VBA Type mismatch error when setting Excel Range in Word - vba

Question

I have the following code as part of my sub trying to assign a range:
'Set xlApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Dim xlApp As Object
Set xlApp = GetObject(, "Excel.Application")
xlApp.Visible = False
xlApp.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim CRsFile As String
Dim CRsMaxRow As Integer
' get the CR list
CRsFile = "CRs.xls"
Set CRsWB = xlApp.Workbooks.Open("C:\Docs\" + CRsFile)
With CRsWB.Worksheets("Sheet1")
.Activate
CRsMaxRow = .Range("A1").CurrentRegion.Rows.Count
Set CRs = .Range("A2:M" & CRsMaxRow)
End With
Dim interestingFiles As Range
' get the files names that we consider interesting to track
Set FilesWB = xlApp.Workbooks.Open("files.xlsx")
With FilesWB.Worksheets("files")
.Activate
Set interestingFiles = .Range("A2:E5")
End With
Do you have any idea why am I getting a run time type mismatch error?

Answer 1

If you run the code from Word then the problem is in the declaration of 'interestingFiles' variable. Range exist in Word as well so use either Variant or add reference to Excel and then use Excel.Range.
Without Excel reference:
Dim interestingFiles As Variant
And with Excel reference:
Dim interestingFiles As Excel.Range

Answer 2

Kindly set xlApp object as in below code.
Also you provide complete path for your workbook when opening it.
Sub test()
Dim interestingFiles As Range
Dim xlApp As Object
Set xlApp = GetObject(, "Excel.Application")
' get the files names
Dim path As String
path = "C:\Users\Santosh\Desktop\file1.xlsx"
Set FilesWB = xlApp.Workbooks.Open(path)
With FilesWB.Worksheets(1)
.Activate
Set interestingFiles = .Range("A2:E5")
End With
End Sub