Using Excel UserForm from Open Workbook in Outlook VBA

W

wpiet

I have an Outlook macro that opens & processes an Excel workbook.
That workbook contains a userform that has textboxes with ControlSources
assigned to cells in the workbook.
Can I use that Excel userform in the Outlook macro?

"frmFormName.Show" gives me "Compile error: Variable not defined"

Alternatively, if I have to create the userform in Outlook, how do I assign
the Excel workbook cells to the ControlSource for the textboxes?

The intention is to show the userform with the current values of the cells
in the textboxes, allow the user to change those values in the textboxes and
have them populate the assigned cells in the workbook.
 
M

Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]

You can use a public method in the workbook to make the form accessible. For
instance, copy this into the Excel module ThisWorkbook:

Public Function ShowForm() As String
' show the form here, then maybe return what the user has entered
ShowForm = "whatever"
End Function

And this to Outlook:

Sub testxl()
Dim Xl As Object
Dim Wb As Object
Set Xl = GetObject(, "excel.application")
Set Wb = Xl.Workbooks(1)
Wb.ShowForm()
End Sub

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool
: VBOffice Reporter for Data Analysis & Reporting
: <http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en>


Am Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:50:02 -0700 schrieb wpiet:
 
W

wpiet

Thanks for the response, Michael.
I'm apparently missing something or doing something else wrong. Here's my
code (Office 2003):

In "This Workbook":

Option Explicit
Public Abt As String
Public Function ShowForm() As String
Abt = vbNo
frmForm.Show
ShowForm = Abt
End Function

In the userform (it has 2 textboxes, an OK button & CANCEL button):

Option Explicit
Private Sub cmdCancel_Click()
Abt = MsgBox("Are You Sure You Want To Cancel?", vbYesNo +
vbDefaultButton2)
If Abt = vbYes Then
Unload Me
Else
Me.txt1.SetFocus
End If
End Sub

Private Sub cmdOK_Click()
If Len(Trim(Me.txt1)) = 0 _
And Len(Trim(Me.txt2)) = 0 Then
MsgBox ("Are We Doing Anything Here?")
Me.txt1.SetFocus
Else
Abt = vbNo
Unload Me
End If
End Sub

Private Sub txt1_Change()
If Not IsNumeric.Me.txt1.Value Then
MsgBox ("Textbox 1 Value Not Numeric")
Me.txt1.SetFocus
ElseIf Me.txt1.Value < 20000000 Then
MsgBox ("Textbox 1 Value < $20,000,000")
Me.txt1.SetFocus
End If
End Sub

(code for "txt2" is the same)

In Outlook: (WB & XL are both DIMed & SET as in your code & the workbook is
open.)

Dim UsrAbt As String

With XL
 
M

Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]

I guess you missed the imported part: don't dim Wb as Workbook but as Object
else the compiler sees that an Excel.Workbook doesn't know custom method.

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool
: VBOffice Reporter for Data Analysis & Reporting
: <http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en>


Am Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:45:01 -0700 schrieb wpiet:
Thanks for the response, Michael.
I'm apparently missing something or doing something else wrong. Here's my
code (Office 2003):

In "This Workbook":

Option Explicit
Public Abt As String
Public Function ShowForm() As String
Abt = vbNo
frmForm.Show
ShowForm = Abt
End Function

In the userform (it has 2 textboxes, an OK button & CANCEL button):

Option Explicit
Private Sub cmdCancel_Click()
Abt = MsgBox("Are You Sure You Want To Cancel?", vbYesNo +
vbDefaultButton2)
If Abt = vbYes Then
Unload Me
Else
Me.txt1.SetFocus
End If
End Sub

Private Sub cmdOK_Click()
If Len(Trim(Me.txt1)) = 0 _
And Len(Trim(Me.txt2)) = 0 Then
MsgBox ("Are We Doing Anything Here?")
Me.txt1.SetFocus
Else
Abt = vbNo
Unload Me
End If
End Sub

Private Sub txt1_Change()
If Not IsNumeric.Me.txt1.Value Then
MsgBox ("Textbox 1 Value Not Numeric")
Me.txt1.SetFocus
ElseIf Me.txt1.Value < 20000000 Then
MsgBox ("Textbox 1 Value < $20,000,000")
Me.txt1.SetFocus
End If
End Sub

(code for "txt2" is the same)

In Outlook: (WB & XL are both DIMed & SET as in your code & the workbook is
open.)

Dim UsrAbt As String

With XL
.
.
.
UsrAbt = WB.ShowForm()
If UsrAbt = vbYes Then
.ActiveWorkbook.Close
.DisplayAlerts = True
Set WB = Nothing
Set XL = Nothing
Exit Sub
End If
.
.
.
End With

If I have just "WB.ShowForm()", I get "Compile error: Expected: =".

With the code as I have it [UsrAbt = WB.ShowForm()], when I step through it,
I get "Runtime error '438': Object doesn't support this property or method".

Anything in my code jump out at you as wrong?

Will


Michael Bauer said:
You can use a public method in the workbook to make the form accessible. For
instance, copy this into the Excel module ThisWorkbook:

Public Function ShowForm() As String
' show the form here, then maybe return what the user has entered
ShowForm = "whatever"
End Function

And this to Outlook:

Sub testxl()
Dim Xl As Object
Dim Wb As Object
Set Xl = GetObject(, "excel.application")
Set Wb = Xl.Workbooks(1)
Wb.ShowForm()
End Sub

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool
: VBOffice Reporter for Data Analysis & Reporting
: <http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en>


Am Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:50:02 -0700 schrieb wpiet:
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W

wpiet

Very insightful. That is exactly right. thanks.

Now that the userform opens, I find another problem there:

In the userform Sub cmdOK_Click(), I get "Compile error: Variable not
defined" on variable Abt for statement "Abt = vbNo". Abt was defined in
"ThisWorkbook" as a Public string.

This is the entire "ThisWorkbook" code:

Option Explicit
Public Abt As String

Public Function ShowForm() As String
Abt = vbNo
frmLottery.Show
ShowForm = Abt
End Function

Does the Private sub in the userform not recognize the Public variable
defined in the "ThisWorkbook" object, which is where the userform is accessed
from?
--
Will


Michael Bauer said:
I guess you missed the imported part: don't dim Wb as Workbook but as Object
else the compiler sees that an Excel.Workbook doesn't know custom method.

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool
: VBOffice Reporter for Data Analysis & Reporting
: <http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en>


Am Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:45:01 -0700 schrieb wpiet:
Thanks for the response, Michael.
I'm apparently missing something or doing something else wrong. Here's my
code (Office 2003):

In "This Workbook":

Option Explicit
Public Abt As String
Public Function ShowForm() As String
Abt = vbNo
frmForm.Show
ShowForm = Abt
End Function

In the userform (it has 2 textboxes, an OK button & CANCEL button):

Option Explicit
Private Sub cmdCancel_Click()
Abt = MsgBox("Are You Sure You Want To Cancel?", vbYesNo +
vbDefaultButton2)
If Abt = vbYes Then
Unload Me
Else
Me.txt1.SetFocus
End If
End Sub

Private Sub cmdOK_Click()
If Len(Trim(Me.txt1)) = 0 _
And Len(Trim(Me.txt2)) = 0 Then
MsgBox ("Are We Doing Anything Here?")
Me.txt1.SetFocus
Else
Abt = vbNo
Unload Me
End If
End Sub

Private Sub txt1_Change()
If Not IsNumeric.Me.txt1.Value Then
MsgBox ("Textbox 1 Value Not Numeric")
Me.txt1.SetFocus
ElseIf Me.txt1.Value < 20000000 Then
MsgBox ("Textbox 1 Value < $20,000,000")
Me.txt1.SetFocus
End If
End Sub

(code for "txt2" is the same)

In Outlook: (WB & XL are both DIMed & SET as in your code & the workbook is
open.)

Dim UsrAbt As String

With XL
.
.
.
UsrAbt = WB.ShowForm()
If UsrAbt = vbYes Then
.ActiveWorkbook.Close
.DisplayAlerts = True
Set WB = Nothing
Set XL = Nothing
Exit Sub
End If
.
.
.
End With

If I have just "WB.ShowForm()", I get "Compile error: Expected: =".

With the code as I have it [UsrAbt = WB.ShowForm()], when I step through it,
I get "Runtime error '438': Object doesn't support this property or method".

Anything in my code jump out at you as wrong?

Will


Michael Bauer said:
You can use a public method in the workbook to make the form accessible. For
instance, copy this into the Excel module ThisWorkbook:

Public Function ShowForm() As String
' show the form here, then maybe return what the user has entered
ShowForm = "whatever"
End Function

And this to Outlook:

Sub testxl()
Dim Xl As Object
Dim Wb As Object
Set Xl = GetObject(, "excel.application")
Set Wb = Xl.Workbooks(1)
Wb.ShowForm()
End Sub

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool
: VBOffice Reporter for Data Analysis & Reporting
: <http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en>


Am Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:50:02 -0700 schrieb wpiet:

I have an Outlook macro that opens & processes an Excel workbook.
That workbook contains a userform that has textboxes with ControlSources
assigned to cells in the workbook.
Can I use that Excel userform in the Outlook macro?

"frmFormName.Show" gives me "Compile error: Variable not defined"

Alternatively, if I have to create the userform in Outlook, how do I
assign
the Excel workbook cells to the ControlSource for the textboxes?

The intention is to show the userform with the current values of the cells
in the textboxes, allow the user to change those values in the textboxes
and
have them populate the assigned cells in the workbook.
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Click to expand...
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W

wpiet

MIchael, I resolved the Abt issue by qualifying references to it:
"ThisWorkbook.Abt".

--
Will


Michael Bauer said:
I guess you missed the imported part: don't dim Wb as Workbook but as Object
else the compiler sees that an Excel.Workbook doesn't know custom method.

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool
: VBOffice Reporter for Data Analysis & Reporting
: <http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en>


Am Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:45:01 -0700 schrieb wpiet:
Thanks for the response, Michael.
I'm apparently missing something or doing something else wrong. Here's my
code (Office 2003):

In "This Workbook":

Option Explicit
Public Abt As String
Public Function ShowForm() As String
Abt = vbNo
frmForm.Show
ShowForm = Abt
End Function

In the userform (it has 2 textboxes, an OK button & CANCEL button):

Option Explicit
Private Sub cmdCancel_Click()
Abt = MsgBox("Are You Sure You Want To Cancel?", vbYesNo +
vbDefaultButton2)
If Abt = vbYes Then
Unload Me
Else
Me.txt1.SetFocus
End If
End Sub

Private Sub cmdOK_Click()
If Len(Trim(Me.txt1)) = 0 _
And Len(Trim(Me.txt2)) = 0 Then
MsgBox ("Are We Doing Anything Here?")
Me.txt1.SetFocus
Else
Abt = vbNo
Unload Me
End If
End Sub

Private Sub txt1_Change()
If Not IsNumeric.Me.txt1.Value Then
MsgBox ("Textbox 1 Value Not Numeric")
Me.txt1.SetFocus
ElseIf Me.txt1.Value < 20000000 Then
MsgBox ("Textbox 1 Value < $20,000,000")
Me.txt1.SetFocus
End If
End Sub

(code for "txt2" is the same)

In Outlook: (WB & XL are both DIMed & SET as in your code & the workbook is
open.)

Dim UsrAbt As String

With XL
.
.
.
UsrAbt = WB.ShowForm()
If UsrAbt = vbYes Then
.ActiveWorkbook.Close
.DisplayAlerts = True
Set WB = Nothing
Set XL = Nothing
Exit Sub
End If
.
.
.
End With

If I have just "WB.ShowForm()", I get "Compile error: Expected: =".

With the code as I have it [UsrAbt = WB.ShowForm()], when I step through it,
I get "Runtime error '438': Object doesn't support this property or method".

Anything in my code jump out at you as wrong?

Will


Michael Bauer said:
You can use a public method in the workbook to make the form accessible. For
instance, copy this into the Excel module ThisWorkbook:

Public Function ShowForm() As String
' show the form here, then maybe return what the user has entered
ShowForm = "whatever"
End Function

And this to Outlook:

Sub testxl()
Dim Xl As Object
Dim Wb As Object
Set Xl = GetObject(, "excel.application")
Set Wb = Xl.Workbooks(1)
Wb.ShowForm()
End Sub

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool
: VBOffice Reporter for Data Analysis & Reporting
: <http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en>


Am Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:50:02 -0700 schrieb wpiet:

I have an Outlook macro that opens & processes an Excel workbook.
That workbook contains a userform that has textboxes with ControlSources
assigned to cells in the workbook.
Can I use that Excel userform in the Outlook macro?

"frmFormName.Show" gives me "Compile error: Variable not defined"

Alternatively, if I have to create the userform in Outlook, how do I
assign
the Excel workbook cells to the ControlSource for the textboxes?

The intention is to show the userform with the current values of the cells
in the textboxes, allow the user to change those values in the textboxes
and
have them populate the assigned cells in the workbook.
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