I have two documents, one which has all the info and it is a word document, and another that is an excel document, that have just some highlights from the word document.
I want to create some links between some selected text in word and excel cells, so far the special past is doing a great job, and create link in this format
=Word.Document.12|'C:\Users\...\xxx.docx'!'!OLE_LINK9'
Now i want to copy both documents in my usb and past them in other computers, this where the problem is, i would have to do the special past all over again since the path is different now, what i though as a solution was to put the path to the word document in cell let say A1 and concatenate the formula above, something like
=Word.Document.12|A1!'!OLE_LINK9'
but it doesnt work, it throws an error message, can you please help me?
PS : I would like to avoid vba if possible
PS : I would like to avoid vba if possible
I have included both ways to do it since the question is tagged with Excel-VBA as well :)
Take your pick.
VBA Way
Is this what you are trying?
Sub Sample()
Dim objOle As OLEObject
'~~> Change this to the respective Sheet name
With ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1")
'~~> This is your embedded word object
Set objOle = .OLEObjects("Object 1")
'~~> Cell A1 has a path like C:\Temp\
objOle.SourceName = "Word.Document.12|" & .Range("A1").Value & "xxx.docx!'"
End With
End Sub
Non VBA Way
Create a named range and call it say Filepath. Set the formula to
="Word.Document.12|'" & Sheet1!$A$1 & "xxx.docx'!'"
Where Cell A1 will have the file path.
Next Select your word document and in the formula bar, type =Filepath and you are done.
Related
Here's what I'm trying to do.
My Excel workbook, InspectionFormTemplate3.4.xlsm, exists as a template to copy over data from various other workbooks that have a totally different format. The code works for copying the data over, but I have 1500 reports to convert and every time I have to manually go into my code and ctrl+f replace all instances it references the report to be converted. Instead, I enter data into a cell (S50) and tried replacing the referenced file name with a variable I named oldfilename. That is what gives me an error, and that's what I'm stuck on.
I've looked around for hours in order to find something that does what I'm trying to do, but I have no real experience with VBA at all. I think this is probably just a simple syntax error.
So, here's what I tried so far with my current code.
Private Sub ConvertButton_Click()
Dim oldfilename As String
oldfilename = Range("S50")
'Name of bldg and date
Workbooks("InspectionFormTemplate2018.3.4.xlsm").Worksheets("COVER PAGE").Range("C9").Value = Workbooks("ReporttoConvert.xls").Worksheets("Cover Page").Range("B5").Value
Obviously here, "ReporttoConvert" is a placeholder for an actual workbook name. It works when I manually insert file names, but I need it to look more like this instead:
Workbooks("oldfilename")
in order for it to change to whatever I input as the file name in cell S50. I'm sure this is probably pretty simple, but I have no clue what this would be called or how to do it.
Try this, your macro enabled workbook should be saved in the same folder as the other workbooks, else you will have to change 'ThisWorkbook.path...
Dim OpenWb As String
OpenWb = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("COVER PAGE").Range("S50").Value
Workbooks.Open Filename:=ThisWorkbook.Path & "\" & OpenWb
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("COVER PAGE").Range("C9").Value = Workbooks(OpenWb).Worksheets("Cover Page").Range("B5").Value
I have inherited an Excel workbook with several worksheets, all with named tabs. I have some VBA code that runs depending on buttons and inputs. When I compare the VBAProject and the list of Excel Objects, the sheet's names match the tabs. All good so far.
However, within the VBA code and on the spreadsheets itself, it refers to other worksheets. They are still part of the workbook, and I think that the code was created, and then tabs were renamed. But I don't know how Excel keeps the connection, or, more importantly, how I am supposed to figure out the connections.
So, for instance, I have a VLOOKUP that refers to MiscDataRange
=IF((VLOOKUP(E4,MiscDataRange,4,0))="Y"...
I don't know what MiscDataRange is, but within the VBA code I find one reference. Right after specifying worksheet "Misc Interrupt", which is NOT any of the named tabs.
Worksheets("Misc Interrupt").Range("H2:H47") = "N" 'Reset to N at noon.
UpdateData
Range("MiscDataRange").ClearContents
I do have a sheet called MiscInt, and it appears to be the sheet that "Misc Interrupt" is using and MiscDataRange is referencing.
My problem is there is a hole in my knowledge - I can guess that MiscInt and Misc Interrupt are the same worksheet, that the VLookup is referring to data on the MiscInt sheet. But I am reduced to guessing. I cannot find anything in the file that maps those two as the same. Where would I look to find that?
This question seems related, except he simply has a VLookup, and isn't looking at the VBA code: Non-existent Excel Worksheet, but Formulas and Defined names still work?. In addition, from the VBA code, I can see hidden and visible worksheets.
You can open the Names manager by going to the Formula Tab and clicking Names Manager or pressing ctrl+F3 or you can paste a list of Names and what the names reference by pressing F3. It may be necessary to unhide the names first.
Sub ShowAllNames()
Dim n As Name
For Each n In ThisWorkbook.Names
n.Visible = True
Next
End Sub
If I understand your question, you're looking to find where those named ranges are.
You can use a sub like this:
Sub t()
Debug.Print "Sheet: " & Range("testNamedRange").Parent.Name
Debug.Print "Full Location: " & Range("testnamedrange").Name
Debug.Print "File path: " & Range("testnamedrange").Worksheet.Parent.Path
End Sub
Does that help?
First question, excuse me if this has already been solved, but I've searched thoroughly and cannot find an answer:
I have linked several named ranges into a word document. This word doc (and the related excel workbook with named ranges) is a template: it's for a coworker who will make many copies of these templates (of both the word doc and the excel workbook).
I would like to include a command button in the word doc that, when clicked, will update the sources for the linked named ranges. Specifically, I want it to set the workbook with the same name as the worddoc, as the source.
The issue is that it does not like the named range I have entered. I get the:
Run-time error '6083': Objects in this document contain links to files that cannot be found. The linked information will not be updated.`
However, I have quadrupled-checked my excel doc, the named range exists. AND, when I hit Alt+F9 in word, I clearly see the link contains the named range!
{LINK Excel.Sheet.8 C:\Users\Marc\Documents\WIP_SSS.xlsm CED \a \p}
Here is my code:
Public Sub ChangeSource()
Dim filename As Variant
Dim fieldcount As Integer
Dim x As Integer
filename = Left(Application.ActiveDocument.Name, Len(Application.ActiveDocument.Name) - 4) & "xlsm"
fieldcount = ActiveDocument.Fields.Count
For x = 1 To fieldcount
'Debug.Print ActiveDocument.Fields(x).Type
If ActiveDocument.Fields(x).Type = 56 Then
ActiveDocument.Fields(x).LinkFormat.SourceFullName = ActiveDocument.Path & "\" & _
filename & "!CED"
End If
Next x
End Sub
If I don't enter the named range at all, the macro works, but it embeds the entire excel worksheet (which I do not want it to do). Any ideas on how/ why it is not liking the named range?
Thanks,
Marc
UPDATE:
With help from Bibadia, I found a solution; in addition, I want to document some strange behavior exhibited by Word VBA:
First off, the solution code:
Public Sub ChangeSource()
Dim filename As Variant
Dim fieldcount As Integer
Dim x As Integer
filename = ThisDocument.Path & "\" & Left(Application.ActiveDocument.Name, Len(Application.ActiveDocument.Name) - 4) & "xlsm"
fieldcount = ActiveDocument.Fields.Count
For x = 1 To fieldcount
On Error Resume Next
If ActiveDocument.Fields(x).Type = 56 Then
ActiveDocument.Fields(x).Delete
End If
Next x
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("R1").Range.InlineShapes.AddOLEObject filename:=filename & "!Range1", LinkToFile:=True
End Sub
I first deleted all type 56 fields (linked object, or more technically, "wdfieldlinked"). Then, I added OLEObjects at pre-set bookmark locations.
Interestingly, just as Bibadia noted, the key was to input the LinkToFile:=True code. It seems Word will not accept the object if it is embedded: if I remove that line, I get the error Word Cannot obtain the data for the C:\...\document!NamedRange link.
Finally, I found one other odd behavior: When trying to simply replace the link, using this code,
ActiveDocument.Fields(1).LinkFormat.SourceFullName = filepath+name & _
"!CED" 'that is the named range
it would work once, when I changed both the word document's and the excel workbook's filenames (see original message for context). So, when the new filepath+name DID NOT match the existing filepath+name, Word VBA accepted the change. However, once initially updated, if I tried to run the macro again, I would get:
run-time error '6083': Objects in this document contain links to files that cannot be found. The linked information will not be updated.
I would get this error even if I changed the named range to another named range in the same worksheet (and obviously same workbook). So it appears that Word VBA does not like "updating" filepath+name when the filepath+name does not change.
Just so anyone who didn't know (like me) now knows. Sorry for the long update, I just wanted to be thorough.
I am not completely sure of this, but it is a little too long for a comment.
As far as I know, you can only set LinkFormat.FullSourceName to the name of a file, not a fullname + subset name, which is what you are trying to do when appending the "!CED". Although you can read the subset name (CED) from OleFormat.Label, you can't modify it as it's a read-only property.
So if you actually need to modify the subset name (CED), AFAICS the only way to do it is to delete and reinsert the LINK field. If you reinsert using Fields.Add, you just specify the text of the field, so you can get the file name and Subset name right. What is slightly confusing is that if you insert a LINK using InlineShapes.AddOleObject, you can specify fullname+subset name in exactly the way that you are trying to do in your code.
However, I do not think you are trying to modify the Subset name. So let's assume that you already have a LINK field along the lines of
{ LINK Excel.SheetMacroEnabled.12 "the full pathname of a .xlsm file" CED \a f 0 \p }
Word will only be able to update that link if the path+filename is valid (i.e. there's a .xlsm at that location, the workbook has a Range Name called CED, and the Range Name is in the first Sheet. Otherwise, you have to specify a Sheet name as well, e.g.
{ LINK Excel.SheetMacroEnabled.12 "the full pathname of a .xlsm file" Sheet2!CED \a f 0 \p }
It's just a guess, but if your code is trying to connect to a Workbook where the range defined by CED is not in the first sheet, you would see the error you describe.
Further, the scope of the CED Range Name has to be either "workbook" or the name of the first sheet. Otherwise, if the scope is the first sheet but the range is actually in another sheet, or vice versa, I do not think Word can make the connection whatever subset name you provide (my guess is that Word never really caught up with Excel after Excel introduced multi-sheet workbooks).
If CED can reference sheets other than the first one, I think you will probably have to use the Excel object model to discover which sheet its Range is in, construct the appropriate Subset name, and delete/re-insert the LINK field.
I want to make a macro that copies data from one sheet to another.
No problem, but I named the sheet with an emoji.
How can I tell VBA which sheet he has to use if the name of the sheet is for example: 🏠
Thanks in advance
You can use the AscW function to find the appropriate unicode value for the item and use that to find the correct sheet
To find the name of any given worksheet, activate the worksheet, open the VBA Editor (Alt+F11), open the Immediate Window (Ctrl+G) and type the following:
? ActiveSheet.Name
If the name for some reason is nonsensical, and only consists of a single character, run ? Asc(ActiveSheet.Name) to get the ASCII value.
Referencing an ASCII value in VBA can be done by calling Chr(putValueHere), for example like this:
Worksheets(1).Name = Chr(50)
If you have a plethora of sheets, you can print all of them by running this code:
Sub SheetNamePrinter
For i = 1 To Worksheets.Count
Debug.Print Worksheets(i).Name
Next i
End Sub
I am using a macro to populate a word document with text from named ranges in excel. The word document has bookmarks that correspond with the named excel ranges. I did not write the code, but rather copied it from another source.
There is quite a bit more to this macro than the snippet I posted. I could post the rest if that is useful. I had about half of my word document bookmarked and the macro was working fine then it suddenly stopped working.
I am receiving a error 1004 in the line highlighted below. I am a newbie so I'm not even quite sure what I should be searching for to fix this issue. Any assistance you could provide would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!
P.S. In case it's relevant, I am using Word and Excel 2007
'PASTE TEXT STRINGS LOOP
n = 1
For Each temp In BkmTxt
p = p + 1
Prompt = "Please wait. Copying text. Carrying out operation " & p & " of " & pcount & "."
Application.StatusBar = Prompt
'If The Bkmtxt(n) is empty then go to the next one, once that has been found do next operation.
If BkmTxt(n) = Empty Then
n = n + 1
'should find match and work
Else
'You might want to use multiple copies of the same text string.
'In this case you need to call the bookmark as follows: "ARTextWhatever_01"
'You can use as many bookmarks as you want.
BkmTxtSplit = Split(BkmTxt(n), "_")
vValue = Range(BkmTxtSplit(0)).Text **<----- ERROR HERE**
Set wdRng = wdApp.ActiveDocument.Bookmarks(BkmTxt(n)).Range
If Len(sFormat) = 0 Then
'replace the bookmark text
wdRng.Text = vValue
Else
'replace the bookmark text with formatted text
wdRng.Text = Format(vValue, sFormat)
End If
'Re-add the Bookmark
wdRng.Bookmarks.Add BkmTxt(n), wdRng
n = n + 1
End If
Next
Step 1: Don't copy code from external sources. Use external sources as a learning tool and try to understand what they are actually doing.
Now if I understand you correctly, you simply have an Excel sheet with named ranges, I assume they have information already within them, and a word document with bookmarks that EXACTLY match the named ranges:
Step 2: Make sure you have the word object library reference within excel
Here:
sub KeepItDoin()
dim xlRange as Excel.Range
dim wdApp as new Word.Application
dim wdDoc as Word.Document
dim wdBkm as Word.Bookmark
set wdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open( "Filepath" ) 'get filepath from where ever
for each wdBkm in wdDoc.Bookmarks
set xlRange = Application.Range(wdBkm.Name)
wdBkm.range.text = xlRange.Value
next wdBkm
end sub
That will get you close probably (didn't test, don't care if it works. Use it to learn). The idea is that if the bookmarks match up to the range, we can use their names to find the ranges in excel and then tell excel to move the data within it into the bookmarks range.
You will likely need to add some formatting or maybe create a table and then move cell by cell in the range and fill the table but this is as close as I'm willing to get since you like to copy pasta.
In case anyone is interested, I figured it out. There was an error with the bookmarks I inserted into my Word document. This macro returns Error 1004 if the word document contains a bookmark that does not correspond to a range in excel. Thank you for your help.