I have written a macro in excel that carries out the actions I need. However the issue comes in when I need the macro to be run in a new download. Obviously the macro will not be in this file. What I want to create is a file that will allow me to run this macro without having to copy and paste every time. After doing some research, I have found out this could be possible via a VBScript file. I have researched 2 methods and can't get either to work. They are, to open the file and try and execute the macro using a call function, and having the macro within the VBS File (I have made all the changes to the macro I know of to try and make it VBS) and the other method is to use the VBS file to create a new module and add the Macro code into the file. But I can't get anything to work. I can get the file to open and do little silly things like pop up messages, but that's all I have managed. Any help will be appreciated :) Thanks
(the question that is the same as mine, can someone explain what is happening with it, because I have looked at it and there is hardly any of it that I can follow)
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I wrote a macro that now is causing issues with MS Word. I can only open the document in safe mode and cannot figure out how to delete the macro from safe mode. I don't have access to any of the features in safe mode and the macro isn't even showing up. I tried changing the Trust Center settings but none of those options make a difference. Unfortunately I was very dumb and made it a macro on all documents so I can't open any documents without going into safe mode. help!
To be more specific, I believe the code that broke my MS Word was a OnError GoTo ErrorHandler where I tell it to skip to the next if there is an error. I am working on converting equations to a professional format and some of them don't have the right syntax for the conversion so for now I wanted it to ignore those equations and convert the next equation. That is the only change I have made recently that could be the problem.
An additional edit: the macro is coded to run on open. It was running fine before I added the ErrorHandler. I'm sure this is also a huge part of the problem, but a simple solution may not be the right fix since it automatically runs when I open the document. I can't access anything in safe mode.
If you are talking about the "Normal" document in the project explorer, resetting it is easy.
Simply navigate to %AppData%\Microsoft\Templates and either delete or rename the Normal.docm file. Once you reopen Word it will regenerate a brand new file automatically - one that contains no code.
You created an AutoOpen macro which only fires when a document is opened. Presumably this macro is stored in your Normal template.
When you first start Word the macro should not run as you are not opening a document. If Word doesn’t automatically create a new blank document you can safely do so. You will then be able to access and edit the macro you created.
We have a single user unable to execute a specific macro in an XLSM file using Excel 2013. The issue seems to be tied to the user's entitlements because he gets the same error even on a freshly imaged machine. I would love to know if anyone has seen this issue before so we can pinpoint what's causing it internally. This can't be replicated by any other user, but is persistent to the user's account on any PC.
When he tries to execute a macro, nothing happens. No error message. Just nothing. On further review, the macro name looks weird in the macros window. It looks like (File Name).xlsm'!(Sheet Name).(Macro Name) instead of just listing the macro name. Screenshot here:
The macro is a public sub sitting on the sheet. If I move the code to a module, the name displays correctly and the macro runs, but that's not the way the code was designed to function. I'm not looking for help with the code. (This isn't mine to change and it works fine for dozens of users.) But I would be extremely grateful if someone familiar with this could give me an idea of what's happening here and perhaps why it could be tied to a user's corporate entitlements.
Thank you!
in MS Excel I have been distributing a xls-file that contains a macro. From the users "random" current open workbook I have successfully been calling this macro by telling Word in which file to look for it. Like this, when the user clicks a button on the ribbon:
C:\\"'MyExcelFileWithTheMacro.xls'!MyMacroName"
Can I do the same in MS Word?
That is, to call a macro in a Word-file located in any given folder from an instance of Word that has not opened that file?
I have tried, of course, but Word keeps saying it can't find the macro.
The reason I want to do it this way is that it is makes for easy distribution and updating of the macro. Next up is signing the macro. I hope it can be done when doing things this way, but not sure.
No, it's not possible to call and run a macro in any Office application if the file that contains the macro is not loaded in the application interface.
That being said, if you place the macro in a *.dotm template and have the user put the template in the STARTUP folder used by the Word application, then Word will load the template as an "Add-in". And in that case you should be able to access the macro.
Or, if you don't want it in the Startup folder and you have code that automates the Word.Application, anyway, then that code can load the *.dotm as an "Addin", which should make the macro available (and remove it when you're done with it). Research Application.Addins.Load and Addin.Installed in the Word language reference as well as on-line for examples.
I have an Excel 2010 file (.xlsm) that contains code in a few modules including ThisWorkbook. The ThisWorkbook module contains a few Event procedures, including a _SheetActivate event.
I have a button on one sheet that, when clicked, activates a different sheet.
Today after working on some code in one of the regular modules, I clicked the button and got a
Run time error '-2147417848 (80010108)'
Method 'Activate' of object '_Worksheet' failed.
Any attempt to activate a different sheet (manually or programmatically) crashes the Application.
After some extensive research, all I found was this page which gives further information regarding the error:
-2147417848 (80010108): The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
Resolving the error isn't so much of a concern to me because I don't need that particular event anymore. However, I do need to figure out why Excel keeps crashing. I tried to delete the code, but Excel crashed. So I tried commenting the code out, but Excel still crashed. Alas, everything I've tried has resulted in a crash. This leads me to believe that something must be corrupt in the script within that module (the code in other modules seems to work fine, but none of the other procedures activate a sheet).
I've read that an option would be to copy everything (including code) over to a new workbook, but I'd like to avoid that if possible as that would require copying more than the current sheet...but I can't copy the other sheets without Excel crashing. Does anyone have any ideas on how I could remove/delete the code from ThisWorkbook?
After too many crashes to count, I was finally able to resolve the issue.
First I copied the code (Ctrl + C) from ThisWorkbook that I wanted to be able to use later and pasted it into a blank notebook file. Then I did as Patrick suggested and exported the regular modules.
At this point, I tried programmatically removing the code, but Excel crashed again. Then it dawned on me that I didn't have to delete the code manually or programmatically; I just saved the file as an .xlsx document which by design removes the code.
From there I closed the file, opened it back up, and imported the .bas files I'd exported earlier. The last step before I saved the file in .xlsm format was to paste the copied code from the first step back into ThisWorkbook.
Everything works like a charm now. Thanks for the help! Cheers!
I have added a toolbar menu for my macro, so I can just press the button and it runs my macro from any excel document. Every time I run the macro though, it opens the source file containing the macro. Is there a way that it won't open the source file and just run the macro? (even opening and closing wouldn't too much of an issue, but I'd prefer not opening it at all)
I haven't been able to find any information about this, so all help to get me started is appreciated.
You can't pull code out of the air to run it; Excel's going to have to open the file the code's stored in to run the code.
If I understand it correctly, you can create an Excel add-in from your code and have the add-in load automatically when Excel starts. Your code will always be available in that case.
This seems like a good place to start:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140990(v=office.10).aspx
USE YOUR PERSONAL MACRO WORKBOOK
Open the VBEditor and find the module containing your macro.
Copy that code.
Now in the VBProject Panel on the left, locate your PERSONAL.XLS or PERSONAL.XLSB project. This is the project where you store macros you want available at all times. Add a module to that project and put your code into it.
Now update your "button" so that it points to the macro in that workbook and you're good to go.
On the off chance your PERSONAL.XLS project does not exist, use the macro recorder to record a "junk" macro and be sure to set it to "Store Macro In: Personal Macro Workbook"... that will create it for you the first time.