Date Control in userform

I get a compile error because Word doesn't know what the ActiveCell object is in lines 7 and 8 of the second snippet.

Mine is different because I have Option Explicit at the top of every module's code.

I recommend that you set the option to do that automatically for any new modules
Tools/Options, Editor tab, set 'Require Variable Declaration' on. I always disable the Auto Syntax Check at the same time, because it gets very annoying.

Yes, it comes from a excel VBA that I had. Should I use ActiveDocument in word instead?

I want to ad a date into a vba userform from the calendar control (frmCalendar).

The main userform has a field called txtDate, next to this I have a command button that calls up frmCalendar. This works but what code can I use to make the calendar control insert a date to the txtDate field?

No,

when the user click the calendar date that he want, the frmCalendar closes and date is put into the textbox "txtDate".

So it should be in the: Private Sub Calendar1_Click()

I tried to update the code I had above, but I do something is defiantly wrong.

'code for the frmCalendar

Private Sub cmdClose_Click()
    Unload Me
End Sub

Private Sub Calendar1_Click()

     ' Check if active  cell contains a date. If 'yes' show
     ' same date on calendar. If 'no' show today's date.
      
      If IsDate(ActiveDocument.FormField) Then
        Calendar1.Value = DateValue(ActiveDocument.Calendar1.Value)
    Else
      Calendar1.Value = Date
   End If
Unload Me

End Sub

Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Calendar1.Value = Date
End Sub



'From the cmdButton

Private Sub cmdDato_Click()
    
    Load frmCalendar
    frmCalendar.Show
    ActiveDocument.txtDate.Text = frmCalendar.Calendar1.Value
     
     ' now unload
    Unload frmCalendar

End Sub

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As a general rule, if your code stops with an error, tell us what it is, and where it is. That saves a lot of guessing.
However, this line must be wrong.

If IsDate(ActiveDocument.FormField) Then

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You need to specify a particular FormField and which property is being tested

If IsDate(ActiveDocument.FormFields("MyDate").Result) Then

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I don't understand this.

Calendar1.Value = DateValue(ActiveDocument.Calendar1.Value)

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Do you have a Calendar control on the document as well as on the UserForm? I advise against putting ActiveX controls on the document itself. They don't print well, and they are resource-heavy.

Where and what is txtDate? Is it, too, an ActiveX control on the document?

No, I do not have a calendar control on the document it self, just on a userform.

I'll try to visualise how I want this function to work.


When I push the command button on the right of the txt.Date field (a little calendar icon on it) the calendar (frmCalendar) will pop up.


When he click the date he wants, the frmCalendar closes and the date he picked are shown in txtDate field on the Main userform. (the first picture).

I think it is many lines that are not correct in this vba. That's why I posted the whole thing :) Not just the error codes, since I was trying to explain it..

I'am a big amateur in word VBA. But I'll try to learn :)

Thanks works perfect now.