer to the current selection from Excel.
You may have referenced the Word Object library from Excel but that is not enough. The simplest way to reproduce this error is by running this from Excel
Sub Sample()
Selection.Range.ListFormat.ApplyListTemplateWithLevel ListTemplate:= _
ListGalleries(wdBulletGallery).ListTemplates(1), ContinuePreviousList:= _
False, ApplyTo:=wdListApplyToWholeList, DefaultListBehavior:= _
wdWord10ListBehavior
End Sub
Here is a sample code which will work. To test this, open a word document and select some text and then run this code from Excel
Sub Sample()
Dim wrd As Object
Set wrd = GetObject(, "word.application")
wrd.Selection.Range.ListFormat.ApplyListTemplateWithLevel ListTemplate:= _
ListGalleries(wdBulletGallery).ListTemplates(1), ContinuePreviousList:= _
False, ApplyTo:=wdListApplyToWholeList, DefaultListBehavior:= wdWord10ListBehavior
End Sub
Applying this to your code. You need to work with the Word objects and fully qualify your objects like Word Application, Word Document, Word Range etc. For example
Dim oWordApp As Object, oWordDoc As Object
Dim FlName As String
FlName = "C:\MyFile.Docx"
'~~> Establish an Word application object
On Error Resume Next
Set oWordApp = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
Set oWordApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
End If
Err.Clear
On Error GoTo 0
oWordApp.Visible = True
Set oWordDoc = oWordApp.Documents.Open(FlName)
With oWordDoc
'
'~~> Rest of the code here
'
End With
Utilizing Word lists, while functional in this circumstance created a certain tedium in coding due to the need to declare both Word and Outlook objects and resolve their relation to each other.
It appears I was declaring my HTML lists incorrectly in my original code. I shifted the margin of the <li> rather than nesting <ul> to step the list.
By nesting the HTML list tags you can get the same functionality of a word list and the formatting will persist when copied to other text editors. However, copying must be done after it is written to .HTMLBody.
<ul><li>Apple</li><ul><li>Fruit</li></ul></ul>
or for VBA:
.HTMLBody = "<ul><li>" & arg1 & "</li><ul><li>" & arg2 & "</li></ul></ul>"
The above will output this to .HTMLBody:
AppleFruit
To copy the text you only need to select all the text in the Outlook word editor and then assign it to the clipboard if pasting as is, or assign it to a variable if additional changes are needed before putting it in the clipboard.
Goal for my project:
I want to be able to copy the contents of one document and append that selection to the end of another document.
What it does... (this is just background info so you understand why I am trying to do this):
I am trying to dynamically produce a document which quotes a variety of information regarding different parts and materials involved for a product.
The document itself has a consistent format which I have broken down and separated into two documents. The first contains a bunch of data that needs to be entered manually, and is where I want to append all additional content. The second contains roughly a dozen custom fields which are updated from an excel spreadsheet in VBA. For a single part and as a single doc this works as I want it (my base case). However my issue is when there are multiple parts for a project.
The Problem:
For multiple parts I have to store information in an array which changes in size dynamically as each additional part is added. When someone has added all the necessary parts they can select a button called "Create Quote".
Create quote runs a procedure which creates/opens separate copies of the two template documents mentioned above (saved on my computer). It then iterates through the array of parts and updates all the custom field in the 2nd document (no problems). Now I just need the contents of the 2nd document appended to the end of the first which is my problem.
What I want:
Ideally, my procedure will continue to iterate through every part in the array - updating custom fields, copy then paste the updated text, repeat... Until every part is included in the newly generated quote.
What I Tried - this code can be found in my generate quote procedure
I have tried many of the examples and suggestions provided by people who had similar question, but I don't know if its because I am operating from an excel doc, but many of their solution have not worked for me.
This is my most recent attempt and occurs after each iteration of the for loop
wrdDoc2.Fields.Update 'Update all the fields in the format document
wrdDoc2.Activate
Selection.WholeStory ' I want to select the entire document
Selection.Copy ' Copy the doc
wrdDoc1.Activate ' Set focus to the target document
Selection.EndKey wdStory ' I want the selection to be pasted to the end of the document
Selection.PasteAndFormat wdPasteDefault
QUOTE PROCEDURE - I am only including a handful of the fields I am updating because its not necessary to show them all
Private Sub quote_button_Click()
On Error GoTo RunError
Dim wrdApp1, wrdApp2 As Word.Application
Dim wrdDoc1, wrdDoc2 As Word.Document
Set wrdApp1 = CreateObject("Word.Application")
Set wrdApp2 = CreateObject("Word.Application")
wrdApp1.Visible = True
wrdApp2.Visible = True
Set wrdDoc1 = wrdApp1.Documents.Add(Template:="C:\MWES\AQT_v1.1(start).docm", NewTemplate:=False, DocumentType:=0)
Set wrdDoc2 = wrdApp2.Documents.Add(Template:="C:\MWES\AQT_v2.1(format).docm", NewTemplate:=False, DocumentType:=0)
Dim propName As String
For i = LBound(part_array, 1) To UBound(part_array, 1)
For Each prop In wrdDoc2.CustomDocumentProperties
propName = prop.name
' Looks for and sets the property name to custom values of select properties
With wrdDoc2.CustomDocumentProperties(propName)
Select Case propName
Case "EST_Quantity"
.value = part_array(i, 0) ' "QTY" ' Sheet1.Cells(1, 3) 'NA
Case "EST_Metal_Number"
.value = part_array(i, 1) ' "METAL_#" ' Sheet1.Cells(2, 3) 'NA"
Case "EST_Metal_Name"
.value = part_array(i, 2) ' "METAL_N" ' Sheet1.Cells(5, 2)
End Select
End With
Next prop ' Iterates until all the custom properties are set
wrdDoc2.Fields.Update 'Update all the fields in the format document
wrdDoc2.Activate
Selection.WholeStory ' I want to select the entire document
Selection.Copy ' Copy the doc
wrdDoc1.Activate ' Set focus to the target document
Selection.EndKey wdStory ' I want the selection to be pasted to the end of the document
Selection.PasteAndFormat wdPasteDefault
Next i ' update the document for the next part
RunError: ' Reportd any errors that might occur in the system
If Err.Number = 0 Then
Debug.Print "IGNORE ERROR 0!"
Else
Dim strError As String
strError = "ERROR: " & Err.Number & vbCrLf & Err.Description & vbCrLf & Erl
MsgBox strError
Debug.Print strError & " LINE: " & Erl
End If
End Sub
I apologize this was so long winded. Let me know if there is anything confusing or you may want clarified. I think I included everything though.
I think you're close, so here are a couple of comments and an example.
First of all, you're opening two separate MS Word Application objects. You only need one. In fact, it's possible that the copy/paste is failing because you're trying to copy from one Word app to a document opened in the other. (Trust me, I've seen weird things like this.) My example below shows how to do this by only opening a single application instance.
Dim mswApp As Word.Application
Set mswApp = AttachToMSWordApplication() 'more on this function below...
Dim doc1 As Word.Document
Dim doc2 As Word.Document
Set doc1 = mswApp.Documents.Open("C:\Temp\combined.docx")
Set doc2 = mswApp.Documents.Open("C:\Temp\control.docx")
While I don't often write code for Word, I've found that there are so many different ways to get at the same content using different objects or properties. This is always a source of confusion.
Based on this answer, which has worked well for me in the past, I then set up the source and destination ranges to perform the "copy":
Dim destination As Word.Range
Dim source As Word.Range
Set source = doc1.Content
Set destination = doc2.Content
destination.Collapse Direction:=Word.wdCollapseEnd
destination.FormattedText = source
Here is the whole module for reference:
Option Explicit
Sub AddDocs()
Dim wordWasRunning As Boolean
wordWasRunning = IsMSWordRunning()
Dim mswApp As Word.Application
Set mswApp = AttachToMSWordApplication()
Dim doc1 As Word.Document
Dim doc2 As Word.Document
Set doc1 = mswApp.Documents.Open("C:\Temp\combined.docx")
Set doc2 = mswApp.Documents.Open("C:\Temp\control.docx")
Dim destination As Word.Range
Dim source As Word.Range
Set source = doc1.Content
Set destination = doc2.Content
destination.Collapse Direction:=Word.wdCollapseEnd
destination.FormattedText = source
doc2.Close SaveChanges:=True
doc1.Close
If Not wordWasRunning Then
mswApp.Quit
End If
End Sub
Here's the promised note on a couple functions I use in the sample. I've built up a set of library functions, several of which help me access other Office applications. I save these modules as .bas files (by using the Export function in the VBA Editor) and import them as needed. So if you'd like to use it, just save the code below in using a plain text editor (NOT in the VBA Editor!), then import that file into your project.
Suggested filename is Lib_MSWordSupport.bas:
Attribute VB_Name = "Lib_MSWordSupport"
Attribute VB_Description = "Variety of support functions operating on MS Word"
Option Explicit
Public Function IsMSWordRunning() As Boolean
Attribute IsMSWordRunning.VB_Description = "quick check to see if an instance of MS Word is running"
'--- quick check to see if an instance of MS Word is running
Dim msApp As Object
On Error Resume Next
Set msApp = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
If Err > 0 Then
'--- not running
IsMSWordRunning = False
Else
'--- running
IsMSWordRunning = True
End If
End Function
Public Function AttachToMSWordApplication() As Word.Application
Attribute AttachToMSWordApplication.VB_Description = "finds an existing and running instance of MS Word, or starts the application if one is not already running"
'--- finds an existing and running instance of MS Word, or starts
' the application if one is not already running
Dim msApp As Word.Application
On Error Resume Next
Set msApp = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
If Err > 0 Then
'--- we have to start one
' an exception will be raised if the application is not installed
Set msApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
End If
Set AttachToMSWordApplication = msApp
End Function