Rename and save ActiveDocument with VBA - vba

Question

Is it possible to rename the activedocument (the word document that I'm running the macro from) with VBA?
Right now I'm saving my activedocument under a new name and then attempt to delete the original. The latter part won't go through, so the original never gets deleted.
Anyone know if this is even possible?

Answer 1

I spent a lot of time doing this recently, because I disliked having to delete previous files when I did "Save As" - I wanted a "Save as and delete old file" answer. My answer is copied from here.
I added it to the quicklaunch bar which works wonderfully.
Insert following code into normal.dotm template (found in C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates for Windows 7 for Word)
Save normal.dotm
Add this to the quicklaunch toolbar in Word.
Optional - remap a keyboard shortcut to this
Optional - digitally sign your template (recommended)
Note this actually moves the old file to the Recycle Bin rather than trashing completely and also sets the new file name in a very convenient fashion.
Option Explicit
'To send a file to the recycle bin, we'll need to use the Win32 API
'We'll be using the SHFileOperation function which uses a 'struct'
'as an argument. That struct is defined here:
Private Type SHFILEOPSTRUCT
hwnd As Long
wFunc As Long
pFrom As String
pTo As String
fFlags As Integer
fAnyOperationsAborted As Long
hNameMappings As Long
lpszProgressTitle As Long
End Type
' function declaration:
Private Declare Function SHFileOperation Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "SHFileOperationA" (lpFileOp As SHFILEOPSTRUCT) As Long
'there are some constants to declare too
Private Const FO_DELETE = &H3
Private Const FOF_ALLOWUNDO = &H40
Private Const FOF_NOCONFIRMATION = &H10
Private Const FOF_SILENT = &H4
Function RecycleFile(FileName As String, Optional UserConfirm As Boolean = True, Optional HideErrors As Boolean = False) As Long
'This function takes one mandatory argument (the file to be recycled) and two
'optional arguments: UserConfirm is used to determine if the "Are you sure..." dialog
'should be displayed before deleting the file and HideErrors is used to determine
'if any errors should be shown to the user
Dim ptFileOp As SHFILEOPSTRUCT
'We have declared FileOp as a SHFILEOPSTRUCT above, now to fill it:
With ptFileOp
.wFunc = FO_DELETE
.pFrom = FileName
.fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO
If Not UserConfirm Then .fFlags = .fFlags + FOF_NOCONFIRMATION
If HideErrors Then .fFlags = .fFlags + FOF_SILENT
End With
'Note that the entire struct wasn't populated, so it would be legitimate to change it's
'declaration above and remove the unused elements. The reason we don't do that is that the
'struct is used in many operations, some of which may utilise those elements
'Now invoke the function and return the long from the call as the result of this function
RecycleFile = SHFileOperation(ptFileOp)
End Function
Sub renameAndDelete()
' Store original name
Dim sOriginalName As String
sOriginalName = ActiveDocument.FullName
' Save As
Dim sFilename As String, fDialog As FileDialog, ret As Long
Set fDialog = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogSaveAs)
'set initial name so you don't have to navigate to
fDialog.InitialFileName = sOriginalName
ret = fDialog.Show
If ret <> 0 Then
sFilename = fDialog.SelectedItems(1)
Else
Exit Sub
End If
Set fDialog = Nothing
'only do this if the file names are different...
If (sFilename <> sOriginalName) Then
'I love vba's pretty code
ActiveDocument.SaveAs2 FileName:=sFilename, FileFormat:= _
wdFormatXMLDocument, LockComments:=False, Password:="", AddToRecentFiles _
:=True, WritePassword:="", ReadOnlyRecommended:=False, EmbedTrueTypeFonts _
:=False, SaveNativePictureFormat:=False, SaveFormsData:=False, _
SaveAsAOCELetter:=False, CompatibilityMode:=14
' Delete original (don't care about errors, I guess)
Dim hatersGonnaHate As Integer
hatersGonnaHate = RecycleFile(sOriginalName, False, True)
End If
End Sub