i am trying to intilize PDF exchange Editor active X in VBA but unable to create an instance any help would be appreciated, code taken from below post
PDF-XChange Editor SDK to merge multiple PDF with VBA (Excel)
Public Sub CreateDoc()
Dim PXC As PXC_Inst
Dim Doc As IPXC_Document
'Initialize
PXC.Init ""
Set PXC = New PXC_Inst
'Create new document, save as pdf
Set Doc = PXC
Doc.WriteToFile "c:\users\syntax\desktop\Test.pdf"
'Close document and Finalize
Doc.Close
'PXC.Finalize
End Sub
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I've finally encountered a problem, where I didn't already find the answer here or anywhere else on the web:
My program grabs some measurement values from an instrument (I cannot directly control it so I have to wait until the measurement was done by the user and parse the report), calculates some derived values and shall put these values back into the pdf report, which was automatically generated by the instrument control software.
It all works until I come to the line where the printout is started. It always opens the word print dialog instead of silently overwriting my file. I actually don't understand what I am doing wrong when calling PrintOut.
Here is the example code:
Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop
Module Example
Private Sub PrintReport()
Dim intAnswer As Integer
Dim strReportFileName As String = ""
Dim appWord As New Word.Application
Dim wdDoc As Word.Document
dim strPPF as string = "0.5" 'For testing, normally a parameter
dim strFolder as string = "C:\UVVis-Data" 'For testing, normally a parameter
'Find and open the PDF file of the report:
strReportFileName = (From fi As IO.FileInfo In (New IO.DirectoryInfo(strFolder.GetFiles("*.pdf")) Order By fi.LastWriteTime Descending Select fi)(0).FullName 'It will be always the newest file in that folder
appWord.Visible = False 'hide word from the user
wdDoc = appWord.Documents.Open(strReportFileName) 'open the PDF report
'Replace the placeholders which were defined in the report template earlier:
With appWord.Selection.Find
.Text = "#PPF#"
.Replacement.ClearFormatting()
.Replacement.Text = strPPF
.Execute(Replace:=Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdReplace.wdReplaceAll)
End With
'Print out the modified report:
'wdDoc.PrintOut(False, False,, strReportFileName,,,,,,, True) 'this was my first approach
wdDoc.PrintOut(Background:=False, Append:=False, OutputFileName:=strReportFileName, PrintToFile:=True) 'this also doesn't work as intended
'Close the file and restore word to it's normal state:
wdDoc.Close(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdSaveOptions.wdDoNotSaveChanges)
appWord.Visible = True
appWord.Quit()
End Sub
end Module
Use the Document.ExportAsFixedFormat method which saves a document as PDF or XPS format.
Public Sub ExportAsFixedFormat_Example()
wdDoc.ExportAsFixedFormat pbFixedFormatTypePDF, "pathandfilename.pdf"
End Sub
Thank you for the input.
I found a second problem with my code: I cannot overwrite the original document once it is open in word.
I solved this by first moving the pdf to a temporary folder, opening that temporary file in word and deleting it after word is closed.
I have a macro files with file extension of .DO Files(.DO). I Open a file through vb.net
application and to also open a macro. by using that macro I need to format that word Document. I
tried a lot but no use . I try to Select some area of word file but it will leads to error:
Object reference not set to instance of object
Private sub beginFormatting
ls_inipath = System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath & "\"
ls_Document = GetIniValue("Remove_Pages", "doc_name", txtFileName.Text)
Dim what As Object = Word.WdGoToItem.wdGoToLine
Dim which As Object = Word.WdGoToDirection.wdGoToLast
Dim SelectionOne As Selection
Dim returnValue As Range = SelectionOne.GoTo(what, which, Nothing,
Nothing)
SelectionOne.EndKey(WdUnits.wdStory, WdMovementType.wdMove)
end sub
I'm getting this error, "Microsoft Excel is waiting for another application to complete an OLE action" when trying to automate a PDF string search and record findings in excel. For certain PDFs this error is not popping. I assume this is due to the less optimized PDFs taking a longer time to search string while indexing page by page.
To be more precise, I have a workbook containing two sheets. One contains a list of PDF file names and the other has a list of words that I want to search. From the file list the macro would open each PDF file and take each word from the list of words and perform a string search. If found it would record each finding in a new sheet in the same workbook with the file name and the found string.
Below is the code I'm struggling with. Any help is welcome.
Public Sub SearchWords()
'variables
Dim ps As Range
Dim fs As Range
Dim PList As Range
Dim FList As Range
Dim PLRow As Long
Dim FLRow As Long
Dim Tracker As Worksheet
Dim gapp As Object
Dim gAvDoc As Object
Dim gPDFPath As String
Dim sText As String 'String to search for
FLRow = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("List Files").Range("B1").End(xlDown).Row
PLRow = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Prohibited Words").Range("A1").End(xlDown).Row
Set PList = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Prohibited Words").Range("A2:A" & PLRow)
Set FList = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("List Files").Range("B2:B" & FLRow)
Set Tracker = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Tracker")
'For each PDF file list in Excel Range
For Each fs In FList
'Initialize Acrobat by creating App object
Set gapp = CreateObject("AcroExch.App")
'Set AVDoc object
Set gAvDoc = CreateObject("AcroExch.AVDoc")
'Set PDF file path to open in PDF
gPDFPath = fs.Cells.Value
' open the PDF
If gAvDoc.Open(gPDFPath, "") = True Then
'Bring the PDF to front
gAvDoc.BringToFront
'For each word list in the range
For Each ps In PList
'Assign String to search
sText = ps.Cells.Value
'This is where the error is appearing
If gAvDoc.FindText(sText, False, True, False) = True Then
'Record findings
Tracker.Range("A1").End(xlDown).Offset(1, 0) = fs.Cells.Offset(0, -1).Value
Tracker.Range("B1").End(xlDown).Offset(1, 0) = ps.Cells.Value
End If
Next
End If
'Message to display once the search is over for a particular PDF
MsgBox (fs.Cells.Offset(0, -1).Value & " assignment complete")
Next
gAvDoc.Close True
gapp.Exit
set gAVDoc = Nothing
set gapp = Nothing
End Sub
I have now found the answer to this problem.
I'm using Acrobat Pro and whenever I open a PDF file, it opens with limited features due to Protected View settings. If I disable this function or if I click Enable All Features and save changes to the PDF files, VBA macro runs smooth.
It's funny, I'm posting an answer to my own problem.
I am using send-keys to select all data and copy it from another application. My goal is to paste this data into word and save as a PDF. The problem i seem to have, is that using Microsoft interop, requires you to programattically format the data. If i copy the data from the other application, and paste it manually in a real word doc, the format retains itself.
Is there a way to easily take my clipboard data and use it with this code?
Try
Dim oWord As Word.Application
Dim oDoc As Word.Document
'Start Word and open the document template.
oWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
oWord.Visible = True
oDoc = oWord.Documents.Add
oPara1 = oDoc.Content.Paragraphs.Add
oPara1.Range.Text = Clipboard.SetText
'TIll Above your entire odoc is formatted
'From below I will save it to my own code
Dim newdoc As Word.Document
newdoc = oDoc
newdoc.SaveAs2("K:\file.pdf", Word.WdSaveFormat.wdFormatPDF)
'All done. Close this form.
'BSPGlobals.DataBase.Contact.ExitApp()
MessageBox.Show("Print to Doc Done.")
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show("Error at Printing the bill." & vbCrLf & ex.Message)
End Try
Depending on the source and format of the Clipboard data, you can influence the way the Clipboard contents is pasted into Word by fiddling around with the following Application options (don't forget to restore the original settings when you are done):
' when pasting between different Office documents
oWord.Options.PasteFormatBetweenDocuments = Word.WdPasteOptions.wdKeepSourceFormatting
' when contents is copied from a document that uses styles
oWord.Options.PasteFormatBetweenStyledDocuments = Word.WdPasteOptions.wdKeepSourceFormatting
' when pasting from an external source such as a web page
oWord.Options.PasteFormatFromExternalSource = Word.WdPasteOptions.wdKeepSourceFormatting
I'm trying to write a Excel VBA code which allows me to automatically create and send a Lotus Notes Email. The problem I face is the difficulty to create a rich text Email, so I think it would be easier to open a draft email, with a marker text which will be replaced (for exameple PASTE EXCEL CELLS HERE) and then just:
.GotoField ("Body")
.FINDSTRING "PASTE EXCEL CELLS HERE"'
and replace.
Any help on how to open a certain draft email? Perhabs something as .CreateDocument property?
Thank you very much!
Others have proposed interesting concepts, but the most robust approach would be to use HTML in a MIME enitity that is mapped to the Body Rich Text item. Using NotesSession..Convertmime = False you can build the body as HTML and then send the message. Based on the post by Joseph Hoetzl here, the LotusScript equivalent is this:
Sub Initialize()
Dim s As New NotesSession
Dim db As NotesDatabase
Dim stime as Single
Dim alog As New NotesLog("debug")
Call alog.OpenAgentLog()
stime = Timer
On Error GoTo eh
Dim doc As NotesDocument
Dim body As NotesMIMEEntity
Dim header As NotesMIMEHeader
Dim stream As NotesStream
Dim child As NotesMIMEEntity
Dim sendTo As String
Dim subject As String
s.Convertmime = False
sendto = s.Effectiveusername
subject = "Demo Message"
Set db= s.Currentdatabase
Set doc=db.Createdocument()
Set stream = s.CreateStream
Set body = doc.CreateMIMEEntity
Set header = body.CreateHeader({MIME-Version})
Call header.SetHeaderVal("1.0")
Set header = body.CreateHeader("Content-Type")
Call header.SetHeaderValAndParams({multipart/alternative;boundary="=NextPart_="})
'Add the to field
Set header = body.CreateHeader("To")
Call header.SetHeaderVal(SendTo)
'Add Subject Line
Set header = body.CreateHeader("Subject")
Call header.SetHeaderVal(subject)
'Add the body of the message
Set child = body.CreateChildEntity
Call stream.WriteText("<h1>Demo HTML Message</h1>")
Call stream.WriteText(|<table colspacing="0" colpadding="0" border="none">|)
Call stream.WriteText(|<tr><td>cell 1.1</td><td>cell 1.2</td><td>cell 1.3</td></tr>|)
Call stream.WriteText(|<tr><td>cell 2.1</td><td>cell 2.2</td><td>cell 2.3</td></tr>|)
Call stream.WriteText(|<tr><td>cell 3.1</td><td>cell 3.2</td><td>cell 3.3</td></tr>|)
Call stream.WriteText(|</table>|)
Call stream.WriteText(|<div class="headerlogo">|)
Call stream.WriteText(|<!-- ...some more HTML -->|)
Call child.setContentFromText(stream, {text/html;charset="iso-8859-1"}, ENC_NONE)
Call stream.Truncate 'Not sure if I need this
Call stream.Close
Call doc.CloseMIMEEntities(True)
Call doc.replaceItemValue("Form", "Memo")
Call doc.Send(False, sendTo)
es:
Exit Sub
eh:
Dim emsg$
emsg = Error & " at " & Erl & " in " & s.Currentagent.name
Call alog.logError(Err, emsg)
MsgBox "ERROR: " & Err & ": " & emsg
Resume es
End Sub
All of this should convert fairly easily to VBA in Excel. You can, of course be as complex as you want with your HTML.
The word "draft" is probably inappropriate here, but then again so is the word "template". Both have specific meanings in Lotus Notes that aren't what you really want. Users can delete drafts, and templates are an entirely different thing. So let's just call it a boilerplate message.
I would recomemnd creating a special mail database (NSF file) on the Domino server, which will just serve as a repository for your boilerplate. You can create a folder in that mail database called "Boilerplates". Using Domino Designer you can modify that folder's design so that the Subject column is the first column in the view, and it is sorted.
Once you have that done and you have created some boilerplates and saved them in the folder, you can use VBA to do a NotesSession.getDatabase call, NotesDatabase.getView call (this is used for folders as well as views), and then use NotesView.getDocumentByKey() to retrieve a specific boilerplate by the Subject you have assigned to it. Note that you do not have to copy this document to the user's mail database in order to mail it.
What you want to do is non-trivial, but you mention a draft email so there may be a workaround.
In your mail settings you can specify a signature file which can be an external html file on disk. So modify the signature file, then create your new mail which will then populate the body field the way you want it.
For sample code, within the memo form there should be a button to specify what signature file to use. You can use that as the baseline.
Rich text is not that hard to work with, but you need to look at the Domino Designer help, especially the classes NotesRichTextItem and NotesRichTextStyle. You also need to understand the DOM (Domino Object Model). Then you can create your mail content programatically.
Otherwise I think Richard's solution is the best, that you have a separate database where you get the rich text snippets, and use the AppendRTItem method of the NotesRichText class to put it into your email.
Thank you all guys!
But I found exactly what I wanted, without having to recreate the whole Email everytime:
Sub EditSelectedMail()
Dim NSession As Object
Dim NDatabase As Object
Dim NUIWorkspace As Object
Dim NUIdoc As Object
Set NSession = CreateObject("Notes.NotesSession")
Set NUIWorkspace = CreateObject("Notes.NotesUIWorkspace")
Set NDatabase = NSession.GetDatabase("", "")
If Not NDatabase.IsOpen Then NDatabase.OPENMAIL
Set NUIdoc = NUIWorkspace.EDITDOCUMENT(True)
With NUIdoc
'Find the marker text in the Body item
.GotoField ("Body")
.FINDSTRING "**PASTE EXCEL CELLS HERE**"
'Copy Excel cells to clipboard
Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:E6").Copy
'Create a temporary Word Document
Set WordApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
WordApp.Visible = False
WordApp.Documents.Add
'Paste into Word document and copy to clipboard
With WordApp.Selection
.PasteSpecial DataType:=10
'Enum WdPasteDataType: 10 = HTML; 2 = Text; 1 = RTF
.WholeStory
.Copy
End With
'Paste from clipboard (Word) to Lotus Notes document
.Paste
Application.CutCopyMode = False
'WordApp.Quit SaveChanges:=False
Set WordApp = Nothing
End With
End Sub
I just select my "template", copy it into a new message, and then run the macro.