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adding table to word document

Asked by: irishprogrammer

hi,
I want to add a number of different tables to a word document from a visual basic program. The table can be of different sizes, and can have different number of columns, from 1 to 4 columns. Does anybody have code to do this, or can you point me to a website?

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2002-08-12 at 08:56:31ID20335387
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Answers

 

by: daffyduck14milPosted on 2002-08-12 at 09:00:50ID: 7214627

Hi,

Make a new project, add a reference to the Word objects, then add three buttons, named cmdOpenWord, cmdNewDocument and cmdInsertTable and run the program.

Press the button to open word, then the button to make a new document, then the button to add the tables.

Option Explicit

Private m_oWord As Word.Application
Private m_oDocument As Word.Document

Private Sub cmdInsertTable_Click()
  Dim oRange As Word.Range
  Dim oTable As Word.Table
 
  If (Not m_oDocument Is Nothing) Then
    With m_oDocument
      Set oRange = .GoTo(wdGoToPage, 1)
      Set oTable = .Tables.Add(oRange, 3, 2)
      MsgBox oTable.Rows.Count
      oTable.Rows(1).Range.InsertAfter ("Test")
      Set oTable = Nothing
      Set oRange = Nothing
    End With
  End If
End Sub

Private Sub cmdNewDocument_Click()
  If (m_oDocument Is Nothing) Then
    Set m_oDocument = m_oWord.Documents.Add()
  End If
End Sub

Private Sub cmdOpenWord_Click()
  If (m_oWord Is Nothing) Then
    Set m_oWord = New Word.Application
  End If
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
  Set m_oDocument = Nothing
  Set m_oWord = Nothing
End Sub

The information came from the MSDN library, you can find usefull information about the word object model there. No better source then microsoft itself. The URL is http://www.microsoft.com/msdn

Grtz.©

D.

 

by: daffyduck14milPosted on 2002-08-12 at 09:02:08ID: 7214632

Oh, forgat to mention:

Set oTable = .Tables.Add(oRange, 3, 2)

Makes a table with 3 rows and two columns, at the start of oRange.

Grtz.©

D.

 

by: mlmccPosted on 2002-08-12 at 11:28:26ID: 7214999

learning

 

by: irishprogrammerPosted on 2002-08-14 at 07:49:40ID: 7219971

thats good, i have a further addition, i want to put bullet points into the right most column/ cell of a table, is this possible? i also have a complex table that i want to create, can somebody email me at irish_male_24@yahoo.com if you want me to send you a copy of the type of table i need to create

 

by: daffyduck14milPosted on 2002-08-15 at 02:53:32ID: 7222016

Hi IrishProgrammer,

Yes, that is possible. In the code I assume you know how many columns you have in the table (2), otherwise you need to make the column position into a variable.

Private Sub cmdAddBulletToCell_Click()
  Dim oTable As Word.Table
' ------------------------
  On Error GoTo PROC_ERR
 
  If (m_oDocument Is Nothing) Then
    MsgBox "No document to put bullet in"
  Else
    Set oTable = m_oDocument.Tables(1)
    If (oTable Is Nothing) Then
      MsgBox "Can't get the table!"
    Else
      oTable.Rows(1).Cells(2).Range.ListFormat.ApplyBulletDefault
    End If
  End If
 
PROC_EXIT:
  If (Not (oTable Is Nothing)) Then
    Set oTable = Nothing
  End If
 
PROC_ERR:
  Select Case Err.Number
  Case Is <> 0
    MsgBox Err.Number, Err.Description, vbOKOnly + vbInformation, Err.Number
    Err.Clear
    Resume PROC_EXIT
  End Select
End Sub

This code is an extension on the code I gave in my first comment. You can add another button, and name it "cmdAddBulletToCell". Then paste the code in, and run the program.

Grtz.&copy;

D.

 

by: daffyduck14milPosted on 2002-09-25 at 08:17:55ID: 7302266

Hi Irish,

Did the comment help you in solving the problem? If you don't supply feed-back, I cannot tell if the comment solved your question.

Hope to hear from you.

Grtz.&copy;

D.

 

by: bruintjePosted on 2002-09-29 at 00:06:36ID: 7308439

Hello irishprogrammer,

you asked a follow-up question that was addressed and now you don't provide any feedback? please let us know how it works for you

:O)Bruintje

 

by: daffyduck14milPosted on 2002-11-25 at 04:40:30ID: 7493452

Hi,

Is your problem solved now Irishprogrammer?

Grtz.&copy;

D.

 

by: DanRollinsPosted on 2003-03-06 at 18:28:48ID: 8085508

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by: RotaredoMPosted on 2003-03-23 at 14:32:58ID: 8191550

Per recommendation

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