With help from macropod in the Word General Group and Jean-Yves in this group
I think I have a start on copying all the Formfield data from a series of
Word files into Excel. But I'm stuck on a command I do not fully understand.
The intent of the code is to:
1. Dim and initialize all the variables, etc.
2. Get the first filename in a directory that holds all the relevant files
3. Open each file in turn (THIS IS THE PROBLEM AREA SO FAR)
4. Read each FormField in the open file
5. Set a cell via offsets to each Formfield value
6. Close the document and repeat from step 3
7. Quit Word and clear the objects

Here is my code so far:
Sub WordToExcel()
Dim wdApp As Word.Application
Dim wdDoc As Word.Document
Dim x As Integer
Dim y As Integer
Dim strFilename As String
Dim temp As String
Dim oFld As FormField

Set wdApp = New Word.Application
'initialise counter
x = 1
y = 1
'search for first file in directory
strFilename = Dir("C:/AAA-TriageHolder/*.doc")
Do While strFilename <> ""
Set wdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(strFilename) '//Error message results
here
With wdDoc
For Each oFld In wdDoc
temp = oFld.Result
Range("A2").Offset(x, y) = temp
y = y + 1
Next oFld
End With

wdDoc.Close
x = x + 1
strFilename = Dir
Loop
wdApp.Quit
Set wdDoc = Nothing
Set wdApp = Nothing

End Sub

As noted above, I get an error when I run the macro saying:

Run-time error '5174':
This file could not be found.
Try one or more of the following:
*Check the spelling of the name of the document.
*Try a different file name.
(A12345.doc)

The A12345.doc is the first file in the directory, so it is clearly seeing
it in order to set the strFilename, so why can it not then find the file.

Any help greatly appreciated.
ed

You probably need to include the full path, not just the filename.

"expect_ed" wrote:

> With help from macropod in the Word General Group and Jean-Yves in this group
> I think I have a start on copying all the Formfield data from a series of
> Word files into Excel. But I'm stuck on a command I do not fully understand.
> The intent of the code is to:
> 1. Dim and initialize all the variables, etc.
> 2. Get the first filename in a directory that holds all the relevant files
> 3. Open each file in turn (THIS IS THE PROBLEM AREA SO FAR)
> 4. Read each FormField in the open file
> 5. Set a cell via offsets to each Formfield value
> 6. Close the document and repeat from step 3
> 7. Quit Word and clear the objects
>
> Here is my code so far:
> Sub WordToExcel()
> Dim wdApp As Word.Application
> Dim wdDoc As Word.Document
> Dim x As Integer
> Dim y As Integer
> Dim strFilename As String
> Dim temp As String
> Dim oFld As FormField
>
> Set wdApp = New Word.Application
> 'initialise counter
> x = 1
> y = 1
> 'search for first file in directory
> strFilename = Dir("C:/AAA-TriageHolder/*.doc")
> Do While strFilename <> ""
> Set wdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(strFilename) '//Error message results
> here
> With wdDoc
> For Each oFld In wdDoc
> temp = oFld.Result
> Range("A2").Offset(x, y) = temp
> y = y + 1
> Next oFld
> End With
>
> wdDoc.Close
> x = x + 1
> strFilename = Dir
> Loop
> wdApp.Quit
> Set wdDoc = Nothing
> Set wdApp = Nothing
>
> End Sub
>
> As noted above, I get an error when I run the macro saying:
>
> Run-time error '5174':
> This file could not be found.
> Try one or more of the following:
> *Check the spelling of the name of the document.
> *Try a different file name.
> (A12345.doc)
>
> The A12345.doc is the first file in the directory, so it is clearly seeing
> it in order to set the strFilename, so why can it not then find the file.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
> ed

OK, Adjusted for the path and got it to open the file. Now it gets to:

For Each oFld in wdDoc

And I get a
Run-time error '438':
Object doesn't support this property or method

Help very appreciated.
ed
"expect_ed" wrote:

> With help from macropod in the Word General Group and Jean-Yves in this group
> I think I have a start on copying all the Formfield data from a series of
> Word files into Excel. But I'm stuck on a command I do not fully understand.
> The intent of the code is to:
> 1. Dim and initialize all the variables, etc.
> 2. Get the first filename in a directory that holds all the relevant files
> 3. Open each file in turn (THIS IS THE PROBLEM AREA SO FAR)
> 4. Read each FormField in the open file
> 5. Set a cell via offsets to each Formfield value
> 6. Close the document and repeat from step 3
> 7. Quit Word and clear the objects
>
> Here is my code so far:
> Sub WordToExcel()
> Dim wdApp As Word.Application
> Dim wdDoc As Word.Document
> Dim x As Integer
> Dim y As Integer
> Dim strFilename As String
> Dim temp As String
> Dim oFld As FormField
>
> Set wdApp = New Word.Application
> 'initialise counter
> x = 1
> y = 1
> 'search for first file in directory
> strFilename = Dir("C:/AAA-TriageHolder/*.doc")
> Do While strFilename <> ""
> Set wdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(strFilename) '//Error message results
> here
> With wdDoc
> For Each oFld In wdDoc
> temp = oFld.Result
> Range("A2").Offset(x, y) = temp
> y = y + 1
> Next oFld
> End With
>
> wdDoc.Close
> x = x + 1
> strFilename = Dir
> Loop
> wdApp.Quit
> Set wdDoc = Nothing
> Set wdApp = Nothing
>
> End Sub
>
> As noted above, I get an error when I run the macro saying:
>
> Run-time error '5174':
> This file could not be found.
> Try one or more of the following:
> *Check the spelling of the name of the document.
> *Try a different file name.
> (A12345.doc)
>
> The A12345.doc is the first file in the directory, so it is clearly seeing
> it in order to set the strFilename, so why can it not then find the file.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
> ed

Untested.

Dim oFld As Word.FormField
....

For Each oFld In wdDoc.FormFields



expect_ed wrote:
>
> OK, Adjusted for the path and got it to open the file. Now it gets to:
>
> For Each oFld in wdDoc
>
> And I get a
> Run-time error '438':
> Object doesn't support this property or method
>
> Help very appreciated.
> ed
> "expect_ed" wrote:
>
> > With help from macropod in the Word General Group and Jean-Yves in this group
> > I think I have a start on copying all the Formfield data from a series of
> > Word files into Excel. But I'm stuck on a command I do not fully understand.
> > The intent of the code is to:
> > 1. Dim and initialize all the variables, etc.
> > 2. Get the first filename in a directory that holds all the relevant files
> > 3. Open each file in turn (THIS IS THE PROBLEM AREA SO FAR)
> > 4. Read each FormField in the open file
> > 5. Set a cell via offsets to each Formfield value
> > 6. Close the document and repeat from step 3
> > 7. Quit Word and clear the objects
> >
> > Here is my code so far:
> > Sub WordToExcel()
> > Dim wdApp As Word.Application
> > Dim wdDoc As Word.Document
> > Dim x As Integer
> > Dim y As Integer
> > Dim strFilename As String
> > Dim temp As String
> > Dim oFld As FormField
> >
> > Set wdApp = New Word.Application
> > 'initialise counter
> > x = 1
> > y = 1
> > 'search for first file in directory
> > strFilename = Dir("C:/AAA-TriageHolder/*.doc")
> > Do While strFilename <> ""
> > Set wdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(strFilename) '//Error message results
> > here
> > With wdDoc
> > For Each oFld In wdDoc
> > temp = oFld.Result
> > Range("A2").Offset(x, y) = temp
> > y = y + 1
> > Next oFld
> > End With
> >
> > wdDoc.Close
> > x = x + 1
> > strFilename = Dir
> > Loop
> > wdApp.Quit
> > Set wdDoc = Nothing
> > Set wdApp = Nothing
> >
> > End Sub
> >
> > As noted above, I get an error when I run the macro saying:
> >
> > Run-time error '5174':
> > This file could not be found.
> > Try one or more of the following:
> > *Check the spelling of the name of the document.
> > *Try a different file name.
> > (A12345.doc)
> >
> > The A12345.doc is the first file in the directory, so it is clearly seeing
> > it in order to set the strFilename, so why can it not then find the file.
> >
> > Any help greatly appreciated.
> > ed

--

Dave Peterson

Thanks Dave,
Yes, that fixed it, or rather using just .FormField fixed it (including the
Word gave a wierd error about trying to open some other Excel file)
I now have it working to read in the first form, and it actually opens the
subsequent forms and goes through them apparently collecting the form field
data, but it only puts the data from the first form in Excel.

The only change i made to the code was to add "On Error Resume Next" after
the temp=oFld.Result line because if the formfield was blank it would bomb
out. (is there a better way to handle that error?)

I also inserted a few MsgBox commands so I can confirm that the strFilename
variable is updating correctly, which it is.
Thanks again for your help, both past and future.
ed

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

> Untested.
>
> Dim oFld As Word.FormField
> ....
>
> For Each oFld In wdDoc.FormFields
>
>
>
> expect_ed wrote:
> >
> > OK, Adjusted for the path and got it to open the file. Now it gets to:
> >
> > For Each oFld in wdDoc
> >
> > And I get a
> > Run-time error '438':
> > Object doesn't support this property or method
> >
> > Help very appreciated.
> > ed
> > "expect_ed" wrote:
> >
> > > With help from macropod in the Word General Group and Jean-Yves in this group
> > > I think I have a start on copying all the Formfield data from a series of
> > > Word files into Excel. But I'm stuck on a command I do not fully understand.
> > > The intent of the code is to:
> > > 1. Dim and initialize all the variables, etc.
> > > 2. Get the first filename in a directory that holds all the relevant files
> > > 3. Open each file in turn (THIS IS THE PROBLEM AREA SO FAR)
> > > 4. Read each FormField in the open file
> > > 5. Set a cell via offsets to each Formfield value
> > > 6. Close the document and repeat from step 3
> > > 7. Quit Word and clear the objects
> > >
> > > Here is my code so far:
> > > Sub WordToExcel()
> > > Dim wdApp As Word.Application
> > > Dim wdDoc As Word.Document
> > > Dim x As Integer
> > > Dim y As Integer
> > > Dim strFilename As String
> > > Dim temp As String
> > > Dim oFld As FormField
> > >
> > > Set wdApp = New Word.Application
> > > 'initialise counter
> > > x = 1
> > > y = 1
> > > 'search for first file in directory
> > > strFilename = Dir("C:/AAA-TriageHolder/*.doc")
> > > Do While strFilename <> ""
> > > Set wdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(strFilename) '//Error message results
> > > here
> > > With wdDoc
> > > For Each oFld In wdDoc
> > > temp = oFld.Result
> > > Range("A2").Offset(x, y) = temp
> > > y = y + 1
> > > Next oFld
> > > End With
> > >
> > > wdDoc.Close
> > > x = x + 1
> > > strFilename = Dir
> > > Loop
> > > wdApp.Quit
> > > Set wdDoc = Nothing
> > > Set wdApp = Nothing
> > >
> > > End Sub
> > >
> > > As noted above, I get an error when I run the macro saying:
> > >
> > > Run-time error '5174':
> > > This file could not be found.
> > > Try one or more of the following:
> > > *Check the spelling of the name of the document.
> > > *Try a different file name.
> > > (A12345.doc)
> > >
> > > The A12345.doc is the first file in the directory, so it is clearly seeing
> > > it in order to set the strFilename, so why can it not then find the file.
> > >
> > > Any help greatly appreciated.
> > > ed
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson
>

That doesn't sound like the best approach to me. But I don't know enough about
MSWord to know if that's true.

I'd ask in a forum dedicated to MSWord for a better approach.

But if you're only looking to populate a single form field, can't you refer to
it by its name--not loop through all of them?

expect_ed wrote:
>
> Thanks Dave,
> Yes, that fixed it, or rather using just .FormField fixed it (including the
> Word gave a wierd error about trying to open some other Excel file)
> I now have it working to read in the first form, and it actually opens the
> subsequent forms and goes through them apparently collecting the form field
> data, but it only puts the data from the first form in Excel.
>
> The only change i made to the code was to add "On Error Resume Next" after
> the temp=oFld.Result line because if the formfield was blank it would bomb
> out. (is there a better way to handle that error?)
>
> I also inserted a few MsgBox commands so I can confirm that the strFilename
> variable is updating correctly, which it is.
> Thanks again for your help, both past and future.
> ed
>
> "Dave Peterson" wrote:
>
> > Untested.
> >
> > Dim oFld As Word.FormField
> > ....
> >
> > For Each oFld In wdDoc.FormFields
> >
> >
> >
> > expect_ed wrote:
> > >
> > > OK, Adjusted for the path and got it to open the file. Now it gets to:
> > >
> > > For Each oFld in wdDoc
> > >
> > > And I get a
> > > Run-time error '438':
> > > Object doesn't support this property or method
> > >
> > > Help very appreciated.
> > > ed
> > > "expect_ed" wrote:
> > >
> > > > With help from macropod in the Word General Group and Jean-Yves in this group
> > > > I think I have a start on copying all the Formfield data from a series of
> > > > Word files into Excel. But I'm stuck on a command I do not fully understand.
> > > > The intent of the code is to:
> > > > 1. Dim and initialize all the variables, etc.
> > > > 2. Get the first filename in a directory that holds all the relevant files
> > > > 3. Open each file in turn (THIS IS THE PROBLEM AREA SO FAR)
> > > > 4. Read each FormField in the open file
> > > > 5. Set a cell via offsets to each Formfield value
> > > > 6. Close the document and repeat from step 3
> > > > 7. Quit Word and clear the objects
> > > >
> > > > Here is my code so far:
> > > > Sub WordToExcel()
> > > > Dim wdApp As Word.Application
> > > > Dim wdDoc As Word.Document
> > > > Dim x As Integer
> > > > Dim y As Integer
> > > > Dim strFilename As String
> > > > Dim temp As String
> > > > Dim oFld As FormField
> > > >
> > > > Set wdApp = New Word.Application
> > > > 'initialise counter
> > > > x = 1
> > > > y = 1
> > > > 'search for first file in directory
> > > > strFilename = Dir("C:/AAA-TriageHolder/*.doc")
> > > > Do While strFilename <> ""
> > > > Set wdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(strFilename) '//Error message results
> > > > here
> > > > With wdDoc
> > > > For Each oFld In wdDoc
> > > > temp = oFld.Result
> > > > Range("A2").Offset(x, y) = temp
> > > > y = y + 1
> > > > Next oFld
> > > > End With
> > > >
> > > > wdDoc.Close
> > > > x = x + 1
> > > > strFilename = Dir
> > > > Loop
> > > > wdApp.Quit
> > > > Set wdDoc = Nothing
> > > > Set wdApp = Nothing
> > > >
> > > > End Sub
> > > >
> > > > As noted above, I get an error when I run the macro saying:
> > > >
> > > > Run-time error '5174':
> > > > This file could not be found.
> > > > Try one or more of the following:
> > > > *Check the spelling of the name of the document.
> > > > *Try a different file name.
> > > > (A12345.doc)
> > > >
> > > > The A12345.doc is the first file in the directory, so it is clearly seeing
> > > > it in order to set the strFilename, so why can it not then find the file.
> > > >
> > > > Any help greatly appreciated.
> > > > ed
> >
> > --
> >
> > Dave Peterson
> >

--

Dave Peterson

Put in a MsgBox for Temp to see if it is gathering the fields properly.
Trap for an empty FormField, not On Error Resume Next

For Each oFld In wdDoc
If LEN(oFld.Result) = 0 Then
Range("A2").Offset(x, y) = ""
Else
Temp = oFld.Result
Msg Temp
Range("A2").Offset(x, y) = temp
End If
y = y + 1
Next oFld

Mike F
"expect_ed" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E9671207-AF50-4399-9A8B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks Dave,
> Yes, that fixed it, or rather using just .FormField fixed it (including
> the
> Word gave a wierd error about trying to open some other Excel file)
> I now have it working to read in the first form, and it actually opens the
> subsequent forms and goes through them apparently collecting the form
> field
> data, but it only puts the data from the first form in Excel.
>
> The only change i made to the code was to add "On Error Resume Next" after
> the temp=oFld.Result line because if the formfield was blank it would bomb
> out. (is there a better way to handle that error?)
>
> I also inserted a few MsgBox commands so I can confirm that the
> strFilename
> variable is updating correctly, which it is.
> Thanks again for your help, both past and future.
> ed
>
> "Dave Peterson" wrote:
>
>> Untested.
>>
>> Dim oFld As Word.FormField
>> ....
>>
>> For Each oFld In wdDoc.FormFields
>>
>>
>>
>> expect_ed wrote:
>> >
>> > OK, Adjusted for the path and got it to open the file. Now it gets to:
>> >
>> > For Each oFld in wdDoc
>> >
>> > And I get a
>> > Run-time error '438':
>> > Object doesn't support this property or method
>> >
>> > Help very appreciated.
>> > ed
>> > "expect_ed" wrote:
>> >
>> > > With help from macropod in the Word General Group and Jean-Yves in
>> > > this group
>> > > I think I have a start on copying all the Formfield data from a
>> > > series of
>> > > Word files into Excel. But I'm stuck on a command I do not fully
>> > > understand.
>> > > The intent of the code is to:
>> > > 1. Dim and initialize all the variables, etc.
>> > > 2. Get the first filename in a directory that holds all the relevant
>> > > files
>> > > 3. Open each file in turn (THIS IS THE PROBLEM AREA SO FAR)
>> > > 4. Read each FormField in the open file
>> > > 5. Set a cell via offsets to each Formfield value
>> > > 6. Close the document and repeat from step 3
>> > > 7. Quit Word and clear the objects
>> > >
>> > > Here is my code so far:
>> > > Sub WordToExcel()
>> > > Dim wdApp As Word.Application
>> > > Dim wdDoc As Word.Document
>> > > Dim x As Integer
>> > > Dim y As Integer
>> > > Dim strFilename As String
>> > > Dim temp As String
>> > > Dim oFld As FormField
>> > >
>> > > Set wdApp = New Word.Application
>> > > 'initialise counter
>> > > x = 1
>> > > y = 1
>> > > 'search for first file in directory
>> > > strFilename = Dir("C:/AAA-TriageHolder/*.doc")
>> > > Do While strFilename <> ""
>> > > Set wdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(strFilename) '//Error message
>> > > results
>> > > here
>> > > With wdDoc
>> > > For Each oFld In wdDoc
>> > > temp = oFld.Result
>> > > Range("A2").Offset(x, y) = temp
>> > > y = y + 1
>> > > Next oFld
>> > > End With
>> > >
>> > > wdDoc.Close
>> > > x = x + 1
>> > > strFilename = Dir
>> > > Loop
>> > > wdApp.Quit
>> > > Set wdDoc = Nothing
>> > > Set wdApp = Nothing
>> > >
>> > > End Sub
>> > >
>> > > As noted above, I get an error when I run the macro saying:
>> > >
>> > > Run-time error '5174':
>> > > This file could not be found.
>> > > Try one or more of the following:
>> > > *Check the spelling of the name of the document.
>> > > *Try a different file name.
>> > > (A12345.doc)
>> > >
>> > > The A12345.doc is the first file in the directory, so it is clearly
>> > > seeing
>> > > it in order to set the strFilename, so why can it not then find the
>> > > file.
>> > >
>> > > Any help greatly appreciated.
>> > > ed
>>
>> --
>>
>> Dave Peterson
>>

In this case there are about 150 form fields on the form, of which I need to
capture about 1/2 of them. But not all of them have bookmarks, which I think
is the only way to name them, at least that I know of, so on a post in the
Word group this technique was suggested. If there is a way to reference a
formfield that does not have a bookmark I would love to know about it.
Thanks for your help.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

> That doesn't sound like the best approach to me. But I don't know enough about
> MSWord to know if that's true.
>
> I'd ask in a forum dedicated to MSWord for a better approach.
>
> But if you're only looking to populate a single form field, can't you refer to
> it by its name--not loop through all of them?
>
> expect_ed wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Dave,
> > Yes, that fixed it, or rather using just .FormField fixed it (including the
> > Word gave a wierd error about trying to open some other Excel file)
> > I now have it working to read in the first form, and it actually opens the
> > subsequent forms and goes through them apparently collecting the form field
> > data, but it only puts the data from the first form in Excel.
> >
> > The only change i made to the code was to add "On Error Resume Next" after
> > the temp=oFld.Result line because if the formfield was blank it would bomb
> > out. (is there a better way to handle that error?)
> >
> > I also inserted a few MsgBox commands so I can confirm that the strFilename
> > variable is updating correctly, which it is.
> > Thanks again for your help, both past and future.
> > ed
> >
> > "Dave Peterson" wrote:
> >
> > > Untested.
> > >
> > > Dim oFld As Word.FormField
> > > ....
> > >
> > > For Each oFld In wdDoc.FormFields
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > expect_ed wrote:
> > > >
> > > > OK, Adjusted for the path and got it to open the file. Now it gets to:
> > > >
> > > > For Each oFld in wdDoc
> > > >
> > > > And I get a
> > > > Run-time error '438':
> > > > Object doesn't support this property or method
> > > >
> > > > Help very appreciated.
> > > > ed
> > > > "expect_ed" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > With help from macropod in the Word General Group and Jean-Yves in this group
> > > > > I think I have a start on copying all the Formfield data from a series of
> > > > > Word files into Excel. But I'm stuck on a command I do not fully understand.
> > > > > The intent of the code is to:
> > > > > 1. Dim and initialize all the variables, etc.
> > > > > 2. Get the first filename in a directory that holds all the relevant files
> > > > > 3. Open each file in turn (THIS IS THE PROBLEM AREA SO FAR)
> > > > > 4. Read each FormField in the open file
> > > > > 5. Set a cell via offsets to each Formfield value
> > > > > 6. Close the document and repeat from step 3
> > > > > 7. Quit Word and clear the objects
> > > > >
> > > > > Here is my code so far:
> > > > > Sub WordToExcel()
> > > > > Dim wdApp As Word.Application
> > > > > Dim wdDoc As Word.Document
> > > > > Dim x As Integer
> > > > > Dim y As Integer
> > > > > Dim strFilename As String
> > > > > Dim temp As String
> > > > > Dim oFld As FormField
> > > > >
> > > > > Set wdApp = New Word.Application
> > > > > 'initialise counter
> > > > > x = 1
> > > > > y = 1
> > > > > 'search for first file in directory
> > > > > strFilename = Dir("C:/AAA-TriageHolder/*.doc")
> > > > > Do While strFilename <> ""
> > > > > Set wdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(strFilename) '//Error message results
> > > > > here
> > > > > With wdDoc
> > > > > For Each oFld In wdDoc
> > > > > temp = oFld.Result
> > > > > Range("A2").Offset(x, y) = temp
> > > > > y = y + 1
> > > > > Next oFld
> > > > > End With
> > > > >
> > > > > wdDoc.Close
> > > > > x = x + 1
> > > > > strFilename = Dir
> > > > > Loop
> > > > > wdApp.Quit
> > > > > Set wdDoc = Nothing
> > > > > Set wdApp = Nothing
> > > > >
> > > > > End Sub
> > > > >
> > > > > As noted above, I get an error when I run the macro saying:
> > > > >
> > > > > Run-time error '5174':
> > > > > This file could not be found.
> > > > > Try one or more of the following:
> > > > > *Check the spelling of the name of the document.
> > > > > *Try a different file name.
> > > > > (A12345.doc)
> > > > >
> > > > > The A12345.doc is the first file in the directory, so it is clearly seeing
> > > > > it in order to set the strFilename, so why can it not then find the file.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any help greatly appreciated.
> > > > > ed
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Dave Peterson
> > >
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson
>

Thanks for your help Mike,
Unfortunately that code still hangs. Not sure what the story is with these
forms but there are some form fields that are blank in a strange way

i.e. normally on a Word form what I've seen is the blank fields have several
small circles to hold the place for the entry. This form has those in some
places but in others there is just a grayed area about the width of 3
periods/pixels. This was the first place the code hung up, and your solution
worked there.

But in other places there seems to be no indication of a formfield and yet
the code to step through every form field seems to find one and enters a
value in excel. It is at those points that your code fails with the Run-time
error 5825 'object has been deleted'. Not sure how to handle that other than
with the Resme Next, which works??
Thanks again for your help.
ed

"Mike Fogleman" wrote:

> Put in a MsgBox for Temp to see if it is gathering the fields properly.
> Trap for an empty FormField, not On Error Resume Next
>
> For Each oFld In wdDoc
> If LEN(oFld.Result) = 0 Then
> Range("A2").Offset(x, y) = ""
> Else
> Temp = oFld.Result
> Msg Temp
> Range("A2").Offset(x, y) = temp
> End If
> y = y + 1
> Next oFld
>
> Mike F
> "expect_ed" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:E9671207-AF50-4399-9A8B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thanks Dave,
> > Yes, that fixed it, or rather using just .FormField fixed it (including
> > the
> > Word gave a wierd error about trying to open some other Excel file)
> > I now have it working to read in the first form, and it actually opens the
> > subsequent forms and goes through them apparently collecting the form
> > field
> > data, but it only puts the data from the first form in Excel.
> >
> > The only change i made to the code was to add "On Error Resume Next" after
> > the temp=oFld.Result line because if the formfield was blank it would bomb
> > out. (is there a better way to handle that error?)
> >
> > I also inserted a few MsgBox commands so I can confirm that the
> > strFilename
> > variable is updating correctly, which it is.
> > Thanks again for your help, both past and future.
> > ed
> >
> > "Dave Peterson" wrote:
> >
> >> Untested.
> >>
> >> Dim oFld As Word.FormField
> >> ....
> >>
> >> For Each oFld In wdDoc.FormFields
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> expect_ed wrote:
> >> >
> >> > OK, Adjusted for the path and got it to open the file. Now it gets to:
> >> >
> >> > For Each oFld in wdDoc
> >> >
> >> > And I get a
> >> > Run-time error '438':
> >> > Object doesn't support this property or method
> >> >
> >> > Help very appreciated.
> >> > ed
> >> > "expect_ed" wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > With help from macropod in the Word General Group and Jean-Yves in
> >> > > this group
> >> > > I think I have a start on copying all the Formfield data from a
> >> > > series of
> >> > > Word files into Excel. But I'm stuck on a command I do not fully
> >> > > understand.
> >> > > The intent of the code is to:
> >> > > 1. Dim and initialize all the variables, etc.
> >> > > 2. Get the first filename in a directory that holds all the relevant
> >> > > files
> >> > > 3. Open each file in turn (THIS IS THE PROBLEM AREA SO FAR)
> >> > > 4. Read each FormField in the open file
> >> > > 5. Set a cell via offsets to each Formfield value
> >> > > 6. Close the document and repeat from step 3
> >> > > 7. Quit Word and clear the objects
> >> > >
> >> > > Here is my code so far:
> >> > > Sub WordToExcel()
> >> > > Dim wdApp As Word.Application
> >> > > Dim wdDoc As Word.Document
> >> > > Dim x As Integer
> >> > > Dim y As Integer
> >> > > Dim strFilename As String
> >> > > Dim temp As String
> >> > > Dim oFld As FormField
> >> > >
> >> > > Set wdApp = New Word.Application
> >> > > 'initialise counter
> >> > > x = 1
> >> > > y = 1
> >> > > 'search for first file in directory
> >> > > strFilename = Dir("C:/AAA-TriageHolder/*.doc")
> >> > > Do While strFilename <> ""
> >> > > Set wdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(strFilename) '//Error message
> >> > > results
> >> > > here
> >> > > With wdDoc
> >> > > For Each oFld In wdDoc
> >> > > temp = oFld.Result
> >> > > Range("A2").Offset(x, y) = temp
> >> > > y = y + 1
> >> > > Next oFld
> >> > > End With
> >> > >
> >> > > wdDoc.Close
> >> > > x = x + 1
> >> > > strFilename = Dir
> >> > > Loop
> >> > > wdApp.Quit
> >> > > Set wdDoc = Nothing
> >> > > Set wdApp = Nothing
> >> > >
> >> > > End Sub
> >> > >
> >> > > As noted above, I get an error when I run the macro saying:
> >> > >
> >> > > Run-time error '5174':
> >> > > This file could not be found.
> >> > > Try one or more of the following:
> >> > > *Check the spelling of the name of the document.
> >> > > *Try a different file name.
> >> > > (A12345.doc)
> >> > >
> >> > > The A12345.doc is the first file in the directory, so it is clearly
> >> > > seeing
> >> > > it in order to set the strFilename, so why can it not then find the
> >> > > file.
> >> > >
> >> > > Any help greatly appreciated.
> >> > > ed
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Dave Peterson
> >>
>
>
>

Sounds like you should visit a forum dedicated to MSWord.

expect_ed wrote:
>
> In this case there are about 150 form fields on the form, of which I need to
> capture about 1/2 of them. But not all of them have bookmarks, which I think
> is the only way to name them, at least that I know of, so on a post in the
> Word group this technique was suggested. If there is a way to reference a
> formfield that does not have a bookmark I would love to know about it.
> Thanks for your help.
>
> "Dave Peterson" wrote:
>
> > That doesn't sound like the best approach to me. But I don't know enough about
> > MSWord to know if that's true.
> >
> > I'd ask in a forum dedicated to MSWord for a better approach.
> >
> > But if you're only looking to populate a single form field, can't you refer to
> > it by its name--not loop through all of them?
> >
> > expect_ed wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks Dave,
> > > Yes, that fixed it, or rather using just .FormField fixed it (including the
> > > Word gave a wierd error about trying to open some other Excel file)
> > > I now have it working to read in the first form, and it actually opens the
> > > subsequent forms and goes through them apparently collecting the form field
> > > data, but it only puts the data from the first form in Excel.
> > >
> > > The only change i made to the code was to add "On Error Resume Next" after
> > > the temp=oFld.Result line because if the formfield was blank it would bomb
> > > out. (is there a better way to handle that error?)
> > >
> > > I also inserted a few MsgBox commands so I can confirm that the strFilename
> > > variable is updating correctly, which it is.
> > > Thanks again for your help, both past and future.
> > > ed
> > >
> > > "Dave Peterson" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Untested.
> > > >
> > > > Dim oFld As Word.FormField
> > > > ....
> > > >
> > > > For Each oFld In wdDoc.FormFields
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > expect_ed wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > OK, Adjusted for the path and got it to open the file. Now it gets to:
> > > > >
> > > > > For Each oFld in wdDoc
> > > > >
> > > > > And I get a
> > > > > Run-time error '438':
> > > > > Object doesn't support this property or method
> > > > >
> > > > > Help very appreciated.
> > > > > ed
> > > > > "expect_ed" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > With help from macropod in the Word General Group and Jean-Yves in this group
> > > > > > I think I have a start on copying all the Formfield data from a series of
> > > > > > Word files into Excel. But I'm stuck on a command I do not fully understand.
> > > > > > The intent of the code is to:
> > > > > > 1. Dim and initialize all the variables, etc.
> > > > > > 2. Get the first filename in a directory that holds all the relevant files
> > > > > > 3. Open each file in turn (THIS IS THE PROBLEM AREA SO FAR)
> > > > > > 4. Read each FormField in the open file
> > > > > > 5. Set a cell via offsets to each Formfield value
> > > > > > 6. Close the document and repeat from step 3
> > > > > > 7. Quit Word and clear the objects
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Here is my code so far:
> > > > > > Sub WordToExcel()
> > > > > > Dim wdApp As Word.Application
> > > > > > Dim wdDoc As Word.Document
> > > > > > Dim x As Integer
> > > > > > Dim y As Integer
> > > > > > Dim strFilename As String
> > > > > > Dim temp As String
> > > > > > Dim oFld As FormField
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Set wdApp = New Word.Application
> > > > > > 'initialise counter
> > > > > > x = 1
> > > > > > y = 1
> > > > > > 'search for first file in directory
> > > > > > strFilename = Dir("C:/AAA-TriageHolder/*.doc")
> > > > > > Do While strFilename <> ""
> > > > > > Set wdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(strFilename) '//Error message results
> > > > > > here
> > > > > > With wdDoc
> > > > > > For Each oFld In wdDoc
> > > > > > temp = oFld.Result
> > > > > > Range("A2").Offset(x, y) = temp
> > > > > > y = y + 1
> > > > > > Next oFld
> > > > > > End With
> > > > > >
> > > > > > wdDoc.Close
> > > > > > x = x + 1
> > > > > > strFilename = Dir
> > > > > > Loop
> > > > > > wdApp.Quit
> > > > > > Set wdDoc = Nothing
> > > > > > Set wdApp = Nothing
> > > > > >
> > > > > > End Sub
> > > > > >
> > > > > > As noted above, I get an error when I run the macro saying:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Run-time error '5174':
> > > > > > This file could not be found.
> > > > > > Try one or more of the following:
> > > > > > *Check the spelling of the name of the document.
> > > > > > *Try a different file name.
> > > > > > (A12345.doc)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The A12345.doc is the first file in the directory, so it is clearly seeing
> > > > > > it in order to set the strFilename, so why can it not then find the file.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any help greatly appreciated.
> > > > > > ed
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Dave Peterson
> > > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Dave Peterson
> >

--

Dave Peterson