Sharepoint version history in document via vba? - vba

Question

Here is my problem:
Duplicate versions
I checked the version history on the Sharepoint site and it doesn't show any duplicates.
Here is the code im using:
Sub versionhistory()
'
' versionhistory Macro
On Error Resume Next
' On Error GoTo message
Dim dlvVersions As Office.DocumentLibraryVersions
Dim dlvVersion As Office.DocumentLibraryVersion
Dim strVersionInfo As String
Set dlvVersions = ThisDocument.DocumentLibraryVersions
'MsgBox ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Count
Dim tbl As Word.Table
'Set tbl = ActiveDocument.Tables.Item(2)
Set tbl = ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("VersionTable").Range.Tables(1)
If dlvVersions.IsVersioningEnabled Then
strVersionInfo = "This document has " & dlvVersions.Count & " versions: " & vbCrLf
Call InsertVersionHistory(tbl, dlvVersions)
For Each dlvVersion In dlvVersions
strVersionInfo = strVersionInfo & _
" - Version #: " & dlvVersion.Index & vbCrLf & _
" - Modified by: " & dlvVersion.ModifiedBy & vbCrLf & _
" - Modified on: " & dlvVersion.Modified & vbCrLf & _
" - Comments: " & dlvVersion.Comments & vbCrLf
Next
Else
strVersionInfo = "Versioning not enabled for this document."
End If
'MsgBox strVersionInfo, vbInformation + vbOKOnly, "Version Information"
Set dlvVersion = Nothing
Set dlvVersions = Nothing
Call GetUserName
'message:
'MsgBox Err.Description
MsgBox ("Insert Version Number in the Header and type a Title in the [Insert Title here] on the front page. It will be automatically updated in the footer." & vbNewLine & vbNewLine & "Do Not Type in the Review and Version tables.")
End Sub
Private Function InsertVersionHistory(oVerTbl As Word.Table, oVersions As Office.DocumentLibraryVersions)
Dim rowIndex As Integer
Dim oVersion As Office.DocumentLibraryVersion
Dim oNewRow As Row
'test
Dim versionIndex As Integer
For rowIndex = 2 To oVerTbl.Rows.Count
oVerTbl.Rows.Item(2).Delete
Next rowIndex
rowIndex = 1
'test
versionIndex = oVersions.Count
For Each oVersion In oVersions
If (rowIndex > 5) Then
Return
End If
rowIndex = rowIndex + 1
oVerTbl.Rows.Add
Set oNewRow = oVerTbl.Rows(oVerTbl.Rows.Count)
oNewRow.Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorWhite
oNewRow.Range.Font.TextColor = wdBlack
oNewRow.Range.Font.Name = "Tahoma"
oNewRow.Range.Font.Bold = False
oNewRow.Range.Font.Size = 12
oNewRow.Range.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter = 4
With oNewRow.Cells(1)
'.Range.Text = oVersion.Index
.Range.Text = versionIndex
End With
With oNewRow.Cells(2)
.Range.Text = FormUserFullName(GetUserFullName(oVersion.ModifiedBy))
End With
With oNewRow.Cells(3)
.Range.Text = oVersion.Modified
End With
With oNewRow.Cells(4)
.Range.Text = oVersion.Comments
End With
versionIndex = versionIndex - 1
Next
Set oVersion = Nothing
End Function
Function GetUserFullName(userName As String) As String
Dim WSHnet, UserDomain, objUser
Set WSHnet = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
'UserDomain = WSHnet.UserDomain
'Set objUser = GetObject("WinNT://" & UserDomain & "/" & userName & ",user")
userName = Replace(userName, "\", "/")
Set objUser = GetObject("WinNT://" & userName & ",user")
'MsgBox objUser.FullName
GetUserFullName = objUser.FullName
End Function
Function FormUserFullName(userName As String) As String
Dim arrUserName As Variant
Dim changedUserName As String
arrUserName = Split(userName, ",")
Dim length As Integer
length = UBound(arrUserName) - LBound(arrUserName) + 1
If length >= 2 Then
changedUserName = arrUserName(1) & " " & arrUserName(0)
Else
changedUserName = userName
End If
FormUserFullName = changedUserName
End Function
Private Function GetUserName()
Dim userName As String
userName = ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties("Author")
ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties("Author") = FormUserFullName(userName)
End Function

Answer 1

I know this is old, but I was looking for the same thing and found this article. I'm still trying it out, but wanted to share before I got distracted with my real job.
From: SixSigmaGuy on microsoft.public.sharepoint.development-and-programming.narkive.com/...
Wanted to share my findings, so far. Surprisingly, I could not find
anything in the SharePoint Designer object/class that supported versions,
but the Office, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint objects do support it.. It
wasn't easy to find, but once I found it, it works great, as long as the
file in the document library is one of the Office documents.
Here's some sample code, written in Excel VBA, showing how to get the
version information for a paritcular SharePoint Document Library file
created in Excel:
Public viRow As Long
Function fCheckVersions(stFilename As String) As Boolean
' stFilename is the full URL to a document in a Document Library.
'
Dim wb As Excel.Workbook
Dim dlvVersions As Office.DocumentLibraryVersions
Dim dlvVersion As Office.DocumentLibraryVersion
Dim stExtension As String
Dim iPosExt As Long
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(viRow, 1) = stFilename
If Workbooks.CanCheckOut(stFilename) = True Then
Set wb = Workbooks.Open(stFilename, , True)
Set dlvVersions = wb.DocumentLibraryVersions
If dlvVersions.IsVersioningEnabled = True Then
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(viRow, 3) = "Num
Versions = " & dlvVersions.Count
For Each dlvVersion In dlvVersions
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(viRow, 4) = "Version: " & dlvVersion.Index
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(viRow, 5) = "Modified Date: " & dlvVersion.Modified
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(viRow, 6) = "Modified by: " & dlvVersion.ModifiedBy
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(viRow, 7) = "Comments: " & dlvVersion.Comments
viRow = viRow + 1
Next dlvVersion
End If
wb.Close False
End If
Set wb = Nothing
DoEvents
End Function`
Fortunately, I discovered that Excel can open non-Excel files in most
cases. I.e., I can, for example, open a jpg file in Excel and use the
dlvVersions collection for that file.