Remove pages from a .docx

nullLF · #1 08-08-2017, 12:26 PM

Hi guys,

I am have a small problem which I was unable to solve for days now. I would be glad if you could give me some hints. I am somewhat experienced in VBA for Excel and Access. But this time I am struggling with Word.
Here is what I have:
Imagine I have a set of word documents where certain parts of the document need to be removed. I know the files and I know what needs removal. Luckily it is always a full page or multiple pages that need to go.
So I know how to parse through the files and so on. But I can not make a successful full page delete.
I try like this:

Code:

Public Sub test()
    Dim x As Document
    
    ActiveDocument.SaveAs "e:\temp\test.docm" ' please don't mind this, it is just here for testing
    Set x = Documents.Open("e:\temp\test.docm") ' this also
    ' imagine I want to everything before Page 3 and after Page 5
    DeleteBefore x, 3
    DeleteAfter x, 2
    x.Save
End Sub


Public Sub DeleteBefore(ByRef doc As Document, ByVal page_num As Long)
    Dim Rng As Range
    If page_num <= 1 Then _
        Exit Sub
    With doc
        Set Rng = .GoTo(wdGoToPage, , , 1)
        Set Rng = Rng.GoTo(wdGoToPage, , , page_num)
        Rng.Delete
    End With
End Sub

Public Sub DeleteAfter(ByRef doc As Document, ByVal page_num As Long)
    Dim Rng      As Range
    Dim max_page As Long
    max_page = doc.Content.ComputeStatistics(wdStatisticPages)
    If page_num >= max_page Then _
        Exit Sub
    With doc
        Set Rng = .GoTo(wdGoToPage, , , page_num + 1)
        Set Rng = Rng.GoTo(wdGoToPage, , , max_page)
        Rng.Delete
    End With
End Sub

Can anyone please give me some pointers how I can solve my riddle? I just need a few hints, I can do the digging myself then

Thanks O.o
nullLF

gmayor · #2 08-08-2017, 09:19 PM

There are a number of issues here:

Word is not a page layout application. There are no 'pages' in a Word document. The displayed pages are achieved by text flow and manipulation those pages will alter the text flow.

You have started by saving the document then opened it (it was already open). Then you have processed the document, before saving it again, thus overwriting the original. You might as well just save at the end - unless you saveas with a different name.

You have set the range to a location, then set it again to another location, when what you need to do is set the range to a location then move the start and/or end of the range to another location as appropriate.

The following should be closer:

Code:

Option Explicit

Public Sub Test()
Dim x As Document
    Set x = ActiveDocument
    ' imagine I want to everything before Page 3 and after Page 5
    DeleteBefore x, 3
    DeleteAfter x, 2
    x.SaveAs "e:\temp\test.docm"    ' please don't mind this, it is just here for testing
End Sub


Public Sub DeleteBefore(ByRef doc As Document, ByVal page_num As Long)
Dim Rng As Range
    If page_num <= 1 Then _
       Exit Sub
    Set Rng = doc.Range 'set a range to the document body
    Rng.Collapse 1    'collapse the range to the start of doc
    Selection.GoTo wdGoToPage, , , page_num 'find the required page
    Rng.End = doc.Bookmarks("\page").Range.Start 'set the start of the range to the start of that page
    'Rng.Select 'for testing with only one of the processes
    Rng.Delete 'delete the range
End Sub

Public Sub DeleteAfter(ByRef doc As Document, ByVal page_num As Long)
Dim Rng As Range
Dim max_page As Long
    max_page = doc.Content.ComputeStatistics(wdStatisticPages)
    If page_num >= max_page Then _
       Exit Sub
    Set Rng = doc.Range
    Rng.Collapse 1    'the start of doc
    Selection.GoTo wdGoToPage, , , page_num + 1
    Rng.Start = doc.Bookmarks("\page").Range.Start
    Rng.End = doc.Range.End
    'Rng.Select
    Rng.Delete
End Sub

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