Microsoft KB Archive/128405

= How to Run a WordBasic Macro from an MS Excel Macro =

Article ID: 128405

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q128405



SUMMARY
In Microsoft Excel for Windows, you can create a Microsoft Excel macro that uses either dynamic data exchange (DDE) or OLE Automation with Microsoft Word to run a WordBasic Macro. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate, by example, how to run a WordBasic macro using both of these methods.



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Example 1
' The following macro demonstrates how to run the WordBasic macro ' "Macro1" by using DDE

Sub RunWordMacro_DDE Dim chan

' Initiate a channel with Microsoft Word. chan = DDEInitiate("Winword", "System")

' Execute a command on the channel to run the Wordbasic macro. DDEExecute chan, "[Toolsmacro.name=""Macro1"",.Run]"

' Terminate the channel. DDETerminate chan

End Sub

Example 2
' The following macro demonstrates how to run the WordBasic macro ' "Macro1" by using OLE Automation

Sub RunWordMacro_OLE Dim WordObj As Object

' Create the WordBasic object. Set WordObj = CreateObject("Word.Basic") '  ' In Microsoft Excel 97, the line of code to use is   ' ' Set WordObj = CreateObject("Word.Basic.8")

' Run the WordBasic macro "Macro1". With WordObj .ToolsMacro Name:="Macro1", Run:=True End With

' Set the WordBasic object to nothing to end OLE Automation. Set WordObj = Nothing

End Sub For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

120979 How to Use Named WordBasic Arguments in OLE Automation

Additional query words: 97 WORD7 WORD97 XL

Keywords: KB128405

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