I need to harvest and colate data from an oOcalc workbook.
Part of the information is presented as comments on the cell.
I cant figure out a formula to do it and Im not familiar with oOcalc DOM's to manipulate the item.
Hope someone can help me out.
Thanks.
Just had to figure this one out myself, so here is a macro that will copy the comments of cells in one sheet to actual cells in another sheet.
It could be better, but it gets the job done, so its not worth putting anymore (of my) time into!
REM ****** BASIC *********
Sub ExtractCommentAnnotationThings
Dim myDoc as Object
Dim originalSheet as Object
Dim newSheet as Object
Dim originalCell as Object
Dim newCell as Object
Dim commentString As String
REM DEFINE VAR FOR OUR LOOP
Dim iTargetRow, iTargetColumn As Long
Const kEndRow = 950
Const kEndColumn = 20
REM SET DOC
myDoc = ThisComponent
REM GET SHEET
originalSheet = myDoc.Sheets(0)
newSheet = myDoc.Sheets(1)
REM START LOOP
For iTargetRow = 0 To kEndRow: DoEvents
For iTargetColumn = 0 To kEndColumn: DoEvents
originalCell = originalSheet.getCellByPosition(iTargetColumn,iTargetRow)
REM commentString = Trim(originalCell.Comment.Text)
If originalCell.Annotation.isVisible = True Then
commentString = originalCell.getAnnotation().String
newCell = newSheet.getCellByPosition(iTargetColumn,iTargetRow)
newCell.String = commentString
End If
Next
Next
REM CONTINUE LOOP
End Sub
Set the kEndRow and kEndColumn to include only the range of cells you want copied.
Set the originalSheet and newSheetappropriately as well (might need to create a new sheet first), so they're copied where you want them to be.
Hope it helps!
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I have a Word file with approximately 10 pages and 20 tables. Some of these tables have checkboxes. I want to copy these tables into an Excel file.
The following code copies all tables from my Word file into my Excel file:
Sub Import()
Option Explicit
Dim wb As Workbook
Dim sh As Worksheet
Dim sheet As Worksheet
Dim lzeile As Integer
Set wb = ActiveWorkbook
Set sh = wb.ActiveSheet
Set sheet = wb.Worksheets("Tabelle1")
Dim Btxt As Object
Set Btxt = CreateObject("Word.Application")
Btxt.Visible = True
Btxt.documents.Open "C:\Users\*.doc" '*=path
lzeile = 0
For i = 1 To 20
Btxt.ActiveDocument.Tables(i).Range.Copy
Application.Goto sheet.Cells(1 + lzeile, 1)
sheet.PasteSpecial Format:="HTML", Link:=False, DisplayAsIcon:=False
lzeile = sheet.Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
lzeile = lzeile + 1
sheet.Cells(lzeile, 1) = "Tabelle" & i
Next i
Btxt.Quit
Set Btxt = Nothing
Set wb = Nothing
Set sh = Nothing
End Sub
It does not copy checkboxes or the value (0 = not checked / 1 = checked) of the checkbox.
I can write the value of a checkbox into a cell in my excel sheet with this line:
sheet.Cells(j, 10) = Btxt.ActiveDocument.Tables(i).FormFields.Item("Kontrollkästchen" & j).Result
With a loop j over all "Kontrollkästchen" (german translation of contentcontrol or formfield item) so basically the name of all formfield items in this Word file.
How can I get the position of these formfield items or identify which formfield item / ContentControl is in which table?
I tried to go through all rows and columns in each table because none of them are larger than 10x10. But I can´t find a way to check if a checkbox is maybe in table 3 on column 5 row 5 and then read the name of this checkbox to a safe the value (0 / 1) in the Excel cell on the same position in my copied table.
The solution depends on whether they're formfields or content controls.
Assuming they're formfields:
Sub Demo()
Dim i As Long, j As Long, Rng As Range
With ActiveDocument
For i = .FormFields.Count To 1 Step -1
With .FormFields(i)
If .Type = wdFieldFormCheckBox Then
j = Abs(.CheckBox.Value)
Set Rng = .Range
.Delete
Rng.Text = j
End If
End With
Next
End With
End Sub
Assuming they're content controls:
Sub Demo()
Dim i As Long, j As Long, Rng As Range
With ActiveDocument
For i = .ContentControls.Count To 1 Step -1
With .ContentControls(i)
If .Type = wdContentControlCheckBox Then
j = Abs(.Checked)
Set Rng = .Range
.Delete
Rng.Text = j
End If
End With
Next
End With
End Sub
For the sake of simplicity and clarity, the sample code below leaves out the parts having to do with Excel, as well as creating the instance of the Word Application. It shows only how to access the Word document's checkboxes and convert those to static values.
At the end, also, the document is closed without saving changes, which means forms protection and the checkboxes should be left intact - the macro will not have affected them.
Note: You should have Option Explicit at the top of the code page, not inside a "Sub".
How it works
The document to be processed is opened and at that moment set to an object (doc). Use this instead of ActiveDocument as it will be much clearer and, in case the user would try to do something, won't affect macro execution.
If the document has forms protection, this must be turned off in order to delete the checkboxes and insert static values.
Then all the form fields are looped. If they are checkboxes, the value is determined, the checkbox removed and the value assigned to the range the checkbox occupied.
After this has completed comes the code to transfer data to Excel. Then the document is closed without saving changes.
Sub ConvertCheckBoxesToValues()
Dim ff As Object ' Word.FormField
Dim doc As Object ' Word.Document
Dim cbValue As String
Dim rngFF As Object ' Word.Range
Set doc = Btxt.Documents.Open("C:\Users\*.doc") '*=path
If doc.ProtectionType <> -1 Then 'wdNoProtection
doc.Unprotect
End If
For Each ff In doc.FormFields
If ff.Type = 71 Then 'wdFieldFormCheckBox
If ff.CheckBox.value = True Then
cbValue = "1"
Else
cbValue = "0"
End If
Set rngFF = ff.Range
ff.Delete
rngFF = cbValue
End If
Next
'Transfer the information to Excel, then
doc.Close 0 'wdDoNotSaveChanges
End Sub
I tried since more days to create a Word Document with Excel-VBA
Step by Step:
first: create Word-Document and add a Table (Mailing-Label)
second: fill sometext into some cells. Works great!
Now my Problem:
at last, i want to append an Picture in the cell.
My Problem is, the Image RANGE clear the old text.
And i don't know, how to set the Image and the text at the end of the Loop.
My code
oDoc.Tables(1).Cell(zeile, spalte).Range.Text = "some string"
oDoc.Tables(1).Cell(zeile, spalte).Range.InlineShapes.AddPicture path_to_image
The way to understand what's happening is to think about how this would work if you were doing this manually, working with a selection. When you assign text to a Range that's like typing it in, as you'd expect. The second line of code, inserting the image, is like selecting the entire cell (in this case) then inserting the image: it replaces what's in the Range. When working manually, if you had selected the entire cell, you'd press Right Arrow or click at the end to put the focus after what had been typed.
The same principle applies when using a Range object: it needs to collapse in order to add something to it.
The following code example demonstrates this. It also highlights how the code can be made more efficient by assigning the table and the target range to objects.
Dim tbl As Word.Table 'or As Object if using late-binding
Dim rng As Word.Range 'or As Object if using late-binding
Dim chrCount As Long
Set tbl = oDoc.Tables(1)
Set rng = tbl.Cell(zeile, spalte).Range
rng.Text = "test"
chrCount = rng.Characters.Count
'Get the end of the cell content
Set rng = rng.Characters(chrCount - 1)
rng.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
rng.InlineShapes.AddPicture path_to_image
May be something like
Sub Test()
Dim Wrd As Word.Application
Dim oDoc As Word.Document
Set Wrd = CreateObject("Word.Application")
Wrd.Visible = True
Set oDoc = Wrd.Documents.Add
oDoc.Tables.Add oDoc.Range, 3, 3
zeile = 2
spalte = 2
path_to_image = "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Pull2.jpg"
oDoc.Tables(1).Cell(zeile, spalte).Range.Select
With Wrd.Selection
.TypeText Text:="some string"
.InlineShapes.AddPicture path_to_image
End With
End Sub
I'm trying to find the rows with data in my source data sheet and then copy some of the columns into various places in my destination worksheet using VBA. I have successfully done this for a list with 12k lines but when I do some test data, it only copies the first 12 rows out of 19 rows of data....
Sub Header_Raw()
Dim dataBook As Workbook
Dim Header_Raw As Worksheet, Header As Worksheet
Dim dataSource As Range, dataDest As Range
Dim sourceDataRowCount As Integer, index As Integer
Set dataBook = Application.ThisWorkbook
Set sheetSource = dataBook.Sheets("Header_Raw")
Set sheetDest = dataBook.Sheets("Header")
Set dataSource = sheetSource.Range("B4", _
sheetSource.Range("J90000").End(xlUp))
sourceDataRowCount = dataSource.Rows.Count
Set dataDest = sheetDest.Range("B13", "B" & _
sourceDataRowCount)
For index = 1 To sourceDataRowCount
dataDest(index, 1).Value = dataSource(index, 1).Value
dataDest(index, 2).Value = dataSource(index, 2).Value
Next index
End Sub
If you can help tell me what I have done wrong, that would be great
thanks
Julie
Make your life a bit easier with simple debugging. Run the following:
Sub HeaderRaw()
'Dim all the variables here
Set dataBook = Application.ThisWorkbook
Set SheetSource = dataBook.Sheets("Header_Raw")
Set sheetDest = dataBook.Sheets("Header")
Set dataSource = SheetSource.Range("B4", SheetSource.Range("J90000").End(xlUp))
SheetSource.Activate
dataSource.Select
End Sub
Now you will see what is your dataSource, as far as it is selected. Probably it is not what you expect.
I'm trying to insert a cell beginning with the first cell in a range (via the .getCellRangeByName() method of a Document's active Sheet).
I found out how to do this with a Dispatcher from the OpenOffice library (.uno:InsertCell), but I'd prefer to use something that doesn't require the dispatcher if possible.
Example code that I plan to wire-up to a button...
Sub AddManualBalance(EntryDate As Date, EntryAmount As Currency)
Dim Doc As Object
Dim Sheet As Object
Doc = ThisComponent
If Doc Is Nothing Then
Return
EndIf
Sheet = Doc.getCurrentController().getActiveSheet()
If Sheet Is Nothing Then
Return
EndIf
Dim TargetCells As Object
TargetCells = Sheet.getCellRangeByName("B9:C9");
// insert a cell in both the B and C columns at position 9,
// then move all other cells down
// add my EntryDate as a value to the new cell in B column
// add my EntryAmount as a value to the new cell in C column
End Sub
Thanks in advance for any help!
P.S. I really dislike Basic, but it seems that with spreadsheets and office app automation, that's the preferred language. Is there any way to do LibreOffice/OpenOffice macros in a more C-like language?
Following code does what you want:
Dim Doc As Object
Dim Sheet As Object
Dim oDestCell As Object
Dim CellRangeAddress As New com.sun.star.table.CellRangeAddress
Doc = ThisComponent
Sheet = Doc.Sheets(0)
CellRangeAddress.Sheet = 0
CellRangeAddress.StartColumn = 1
CellRangeAddress.StartRow = 8
CellRangeAddress.EndColumn = 2
CellRangeAddress.EndRow = 8
Sheet.insertCells(CellRangeAddress, com.sun.star.sheet.CellInsertMode.DOWN)
oDestCell=Sheet.getCellByPosition(1,8)
oDestCell.setValue(EntryDate)
oDestCell=Sheet.getCellByPosition(2,8)
oDestCell.setValue(EntryAmount)
You can read about C++ and LibreOffice at api.libreoffice.org
Thanks to Mac, my code is now...
Public Doc As Object
Public Sheet As Object
Sub AddManualBalance()
GetCurrentSheet()
REM insert two new cells, move cells down
Dim TargetCells As New com.sun.star.table.CellRangeAddress
TargetCells.Sheet = 3
TargetCells.StartColumn = 1
TargetCells.StartRow = 8
TargetCells.EndColumn = 2
TargetCells.EndRow = 8
Sheet.insertCells(TargetCells, com.sun.star.sheet.CellInsertMode.DOWN)
REM get date and balance from text boxes, add value to cells
Dim BalanceDate As Object
Dim BalanceAmount As Object
Dim Forms As Object
Dim MainForm As Object
Forms = Doc.getCurrentController().getActiveSheet().getDrawPage().getForms()
MainForm = Forms("MainForm")
BalanceDate = MainForm.getByName("BalanceDate")
BalanceAmount = MainForm.getByName("BalanceAmount")
Sheet.getCellByPosition(1,8).setValue(BalanceDate.CurrentValue)
Sheet.getCellByPosition(2,8).setValue(BalanceAmount.CurrentValue)
End Sub
Sub GetCurrentSheet()
REM get references to document and active sheet, test if exist
If ThisComponent Is Nothing Then
Return
End If
Doc = ThisComponent
If Doc Is Nothing Then
Return
EndIf
Sheet = Doc.getCurrentController().getActiveSheet()
End Sub
I am trying to read a specific set of columns from a workbook (every week it is a new workbook) and copy them into another workbook. This I have been able to do, but I think there is a cleaner way to do it!! My code is very bulky and problematic, as every week I need to read info from a different workbook so I have to go back into the code and change the workbook file name. I would love any input on how to improve the code and speed up changing the file name for the workbook from which columns are copied....for example is it possible to ask the user to input the file name in place of a static name??
Any feedback / suggestions are greatly appreciated!!! My code is below:
Sub CopyColumnToWorkbook()
Dim sourceColumns As Range, targetColumns As Range
Dim qw As Range, rw As Range
Dim sd As Range, fd As Range
Dim bu As Range, hu As Range
Dim zx As Range, gx As Range
Dim op As Range, wp As Range
Dim ty As Range, ly As Range
Set sourceColumns = Workbooks("WERT_2013_01_24.xlsx").Worksheets(1).Columns("L")
Set targetColumns = Workbooks("LU.xls").Worksheets(1).Columns("A")
Set qw = Workbooks("WERT_2013_01_24.xlsx").Worksheets(1).Columns("G")
Set rw = Workbooks("LU.xls").Worksheets(1).Columns("B")
Set sd = Workbooks("WERT_2013_01_24.xlsx").Worksheets(1).Columns("C")
Set fd = Workbooks("LU.xls").Worksheets(1).Columns("C")
Set bu = Workbooks("WERT_2013_01_24.xlsx").Worksheets(1).Columns("N")
Set hu = Workbooks("LU.xls").Worksheets(1).Columns("D")
Set zx = Workbooks("WERT_2013_01_24.xlsx").Worksheets(1).Columns("R")
Set gx = Workbooks("LU.xls").Worksheets(1).Columns("E")
Set op = Workbooks("WERT_2013_01_24.xlsx").Worksheets(1).Columns("S")
Set wp = Workbooks("LU.xls").Worksheets(1).Columns("F")
Set ty = Workbooks("WERT_2013_01_24.xlsx").Worksheets(1).Columns("I")
Set ly = Workbooks("LU.xls").Worksheets(1).Columns("G")
sourceColumns.Copy Destination:=targetColumns
qw.Copy Destination:=rw
sd.Copy Destination:=fd
bu.Copy Destination:=hu
zx.Copy Destination:=gx
op.Copy Destination:=wp
ty.Copy Destination:=ly
End Sub
A simple way to neatly take user input is to use the InputBox function
Sub ReadInputBox()
Dim readWorkbookLocation As String
readWorkbookLocation = InputBox("What is the name of the workbook you wish to read from?", "Workbook Select")
MsgBox workbookFile
End Sub
Yup. You can use the Application.GetOpenFilename to let the user choose the file name. For example
Option Explicit
Sub Sample()
Dim Ret
Dim Wb As Workbook
Dim ws As Worksheet
Ret = Application.GetOpenFilename("Excel Files (*.xls*), *.xls*")
If Ret <> False Then
Set Wb = Workbooks.Open(Ret)
Set ws = Wb.Sheets("Sheet1")
With ws
'
'~~> Do whatever you want to do here with the worksheet
'
End With
End If
End Sub
EDIT: I just noticed that You have tagged it as excel-vba-mac as well. If you are doing this on Excel 2011 then see this link which shows how to use the Application.GetOpenFilename. The rest of the code remains as it is.
For these type of operations, I use a separate Excel file that contains the vb codes. (I'll call this file "Operation"). On a worksheet put the name of the source/destination file. Add buttons such as "Select Source", "Select Destination", which would prompt for a file but put the selected filename on the sheet only. Another button "Go" will do the actual operation using the files specified, something like:
If the columns to be copied seldom change, you can leave it inside VBA. If it changes from time to time or you need several versions, put it on the Operation worksheet too. If you need a more complex scenario, you can put the configuration on another worksheet in the sources/destination workbooks, so authors can specify the columns themselves.
As a suggestion for your code, use constants/variable for the filenames, to minimize typing when changing filenames manually. Also assign to variables the Workbook and Worksheet being operated on.
' OPERATIONS SHEET
Dim operWB as Workbook
Dim operWS as Worksheet
Set operWB = Application.ActiveWorkbook
Set operWS = operWB.ActiveSheet
' SOURCE
Dim srcFN as string
' HARDCODED: same as before
'srcFN = "WERT_2013_01_24.xlsx"
' OR get from Cell C2
srcFN = operWS.Cell( 2, 3 )
Dim srcWB as Workbook
Dim srcWS as Worksheet
Set srcWB = Workbooks.Open( srcFN )
Set srcWS = srcWB.Worksheets( 0 )
' DESTINATION
.... do the same ...
.... OPTION 1: COPY ....
Set srcRange = srcWS.Columns( "L" ) ' <-- or get from B10
Set dstRange = dstWS.Columns( "A" ) ' <-- or get from C10
srcRange.Copy Destination:=dstRange
....
.... OPTION 2: COPY AS LOOP ....
Dim currentRow As Integer
currentRow = 10
' keep going while B10, B11... is not empty
While operWS.Cells(currentRow, 2) <> ""
Set srcRange = srcWS.Columns( operWS.Cells(currentRow, 2) ) ' B10, B11 ...
Set dstRange = dstWS.Columns( operWS.Cells(currentRow, 3) ) ' C10, C11 ...
srcRange.Copy Destination:=dstRange
currentRow = currentRow + 1
Wend
You may use the following simple code to loop over all the files in the folder without knowing their names and quantity:
LoopFileNameExt = Dir(InputFolder & "*.xls?")
Do While LoopFileNameExt <> ""
'your code here
LoopFileNameExt = Dir
Loop
Wildcards are allowed in filemask. Good luck!