Hi guys
I am trying to make a button in my excel-sheet that simply starts a MailMerge in word (for that my colleagues can use my work, too).
Depending on the value in row A it has to open 3 different word docs and do the mail merge:
- if value in A = 1 then doe the mailmerge for "sb1.docx"
- if value in A = 2 then doe the mailmerge for "sb2.docx"
- if value in A = 3 then doe the mailmerge for "sb3.docx"
Because we need single word docs for every entry in excel, I already use a macro, when i open the word docs and start mail merge manually (sadly my colleagues dont have enough knowhow to do that, thats why I try to create the button in excel):
Code:
Sub aaaaSerienbrief()
' set variables
Dim iBrief As Integer, sBrief As String
Dim AppShell As Object
Dim BrowseDir As Variant
Dim Path As String
' catch any errors
On Error GoTo ErrorHandling
' determine path
Set AppShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set BrowseDir = AppShell.BrowseForFolder(0, "Speicherort für Serienbriefe auswählen", 0, 16) _
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If BrowseDir = "Desktop" Then
Path = CreateObject("WScript.Shell").SpecialFolders("Desktop")
Else
Path = BrowseDir.items().Item().Path
End If
If Path = "" Then GoTo ErrorHandling
Path = Path & "\Serienbrief-" & Format(Now, "dd.mm.yyyy-hh.mm.ss") & "\"
MkDir Path
On Error GoTo ErrorHandling
' hide application for better performance
MsgBox "Serienbriefe werden exportiert. Dieser Vorganag kann einige Minuten dauern - _
Microsoft Word wird während dieser Zeit ausgeblendet", vbOKOnly + vbInformation
Application.Visible = False
' create bulkletter and export as docx
With ActiveDocument.MailMerge
.DataSource.ActiveRecord = 1
Do
.Destination = wdSendToNewDocument
.SuppressBlankLines = True
With .DataSource
.FirstRecord = .ActiveRecord
.LastRecord = .ActiveRecord
sBrief = Path & .DataFields("ID").Value & ".docx"
End With
.Execute Pause:=False
If .DataSource.DataFields("ID").Value > "" Then
ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:=sBrief, FileFormat:=wdFormatdocx
End If
ActiveDocument.Close False
If .DataSource.ActiveRecord < .DataSource.RecordCount Then
.DataSource.ActiveRecord = wdNextRecord
Else
Exit Do
End If
Loop
End With
' error handling
ErrorHandling:
Application.Visible = True
If Err.Number = 76 Then
MsgBox "Der ausgewählte Speicherort ist ungültig", vbOKOnly + vbCritical
ElseIf Err.Number = 5852 Then
MsgBox "Das Dokument ist kein Serienbrief"
ElseIf Err.Number = 4198 Then
MsgBox "Der ausgewählte Speicherort ist ungültig", vbOKOnly + vbCritical
ElseIf Err.Number = 91 Then
MsgBox "Exportieren von Serienbriefen abgebrochen", vbOKOnly + vbExclamation
ElseIf Err.Number > 0 Then
MsgBox "Unbekannter Fehler: " & Err.Number & " - Bitte Makro erneut ausführen.", _
vbOKOnly + vbCritical
Else
MsgBox "Serienbriefe erfolgreich exportiert", vbOKOnly + vbInformation
End If
End Sub
Can I somehow integrate this word-vba-code into excel and make a button that automatically merges all entries into the right word docs?