PLEASE HELP:Type Mismatch Error: Set doc=wdApp.Documents.Open(fDia

[Sam]

Hi All,

I am trying to create a button on access form that would export some of the
fields to a word template. I think I have it right but I am getting a type
mismatch error on this line:

Set doc = wdApp.Documents.Open(fDialog)

what might be the reason? Here is the whole code:

Dim wdApp As Object
Dim doc As Object
On Error Resume Next
Set wdApp = GetObject("C:\My Documents\Address.dotx", "Word.Application")

If Err.Number <> 0 Then 'Word isn't already running
Set wdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
End If
On Error GoTo 0

Dim FName As String

fDialog = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker).Show

On Error Resume Next
Set doc = wdApp.Documents.Open(fDialog)

wdApp.ActiveDocument.Variables("Address").Value = Me.Address.Value
wdApp.ActiveDocument.Variables("City").Value = Me.City.Value

wdApp.ActiveDocument.Fields.Update

FName = "C:\My Documents\" & "Address" & ".doc"

wdApp.ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:=FName

wdApp.Visible = True

Set doc = Nothing
Set wdApp = Nothing
wApp.Quit

End Sub

Please help!

Thanks in advance

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

Hi All,

I am trying to create a button on access form that would export some of
the
fields to a word template. I think I have it right but I am getting a type
mismatch error on this line:

Set doc = wdApp.Documents.Open(fDialog)

what might be the reason? Here is the whole code:

Dim wdApp As Object
Dim doc As Object
On Error Resume Next
Set wdApp = GetObject("C:\My Documents\Address.dotx", "Word.Application")

If Err.Number <> 0 Then 'Word isn't already running
Set wdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
End If
On Error GoTo 0

Dim FName As String

fDialog = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker).Show

On Error Resume Next
Set doc = wdApp.Documents.Open(fDialog)

wdApp.ActiveDocument.Variables("Address").Value = Me.Address.Value
wdApp.ActiveDocument.Variables("City").Value = Me.City.Value

wdApp.ActiveDocument.Fields.Update

FName = "C:\My Documents\" & "Address" & ".doc"

wdApp.ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:=FName

wdApp.Visible = True

Set doc = Nothing
Set wdApp = Nothing
wApp.Quit

End Sub

The Show method of the FileDialog object returns a Long value indicating
whether the user pressed the action button (-1) or the cancel button (0).
It doesn't return the name of the file selected as a string, which seems to
be what your code is expecting. Instead, you have to get the selected
filename from the dialog's SelectedItems collection. See the example in the
online help.