Replacing an InputBox with a Userform (combobox)? - vba

Question

Forgive my noob-ery. Assistance greatly appreciated!!!!
Purpose of macro: Fill in form in Microsoft Word with text originating in an Excel workbook from a specified worksheet.
My problem: Selecting said worksheet to draw that information from and integrating result into my code. Using an InputBox for now but would like to replace said InputBox with a UserForm with a ComboBox- giving pre-set choice for worksheet names (these never change).
I've created the UserForm with the choices. How do I get my code to initialize it? And how do I get my code to use the result from the ComboBox?
Sub Ooopsie()
Dim objExcel As New Excel.Application
Dim exWb As Excel.Workbook
Dim exSh As Excel.Worksheet
Dim strSheetName As String
Dim strDefaultText As String
strDefaultText = "sheet name here"
strSheetName = InputBox( _
Prompt:="The sheet name is?", _
Title:="Sheet Name?", _
Default:=strDefaultText _
)
If strSheetName = strDefaultText Or strSheetName = vbNullString Then Exit Sub
Set exWb = objExcel.Workbooks.Open("path to worksheet")
ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Rows(3).Cells(1).Range.Text = "Blah: " & exWb.Sheets(strSheetName).Cells(3, 3)
ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Rows(5).Cells(1).Range.Text = "blah blah : " & Chr(11) & "blah: " & exWb.Sheets(strSheetName).Cells(3, 1)
ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Rows(6).Cells(1).Range.Text = "Date de réception : " & Chr(11) & "Date Received : " & exWb.Sheets(strSheetName).Cells(3, 2)
ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Rows(7).Cells(1).Range.Text = "blah d : " & Chr(11) & "Deadline: " & exWb.Sheets(strSheetName).Cells(3, 4)
exWb.Close
Set exWb = Nothing
End Sub

Answer 1

I refined your code some. This should get you started. I reworked it to make it easier for you to see what's going on. Instead of opening an existing workbook I create a new workbook. I left the Inputbox in there with some error handling so you get an idea of what you should do. The code now right from the MS Word table to Excel.
Option Explicit
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim xlApp, xlWB, xlWS
Dim strSheetName As String, strDefaultText As String
Dim tbl As Table
strDefaultText = "Sheet1"
strSheetName = InputBox( _
Prompt:="The sheet name is?", _
Title:="Sheet Name?", _
Default:=strDefaultText)
Set xlApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set xlWB = xlApp.Workbooks.Add
On Error Resume Next
Set xlWS = xlWB.WorkSheets(strSheetName)
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
MsgBox "Worksheet [" & strSheetName & " Not Found", vbCritical, "Action Cancelled"
xlWB.Close False
xlApp.Quit
Exit Sub
End If
On Error GoTo 0
xlApp.Visible = True
On Error Resume Next
If ActiveDocument.Tables.Count > 0 Then
Set tbl = ActiveDocument.Tables(1)
xlWS.Cells(3, 3) = tbl.Rows(3).Cells(1).Range.Text
xlWS.Cells(3, 1) = tbl.Rows(5).Cells(1).Range.Text
xlWS.Cells(3, 2) = tbl.Rows(6).Cells(1).Range.Text
xlWS.Cells(3, 4) = tbl.Rows(7).Cells(1).Range.Text
End If
Set xlWB = Nothing
Set xlApp = Nothing
End Sub
It is worth noting that you can't instantiate Excel from MS Word like this without a reference to the Microsoft Excel 12.0 I think is?
Dim objExcel As New Excel.Application
Use this instead
Dim objExcel as Variant
Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
I know that this is not a chat forum but I am open to opinions and advice. I am only a hobbist after all.
Update here is how one way add items to a combobox
For Each xlSheet In xlWB.Worksheets
ComboBox1.AddItem xlSheet.Name
Next

Answer 2

So you've created a form called UserForm1.
You can display it as a modal dialog using the default instance:
UserForm1.Show vbModal
But a better practice would be to instantiate it instead - forms are objects after all, so you can New them up like any other class module:
Dim view As UserForm1
Set view = New UserForm1
view.Show vbModal
You can add properties to your form's code-behind to expose values the calling code can use:
Public Property Get SheetName() As String
SheetName = ComboBox1.Text
End Property
So you can now write a function that does this:
Private Function GetSheetName() As String
Dim view As UserForm1
Set view = New UserForm1
view.Show vbModal
GetSheetName = view.SheetName
End Function
Now you can replace your InputBox call with a call to this GetSheetName function!
Of course you'll want to handle the case where the user cancels out of the form, but that's beyond the scope of this question, and... it's been asked on this site already, just search and you'll find!