Search word doc for text and paste into excel file - vba

Question

I'm pretty sure I'm real close on this one, I used a combination of this question for text selection and this other question regarding importing tables for what I've gotten so far.
I'm trying to find certain value in a word file, with the most identifiable preceding text being a "VALUE DATE" on the line above it. The value I want is in the line below this "VALUE DATE". I want the macro to be able to search the word doc for the desired text and paste it into excel, as normally we would have to do this manually about 50 times. Very tedious.
For reference here's what the text looks like in the word doc.
TRANSACTIONS VALUE DATE
31-08-15 X,XXX.XX
I want to pull value X,XXX.XX and paste it into a destination in excel, let's just use A1 for simplicity.
Sub wordscraper9000()
Dim oWordApp As Object, oWordDoc As Object
Dim FlName As String
'''''dim tbl as object --> make string
Dim TextToFind As String, TheContent As String
Dim rng1 As Word.Range
FlName = Application.InputBox("Enter filepath of .doc with desired information")
'establish word app object
On Error Resume Next
Set oWordApp = GetObject(, "Word.application")
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
Set oWordApp = CreateObject("Word.application")
End If
Err.Clear
On Error GoTo 0
oWordApp.Visible = True
'open word doc
Set oWordDoc = oWordApp.documents.Open(FlName)
'--> enter something that will skip if file already open
'''''set tbl = oworddoc.tables(1) --> set word string
'declare excel objects
Dim wb As Workbook, ws As Worksheet
'Adding New Workbook
Set wb = Workbooks.Add
'Saving the Workbook
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs "C:\Users\iansch\Desktop\DummyWB.xlsx"
Set ws = wb.Sheets(1)
'what text to look for
TextToFind = "VALUE DATE"
'''''problems here below
Set rng1 = oWordApp.ActiveDocument.Content
rng.Find.Execute findtext:=TextToFind, Forward:=True
If rng1.Find.found Then
If rng1.Information(wdwithintable) Then
TheContent = rng.Cells(1).Next.Range.Text 'moves right on row
End If
Else
MsgBox "Text '" & TextToFind & "' was not found!"
End If
'copy text range and paste into cell A1
'tbl.range.copy
ws.Range("A1").Activate
ws.Paste
End Sub
At the line
set rng1.oWordApp.ActiveDocument.Content
I get a run-time 8002801d error - automation error, library not registered.
I couldn't find anything on here that was perfect for my case, however the 2nd question I linked to is very, very close to what I want, however I'm trying to import text rather than a table.

Answer 1

This will extract the "X,XXX.XX" value into a new Excel file, sheet 1, cell A1:
Option Explicit
Public Sub wordscraper9000()
Const FIND_TXT As String = "VALUE DATE"
Const OUTPUT As String = "\DummyWB.xlsx"
Dim fName As Variant, wrdApp As Object, wrdTxt As Variant, sz As Long, wb As Workbook
fName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Word Files (*.Doc*),*.Doc*", , _
"Enter filepath of .doc with desired information")
If fName <> False Then
'get Word text --------------------------------------------------------------------
On Error Resume Next
Set wrdApp = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
Set wrdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
Err.Clear
End If: wrdApp.Visible = False
wrdTxt = wrdApp.Documents.Open(fName).Content.Text: wrdApp.Quit
'get value ------------------------------------------------------------------------
sz = InStr(1, wrdTxt, FIND_TXT, 1)
If Len(sz) > 0 Then
wrdTxt = Trim(Right(wrdTxt, Len(wrdTxt) - sz - Len(FIND_TXT)))
wrdTxt = Split(Trim(Right(wrdTxt, InStr(wrdTxt, " "))))(0)
'save to Excel ----------------------------------------------------------------
Set wb = Workbooks.Add
wb.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 1) = wrdTxt
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
wb.Close True, CreateObject("WScript.Shell").SpecialFolders("Desktop") & OUTPUT
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
End If
End If
End Sub
.
This code is specific to this pattern:
"Reference" (any # of spaces) (any word without a space) (any # of spaces) "ExtractValue"
Search for reference (FIND_TXT)
Find and skip the next word (text without a space in it) after any number of spaces or empty lines
Extract the second word, separated by any number of spaces or lines from the skipped first word

Answer 2

Modifying your code a bit and if the information you want is in a fixed position within a Word table, you can do this:
Sub wordscraper90000()
Dim oWordApp As Object, oWordDoc As Object
Dim FlName As String
Dim TheContent As String
FlName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Word Files (*.Doc*),*.Doc*", , _
"Enter filepath of .doc with desired information")
'establish word app object
On Error Resume Next
Set oWordApp = GetObject(, "Word.application")
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
Set oWordApp = CreateObject("Word.application")
End If
Err.Clear
On Error GoTo 0
oWordApp.Visible = True
'open word doc
Set oWordDoc = oWordApp.Documents.Open(FlName)
'declare excel objects
Dim wb As Workbook, ws As Worksheet
'Adding New Workbook
Set wb = Workbooks.Add
'Saving the Workbook
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs "C:\Users\iansch\Desktop\DummyWB.xlsx"
Set ws = wb.Sheets(1)
TheContent = oWordDoc.Tables.Item(1).Cell(2, 3).Range.Text
ws.Range("A1").Activate
ws.Range("A1").Value = Trim(Replace(TheContent, Chr(7), Chr(32))) 'Remove strange character at the end
End Sub
Whereas the data to be extracted it is in row 2, column 3: