How to add rows to a merged Word table? - vba

Question

This is how the table looks like.
Code:
Sub WordTableTester()
Dim CurrentTable As table
Dim wdDoc As Document
Dim Rw As Long, col As Long
Dim wdFileName
wdFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Word files (*.docx),*.docx", , "Please choose a file containing requirements to be imported")
If wdFileName = False Then Exit Sub '(user cancelled import file browser)
Set wdDoc = GetObject(wdFileName) 'open Word file
With wdDoc
Set CurrentTable = wdDoc.Tables(1)
Rw = 9: col = CurrentTable.Columns.Count
wdDoc.Range(CurrentTable.Cell(Rw, 1).Range.start, _
CurrentTable.Cell(Rw, col).Range.start).Select
wdDoc.Application.Selection.InsertRowsBelow
End With
End Sub
When I run this, I get the an error message: Run-Time error '5941': The requested member of the collection does not exist.
Note: I'm running a VBA Excel Macro and importing/adding rows to a table in a Word Doc

Answer 1

Working with merged rows in MS Word Table is slightly tricky.
Is this what you want?
Sub Sample()
Dim CurrentTable As Table
Dim wdDoc As Document
Dim Rw As Long, col As Long
Set wdDoc = ActiveDocument '<~~ Created this for testing
Set CurrentTable = wdDoc.Tables(1)
Rw = 9: col = CurrentTable.Columns.Count
wdDoc.Range(CurrentTable.Cell(Rw, 1).Range.Start, _
CurrentTable.Cell(Rw, col).Range.Start).Select
wdDoc.Application.Selection.InsertRowsBelow
End Sub
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Edit
You table's format is all screwed up. Table was created with few rows and then the cells were merged/split to create new rows and hence you were getting the error. Also since you are automating word from excel, I would recommend the following way.
Try this
Sub WordTableTester()
Dim oWordApp As Object, oWordDoc As Object, CurrentTable As Object
Dim flName As Variant
Dim Rw As Long, col As Long
flName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Word files (*.docx),*.docx", _
, "Please choose a file containing requirements to be imported")
If flName = False Then Exit Sub
Set oWordApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
oWordApp.Visible = True
Set oWordDoc = oWordApp.Documents.Open(flName)
Set CurrentTable = oWordDoc.Tables(1)
Rw = 7: col = CurrentTable.Columns.Count
oWordDoc.Range(CurrentTable.Cell(Rw, 1).Range.Start, _
CurrentTable.Cell(Rw, col).Range.Start).Select
oWordDoc.Application.Selection.InsertRowsBelow
End Sub