Running macro to specific style - vba

Below code is trying to convert words in lowercase in to uppercase. However I only need to run it only in a specific word style ("Normal"). I tried to set doc to ActiveDocument.Styles("Normal") but i keep on getting error. Any help would be most helpful. Thank you in advance.
Option Explicit
Public Sub TitleCaseDocument()
Dim doc As Document: Set doc = ActiveDocument.Styles("Normal")
Dim wrd As Range
For Each wrd In doc.Words
If wrd.Text <> UCase$(wrd.Text) Then wrd.Case = wdTitleWord
Next
End Sub

The solution provided by #eaazel falls into the default member trap.
The code
wrd.Style
is in reality using the default member of the style object, which is 'NameLocal'. Thus the code implied by the code above is in reality
wrd.Style.NameLocal
Normally this would not be a problem, however, the level of granularity that is being used to extract the style object means that, on occasion, words with no style will be encountered (e.g. a ToC field). In such a case the style object returned is nothing and this generates a surprising error because you cannot call the NameLocal method on an an object that is nothing.
Therefore a more correct approach is to use a word unit that is guaranteed to have a style object (e.g. paragraphs) and to test for the style on this object before testing each word.
Option Explicit
Public Sub TitleCaseDocument()
Dim myDoc As Document: Set myDoc = ActiveDocument
Dim myPara As Range
For Each myPara In myDoc.StoryRanges.Item(wdMainTextStory).Paragraphs
If myPara.Style.NameLocal = "Normal" Then
TitleParagraph myPara
End If
Next
End Sub
Public Sub TitleParagraph(ByVal ipRange As Word.Range)
Dim myText As Range
For Each myText In ipRange.Words
If Not UCase$(myText.Text) = myText.Text Then
myText.Words.Item(1).Case = wdTitleWord
End If
Next
End Sub
Update 2020-Apr-16 Revised code below which has been proved to work on a Word document.
Option Explicit
Public Sub TitleCaseDocument()
Dim myDoc As Document: Set myDoc = ActiveDocument
Dim myPara As Word.Paragraph
For Each myPara In myDoc.StoryRanges.Item(wdMainTextStory).Paragraphs
If myPara.Style.NameLocal = "Normal" Then
TitleParagraph myPara
End If
Next
End Sub
Public Sub TitleParagraph(ByVal ipPara As Word.Paragraph)
Dim myText As Range
For Each myText In ipPara.Range.Words
If Not UCase$(myText.Text) = myText.Text Then
myText.Words.Item(1).Case = wdTitleWord
End If
Next
End Sub

So Do You want to change lowercase in to uppercase if style is normal?
Yes?
I don't have big experience with word but maybe something like this help you (base on your code):
Public Sub TitleCaseDocument()
Dim doc As Document: Set doc = ActiveDocument
Dim wrd As Range
For Each wrd In doc.Words
If wrd.Text <> UCase$(wrd.Text) And wrd.Style = "Normal" Then
wrd.Text = UCase$(wrd.Text)
End If
Next
End Sub

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Catia Listbox items

I have this task where i need to find some type of hybridshapes and collect them in a listbox
i have done that part, but i need to create it in such a way that when user selects a item from the list box respective hybridshape or object should get selected in catia
here is the image
here is the code
Option Explicit
Dim ODoc As Document
Dim opartdoc As PartDocument
Dim oPart As Part
Dim ohybs As HybridBodies
Dim ohyb As HybridBody
Dim ohybshps As HybridShapes
Dim ohybshp As HybridShape
Dim i As Integer
Dim j As Integer
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Set ODoc = CATIA.ActiveDocument
Set opartdoc = CATIA.ActiveDocument
Set oPart = opartdoc.Part
End Sub
Private Sub ListBtn_Click()
Set ohybs = oPart.HybridBodies
Set ohyb = ohybs.Item("Shapes")
Set ohybshps = ohyb.HybridShapes
For i = 1 To ohybshps.Count
Set ohybshp = ohybshps.Item(i)
ShapeBox.AddItem ohybshp.Name
ShapeBox.Font.Bold = True
ShapeBox.Font.Size = 25
Next
End Sub
Private Sub SelectBtn_Click()
End Sub
i dont know much about listbox handling
how do i create link between items in listbox and objects in catia
thanks
Hi you could add this to your code and try it. Beware your solution is pretty fragile one. You should consider more robust checks for objects validation
The trick lies in ShapeBox.Value in Shapebox click event. The rest is just catia stuff. But this solution is not foolproof because if you have more shapes with same names it might not select the right one. I would prefer creating a collection where you store real object from sets and the passing these objects to selection
Private Sub ShapeBox_Click()
Call opartdoc.Selection.Clear
Call opartdoc.Selection.Add(opartdoc.Part.FindObjectByName(ShapeBox.Value))
End Sub

Paragraph type in VBA

I try to run the following code:
Sub Para()
Dim objParagraph As paragraph
Set objParagraph = ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1)
objParagraph.Alignment = wdParagraphAlignment.wdAlignParagraphLeft
End Sub
But the compiler gives me back that the custom type is not defined. How is that so? I found this code here: https://bettersolutions.com/word/paragraphs/vba-code.htm
You don't need 'wdParagraphAlignment.'
Sub Para()
Dim objParagraph As Paragraph
Set objParagraph = ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1)
objParagraph.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphLeft
End Sub

accessing word variable or content control from outlook vba

I'm trying to access from Outlook VBA, either a variable or content control ID that I've created in a word Macro.
Basically I am trying to get set a text field equal to a string variable and load this variable to a message box in outlook.
From outlook, I have the code that creates a word object, and opens the active document, but I'm confused as to accessing the variables. I've tried making the variable in word VBA a public variable with no luck.
Current code to access the variable from outlook:
Set oWordApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
Set oWordDoc = oWordApp.Documents.Open("C:\Owner\Desktop\Job.docx")
oWordApp.Visible = True
MsgBox(oWordApp.testtest)
Having a look at the ContentControl help file you can pull back the text from the content control using its Tag property.
Sub Test()
Dim oWordApp As Object
Dim oWordDoc As Object
Dim oContent As Variant
Dim oCC As Variant
Set oWordApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
Set oWordDoc = oWordApp.Documents.Open("S:\DB_Development_DBC\Test\MyNewDoc.docm")
oWordApp.Visible = True
Set oContent = oWordDoc.SelectContentControlsByTag("MyCalendarTag")
If oContent.Count <> 0 Then
For Each oCC In oContent
MsgBox oCC.PlaceholderText & vbCr & oCC.Range.Text
Next oCC
End If
End Sub
The code above displayed Click here to enter a date. as the PlaceHolderText value and 01/01/2007 as the Range.Text value. So no need to add separate functions; just reference the content control directly.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/gg605189(v=office.14).aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vba/word-vba/articles/working-with-content-controls
Edit
As an example of returning value from multiple controls in one function:
Public Sub Example()
Dim MySevenTags As Variant
Dim x As Long
MySevenTags = Array("Tag1", "Tag2", "Tag3", "Tag4", "Tag5", "Tag6", "Tag7")
For x = LBound(MySevenTags) To UBound(MySevenTags)
MsgBox ReturnFromWordContent(CStr(MySevenTags(x))), vbOKOnly
Next x
End Sub
Public Function ReturnFromWordContent(TagID As String) As Variant
Dim oWordApp As Object
Dim oWordDoc As Object
Dim oContent As Variant
Dim oCC As Variant
Set oWordApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
Set oWordDoc = oWordApp.Documents.Open("S:\DB_Development_DBC\Test\MyNewDoc.docm")
oWordApp.Visible = True
Set oContent = oWordDoc.SelectContentControlsByTag(TagID)
'I've made this next bit up.
'No idea how to get the type of control, or how to return the values.
Select Case oContent.Type
Case "calendar"
ReturnFromWordContent = oContent.Range.Date
Case "textbox"
ReturnFromWordContent = oContent.Range.Text
Case Else
'Return some default value such as Null which
'won't work in this case as it's returning to a messagebox
'but you get the picture.
End Select
' If oContent.Count <> 0 Then
' For Each oCC In oContent
' MsgBox oCC.PlaceholderText & vbCr & oCC.Range.Text
' Next oCC
' End If
End Function
"I've tried making the variable in word VBA a public variable with no luck."
Declare your macro "testtest" as a function with the return value of your variable.
Public Function testtest() As String
dim myVariabel as String
myVariable = "test"
' return value
testtest = myVariable
End Function
Best regards

VB.Net: Searching Word Document By Line

I'm attempting to read through a Word Document (800+ pages) line by line, and if that line contains certain text, in this case Section, simply print that line to console.
Public Sub doIt()
SearchFile("theFilePath", "Section")
Console.WriteLine("SHit")
End Sub
Public Sub SearchFile(ByVal strFilePath As String, ByVal strSearchTerm As String)
Dim sr As StreamReader = New StreamReader(strFilePath)
Dim strLine As String = String.Empty
For Each line As String In sr.ReadLine
If line.Contains(strSearchTerm) = True Then
Console.WriteLine(line)
End If
Next
End Sub
It runs, but it doesn't print out anything. I know the word "Section" is in there multiple times as well.
As already mentioned in the comments, you can't search a Word document the way you are currently doing. You need to create a Word.Application object as mentioned and then load the document so you can search it.
Here is a short example I wrote for you. Please note, you need to add reference to Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word and then you need to add the import statement to your class. For example Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop. Also this grabs each paragraph and then uses the range to look for the word you are searching for, if found it adds it to the list.
Note: Tried and tested - I had this in a button event, but put where you need it.
Try
Dim objWordApp As Word.Application = Nothing
Dim objDoc As Word.Document = Nothing
Dim TextToFind As String = YOURTEXT
Dim TextRange As Word.Range = Nothing
Dim StringLines As New List(Of String)
objWordApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
If objWordApp IsNot Nothing Then
objWordApp.Visible = False
objDoc = objWordApp.Documents.Open(FileName, )
End If
If objDoc IsNot Nothing Then
'loop through each paragraph in the document and get the range
For Each p As Word.Paragraph In objDoc.Paragraphs
TextRange = p.Range
TextRange.Find.ClearFormatting()
If TextRange.Find.Execute(TextToFind, ) Then
StringLines.Add(p.Range.Text)
End If
Next
If StringLines.Count > 0 Then
MessageBox.Show(String.Join(Environment.NewLine, StringLines.ToArray()))
End If
objDoc.Close()
objWordApp.Quit()
End If
Catch ex As Exception
'publish your exception?
End Try
Update to use Sentences - this will go through each paragraph and grab each sentence, then we can see if the word exists... The benefit of this is it's quicker because we get each paragraph and then search the sentences. We have to get the paragraph in order to get the sentences...
Try
Dim objWordApp As Word.Application = Nothing
Dim objDoc As Word.Document = Nothing
Dim TextToFind As String = "YOUR TEXT TO FIND"
Dim TextRange As Word.Range = Nothing
Dim StringLines As New List(Of String)
Dim SentenceCount As Integer = 0
objWordApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
If objWordApp IsNot Nothing Then
objWordApp.Visible = False
objDoc = objWordApp.Documents.Open(FileName, )
End If
If objDoc IsNot Nothing Then
For Each p As Word.Paragraph In objDoc.Paragraphs
TextRange = p.Range
TextRange.Find.ClearFormatting()
SentenceCount = TextRange.Sentences.Count
If SentenceCount > 0 Then
Do Until SentenceCount = 0
Dim sentence As String = TextRange.Sentences.Item(SentenceCount).Text
If sentence.Contains(TextToFind) Then
StringLines.Add(sentence.Trim())
End If
SentenceCount -= 1
Loop
End If
Next
If StringLines.Count > 0 Then
MessageBox.Show(String.Join(Environment.NewLine, StringLines.ToArray()))
End If
objDoc.Close()
objWordApp.Quit()
End If
Catch ex As Exception
'publish your exception?
End Try
Here's a sub that will print each line that the search-string is found on, rather than each paragraph. It will mimic the behavior of using the streamreader in your example to read/check each line:
'Add reference to and import Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
Public Sub SearchFile(ByVal strFilePath As String, ByVal strSearchTerm As String)
Dim wordObject As Word.Application = New Word.Application
wordObject.Visible = False
Dim objWord As Word.Document = wordObject.Documents.Open(strFilePath)
objWord.Characters(1).Select()
Dim bolEOF As Boolean = False
Do Until bolEOF
wordObject.Selection.MoveEnd(WdUnits.wdLine, 1)
If wordObject.Selection.Text.ToUpper.Contains(strSearchTerm.ToUpper) Then
Console.WriteLine(wordObject.Selection.Text.Replace(vbCr, "").Replace(vbCr, "").Replace(vbCrLf, ""))
End If
wordObject.Selection.Collapse(WdCollapseDirection.wdCollapseEnd)
If wordObject.Selection.Bookmarks.Exists("\EndOfDoc") Then
bolEOF = True
End If
Loop
objWord.Close()
wordObject.Quit()
objWord = Nothing
wordObject = Nothing
Me.Close()
End Sub
It is a slightly modified vb.net implementation of nawfal's solution to parsing word document lines

CorelDraw VBA macro error: "Object Required"

I am creating a macro for CorelDraw which will import a file from a given folder when a button called Generate is pressed. When trying to assign a filepath to a variable, I get the following error:
Object Required
Here's my code:
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
'Design Of Item'
Me.DesignList.AddItem ("BIFT")
Me.DesignList.AddItem ("BIFC1")
Me.DesignList.AddItem ("BIFC2")
Me.DesignList.AddItem ("BIFI")
'Type Of Item'
Me.TypeList.AddItem ("BIF HOODIE")
Me.TypeList.AddItem ("BIF T-SHIRT")
Me.TypeList.AddItem ("BIF SWEAT")
Me.TypeList.AddItem ("BIF TANK")
'Colours of the items'
Me.ColourList.AddItem ("Grey")
Me.ColourList.AddItem ("White")
Me.ColourList.AddItem ("Black")
Me.ColourList.AddItem ("Navy")
Dim Design As String
Dim Ctype As String
Dim Colour As String
Dim ShirtFPath As String
End Sub
Private Sub GenerateBtn_Click()
Set ShirtFPath = ("C:\Users\Matt\Pictures\Clothing Line\Shirts")
MsgBox (ShirtFPath)
Set Design = DesignList.Value
Set Ctype = TypeList.Value
Set Colour = ColourList.Value
End Sub
Private Sub SaveBtn_Click()
Dim fPath As Object
Dim sr As ShapeRange
Set fPath = Me.TB.Value
If fPath Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
End Sub
You only use Set for object assignment. For intrinsic types (numbers, strings, booleans), omit the word Set:
ShirtFPath = "C:\Users\Matt\Pictures\Clothing Line\Shirts"
Design = DesignList.Value
Ctype = TypeList.Value
Colour = ColourList.Value