Assign a Word variable through Outlook - vba

Question

I have a database management tool that runs on multiple Office apps.
I use Outlook to receive variables from a userform which is then sent to a Word template file, creating a new Word document.
When Outlook calls Word and creates a document, I need to assign a value to a Boolean variable stored in a Word module. Either true or false, depending on the user input.
The Boolean is used to decide which lines of code run on a Word userform the user can later open, but not in the document itself (i.e. inserted into one of the fields in the document).

Answer 1

So, if I correctly understood your question, your Word application has a variable "stored in a Word module". Let us say that this variable will be:
Public boolTest As Boolean
If you will have a Sub in that specific module (in 'Normal.dotm' or in a docm document), let us say:
Sub testBooleanChange(boolT As Boolean)
boolTest = boolT
MsgBox boolTest
End Sub
If Outlook will call the above Sub as:
objWord.Run "testBooleanChange", True
Then your boolTest variable will take the sent Boolean Value
In fact, a real code dealing with the above suggestion will look like that:
Sub testCallWordProc()
Dim W As Word.Application
On Error Resume Next
Set W = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
Err.Clear: On Error GoTo 0
Set W = CreateObject("Word.Application")
End If
W.Visible = True
'If the Sub in discussion exists in a document, un-comment the next line and use your real document full name:
'W.Documents.Open ("Your doc keeping the sub.docm")
'If the Sub is inside the 'Normal' you can simply use:
W.RUN "testBooleanChange", True
End Sub