I can see my pdf file
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim FILENAME As String
FILENAME = "C:\Users\USER\Desktop\abandon.pdf"
AcroPDF5.LoadFile FILENAME
End Sub
But I want search in my pdf and find abandon and show it on a label on a form.
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I am writing a text editor in Visual Basic. It mostly works but I want to be able to click on a *.txt file in explorer and choose Open With to open it in my program. How can I implement this?
You really don't need all of File Explorer to accomplish this. Use the OpenFileDialog class. The you can read the file into the text box. Make sure the text box you are using has Multiline set to True.
Private Sub OpenFileInTextBox()
Dim OFD As New OpenFileDialog
OFD.InitialDirectory = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments)
OFD.Filter = "Text Files (*.txt)|*.txt"
Dim fileSelected As String = ""
If OFD.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
fileSelected = OFD.FileName
Else
MessageBox.Show("Not file selected")
Exit Sub
End If
TextBox1.Text = File.ReadAllText(fileSelected)
End Sub
I can create a docx file from dotx file with vb.net. However, I need a pdf file from this dotx file template. I tried to create a pdf file from the MS Office Word by saving itself as pdf, I hope that it can be done also by coding in vb.net
Imports Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
Public Class frmWordTemplate
Private wdApp As Word.Application
Private wdDocs As Word.Documents
Const sPath As String = "D:\"
Private sFileName As String
Private Sub btnCreate_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnCreate.Click
sFileName = "export-file"
wdApp = New Word.Application
wdDocs = wdApp.Documents
Dim wdDoc As Word.Document = wdDocs.Add(sPath & "template_sample.dotx")
Dim wdBooks As Word.Bookmarks = wdDoc.Bookmarks
wdBooks("bkClient_name").Range.Text = txtClient.Text.ToString
wdBooks("bkDate").Range.Text = dtpDate.Text.ToString
wdDoc.SaveAs2(sPath & sFileName & ".docx")
ReleaseObject(wdBooks)
wdDoc.Close(False)
ReleaseObject(wdDoc)
ReleaseObject(wdDocs)
wdApp.Quit()
Adding a fileformat in saving
wdDoc.SaveAs2(sPath & sFileName & ".pdf", Word.WdSaveFormat.wdFormatPDF)
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I've ended up cleaning up someone's mess on a Word document that's used throughout my company. It is a macro-heavy document that needs to be saved as a .docm exclusively. I'm worried about it getting "save as"-d as something other than a .docm, but I can't seem to find a way to limit the save as file picker or swap out the extension on save as while still using VBA.
How can I achieve this?
Edit: Some of the things I've tried, to no avail:
This has the right idea, but doesn't actually limit the filetypes down on save https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_word-mso_other/how-to-set-path-for-wddialogfilesaveas-dialog/535b7f9c-9972-425c-8483-35387a97d61d
Towards the bottom, Microsoft says that SaveAs isn't compatible with filter.clear and filter.add https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/aa219834(v=office.11).aspx
In order to hijack the native "SaveAs" dialog in Word, you need to lever the Application-level event for DocumentBeforeSave, and then call the FileDialog manually, in order to validate the extension.
1. Create a standard code module and name it modEventHandler. Put the following code in it.
Option Explicit
Public TrapFlag As Boolean
Public cWordObject As New cEventClass
'You may not need these in a DOCM, but I needed to implement this in an ADD-IN
Sub TrapEvents()
If TrapFlag Then
Exit Sub
End If
Set cWordObject.DOCEvent = Application
TrapFlag = True
End Sub
Sub ReleaseTrap()
If TrapFlag Then
Set cWordObject.DOCEvent = Nothing
Set cWordObject = Nothing
TrapFlag = False
End If
End Sub
2. Create a Class Module called cEventClass and put this code in the module:
Option Explicit
Public WithEvents DOCEvent As Application
Private Sub DOCEvent_DocumentBeforeSave(ByVal Doc As Document, SaveAsUI As Boolean, Cancel As Boolean)
' Do not prevent SAVEAS for *other* documents
If ObjPtr(Doc) <> ObjPtr(ThisDocument) Then
Exit Sub
End If
If SaveAsUI Then
' The user has invoked SAVE AS command , so we will hijack this and use our own FileDialog
Call CustomSaveAs(Doc)
' Prevent duplicate appearance of the SAVEAS FileDialog
Cancel = True
End If
End Sub
Private Sub CustomSaveAs(ByRef Doc As Document)
Dim fd As FileDialog
Dim filename$
Set fd = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogSaveAs)
fd.Show
If fd.SelectedItems.Count = 0 Then Exit Sub
filename = fd.SelectedItems(1)
If Not Right(filename, 4) = "docm" Then
' ### DO NOT EXECUTE this dialog unless it matches our .DOCM file extension
MsgBox "This document should only be saved as a DOCM / Macro-Enabled Document", vbCritical, "NOT SAVED!"
Else
fd.Execute
End If
End Sub
3. In ThisDocument module, do the following code:
Private Sub Document_Close()
Call modEventHandler.ReleaseTrap
End Sub
Private Sub Document_Open()
Call modEventHandler.TrapEvents
End Sub
How Does This Work?
ThisDocument raises the Document_Open event which calls on the TrapEvents procedure.
TrapEvents procedure creates a WithEvents instance of Word.Application class, exposing additional events to automation. One of these is DocumentBeforeSave.
We use the DocumentBeforeSave event to trap the SaveAs operation. If the User has requested a SaveAs, then we force the dialog with logic as created in CustomSaveAs procedure. This uses simple logic to test the file extension provided, and prevents the document from being saved if it is not a DOCM extension. If the FileDialog does receive a valid DOCM extension, then we Execute the dialog which saves the file as the new name.
I'm a novice with VBA and fillable fields.
However here is my question:
I have created a word template which has one fillable field called "Title"
I would like to know how to proceed to have the following:
Once I open the template as a normal .doc document, and I have finished to work with it and filled in the fillable field called title
that when I click save that the document file name automatically becomes the
text that I have within the fillable field called title.
Please help.
According to this post - How to run a macro in Word before save?, you can have your code in BeforeSave, cancel the save and run SaveAs2
Private WithEvents App As Word.Application
Private Sub Document_Open()
Set App = Word.Application
End Sub
Private Sub App_DocumentBeforeSave(ByVal Doc As Document, SaveAsUI As Boolean, Cancel As Boolean)
MsgBox ("BeforeSave")
Cancel = True
ThisDocument.SaveAs2 FileName:="test.docx"
End Sub
But beware you should check the filename in DocumentBeforeSave, if it is same as the title, you should not cancel the save.
Hi there i am looking to use the print dialog box when printing from my VB program. I am trying to print Word Documents, i can successfully print one document, however if i specify more than one document in print dialog box then the printer will still only print one. All i need is to be able to choose how many documents i want to print.
Thanks
Below is my code for the relevant button:
Private Sub Button19_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button19.Click
Dim f As New OpenFileDialog
Dim p As New PrintDialog
Dim app As Word.Application
Dim doc As Word.Document
'Open file and print dialogs to get desired document and printer
If p.ShowDialog = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
'Create instance of Word Application
app = New Word.Application
'Set Printer
app.WordBasic.FilePrintSetup(Printer:=p.PrinterSettings.PrinterName, DoNotSetAsSysDefault:=1)
'Set filename to object type
Dim filename As Object = f.FileName
Dim m As Object = System.Reflection.Missing.Value
'Open document
doc = app.Documents.Open("C:\CamJam\Tickets\Monday\drivingrange_mon_pm.docx")
'Print document
app.PrintOut()
'Close document
app.Documents.Close()
'Quit word application
app.Quit()
'Release
app = Nothing
End If
End Sub