Word Colors
I have a table with color names:
wdColorYellow
wdColorBlue
wdColorBrightGreen
and so on
I open the table and run through a loop. Based upon criteria, I need to color certain cells of a word table (I am doing this from Access).
if I use this code, specifying the color directly, it works:
With wdApp.Selection.Cells
With .Shading
.Texture = wdTextureNone
.ForegroundPatternColor = wdColorAutomatic
.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorBrightGreen
End With
End With
But what I want to do is this:
With wdApp.Selection.Cells
With .Shading
.Texture = wdTextureNone
.ForegroundPatternColor = wdColorAutomatic
.BackgroundPatternColor = myTable1!Word_Color_Name
End With
End With
I get a Type Mismatch error.
How can I do this? Alternatively, where can I find a list of word colors and their associated Color Index numbers so I can use those?
wdColorYellow
wdColorBlue
wdColorBrightGreen
and so on
I open the table and run through a loop. Based upon criteria, I need to color certain cells of a word table (I am doing this from Access).
if I use this code, specifying the color directly, it works:
With wdApp.Selection.Cells
With .Shading
.Texture = wdTextureNone
.ForegroundPatternColor = wdColorAutomatic
.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorBrightGreen
End With
End With
But what I want to do is this:
With wdApp.Selection.Cells
With .Shading
.Texture = wdTextureNone
.ForegroundPatternColor = wdColorAutomatic
.BackgroundPatternColor = myTable1!Word_Color_Name
End With
End With
I get a Type Mismatch error.
How can I do this? Alternatively, where can I find a list of word colors and their associated Color Index numbers so I can use those?
GrahamSkan
You can get a list of Word.Color constants in the VBA editor, by choosing View/Object Browser. Select Word in the top dropdown, and scroll the Classes pane until you get to the wdColor entry. Select it and the list will appear in the right-hand pane.
The constant must be a Long Integer, as colours always are in Windows.
VB has a much more limited list, such as vbYellow, which has the same value as wdColorYellow
VB has a much more limited list, such as vbYellow, which has the same value as wdColorYellow
Note that there is also a wdColorIndex type of constant which can apply to a ...ColorIndex property. This is a predefined list of 'solid' colours to which text is usually limited.
ASKER
I did as suggested in your first response, and I see the list of colors. That is what I have in my table. Now how do I use the name of the color as listed in the table in a statement?
if I say:
.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorBrightGreen
it sets the cell to bright green, but I have to hard code wdColorBrightGreen
Instead, I want to have a field in Table1 called Word_Color_Name. Each row of the table will have one entry from the list of color constants. How do I retrieve the color constant "wdColorBrightGreen" from the field Word_Color_Name and use it dynamically in a statement, as in=:
.BackgroundPatternColor = myTable1!Word_Color_Name
I understand your second post. Now, is there a place I can look so I can find out what the long integer value is that corresponds to wdColorBrightGreen?
if I say:
.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorBrightGreen
it sets the cell to bright green, but I have to hard code wdColorBrightGreen
Instead, I want to have a field in Table1 called Word_Color_Name. Each row of the table will have one entry from the list of color constants. How do I retrieve the color constant "wdColorBrightGreen" from the field Word_Color_Name and use it dynamically in a statement, as in=:
.BackgroundPatternColor = myTable1!Word_Color_Name
I understand your second post. Now, is there a place I can look so I can find out what the long integer value is that corresponds to wdColorBrightGreen?
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