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Old 02-20-2015, 10:10 AM
harry.ayre harry.ayre is offline When content controls are deleted, my macro does not work as I would like. Windows 7 64bit When content controls are deleted, my macro does not work as I would like. Office 2013
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Hi

I have been using the forums on this site for some time and have found them incredibly useful. Thank you!

I have a large number of word forms with content controls in paragraphs of text as well as tables. I also have an excel sheet which pulls the values in the word form fields, in order from left to right, in to the excel sheet.

Here is a copy of the code I am using. I got it from http://www.vbaexpress.com/forum/show...l=1#post257696

Sub GetFormData()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim wdApp As New Word.Application
Dim wdDoc As Word.Document
Dim CCtrl As Word.ContentControl
Dim strFolder As String, strFile As String
Dim WkSht As Worksheet, i As Long, j As Long
strFolder = GetFolder
If strFolder = "" Then Exit Sub
Set WkSht = ActiveSheet
i = WkSht.Cells(WkSht.Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
strFile = Dir(strFolder & "\*.doc", vbNormal)
While strFile <> ""
i = i + 1
Set wdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(Filename:=strFolder & "\" & strFile, AddToRecentFiles:=False, Visible:=False)
With wdDoc
j = 0
For Each CCtrl In .ContentControls


j = j + 1
WkSht.Cells(i, j) = CCtrl.Range.Text
Next
End With
wdDoc.Close SaveChanges:=False
strFile = Dir()
Wend
wdApp.Quit
Set wdDoc = Nothing: Set wdApp = Nothing: Set WkSht = Nothing
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub


Function GetFolder() As String
Dim oFolder As Object
GetFolder = ""
Set oFolder = CreateObject("Shell.Application").BrowseForFolder( 0, "Choose a folder", 0)
If (Not oFolder Is Nothing) Then GetFolder = oFolder.Items.Item.Path
Set oFolder = Nothing
End Function


Public Sub ClearSheet()


'Clear Sheet Data'


Rows("6:2000").Select
Selection.ClearContents
End Sub


The problem that I'm having is that users of the forms cannot delete any of the form fields in the word forms. If this occurs, the excel does not account for the deleted form field. Is there any way that I can code something which will leave a blank cell in excel where the form field was deleted?

Any help would be very appreciated.

Thanks!
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Old 02-22-2015, 11:27 PM
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The problem is that you are counting controls to determine which column to fill. The macro has no way of knowing that you have removed a control so it works on the basis that the new count is correct. You need to address the controls by name and fill the column related to that control name e.g.

Code:
        For Each CCtrl In .ContentControls
            Select Case CCtrl.Title
                Case "Title1": WkSht.Cells(i, 1) = CCtrl.Range.Text
                Case "Title2": WkSht.Cells(i, 2) = CCtrl.Range.Text
                    'etc
            End Select
        Next oCC
This will mean that you will have to add names to the CCs before they are filled by your users.
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Old 02-23-2015, 10:35 AM
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Thank you, this is very very useful. Would you have any suggestions for how I can then edit the excel macro so that each tag is assigned a specific column?

Thanks so much
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