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learning2automate1 · 12-14-2022, 05:18 PM

Hi, I've been searching for the past few months on how to automate some of my mudane tasks at work. We typically update headers and footers or headers/footers separately to change dates or issuance names. I was able to find a macro to batch update headers which was awesome. My next task is to be able to find and replace a few words in the header and footer in multiple doc and docx files. I've tried the code mentioned however nothing happens and I believe it's because find/replace is not searching header/footer. I have another macro that works when i run it by itself however when adding it to the marco above I'm getting errors. Can you please tell me what's wrong with the macro and or how I can simplify it?

Code:

Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim strInFolder As String, strOutFold As String, strFile As String, wdDoc As Document
strInFolder = GetFolder
If strInFolder = "" Then Exit Sub
strFile = Dir(strInFolder & "\*.doc", vbNormal)
'Check for documents in the folder - exit if none found
If strFile <> "" Then strOutFold = strInFolder & "\Output"
'Test for an existing outpfolder & create one if it doesn't already exist
If Dir(strOutFold, vbDirectory) = "" Then MkDir strOutFold
strFile = Dir(strInFolder & "\*.doc", vbNormal)
While strFile <> ""
  Set wdDoc = Documents.Open(FileName:=strInFolder & "" & strFile, AddToRecentFiles:=False, ReadOnly:=True, Visible:=False)
  With wdDoc
Dim rngStory As Range

  For Each rngStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges

    With rngStory.Find

      .Text = "ICU Pavilion"

      .Replacement.Text = "ICU Pavilion Increment 5"

      .Wrap = wdFindContinue

      .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
    With rngStory.Find
    
      .Text = "DR 26"

      .Replacement.Text = "DR 44"

      .Wrap = wdFindContinue

      .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
   With rngStory.Find

      .Text = "10/03/2022"

      .Replacement.Text = "01/10/2023"

      .Wrap = wdFindContinue

      .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
 End With
    'Save and close the document
    .SaveAs FileName:=strOutFold & .Name, AddToRecentFiles:=False
    .Close
  End With
  strFile = Dir()
Wend
Set wdDoc = 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

I'm receiving "compile error: function call on left hand side of assignment must return variant object" this on GetFolder