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Detect invalid cross-references using VBA

Dear Experts:

I wonder whether it is possible by means of VBA ...

... to validate a REF-Field, ie. whether the Reference Source exists or not (can be found or not).

In the current document ...
... I created a lot of cross-references that all point to bookmarked text.
... e.g. {REF bookmark_90 \h} or {REF bookmark_91 \h}
... These cross-references are all listed in a (1) table

There are lots of bookmarks where the reference source could not be found, ie. cross-references that point to non-existing bookmarks.

Is it possible to run a macro that ...

... detects the row of the current table where the first error occurs and then
... sets a range till the end of the current table and ...
... deletes these rows (this range)

There are never any valid references in between, ie. if the first error ( Error: Reference Source could not be found!) occurs, it continues down to the last row.

This screenshot concisely explains my problem

Reference-Source-not-found.tif

Help is much appreciated. Thank you very much in advance.

Regards, Andreas

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Rgonzo1971

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Andreas Hermle

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Hi Rgonzo,

great this did the trick! Thank you very much for your swift and professional support.

There is one thing I still would like to address:

Is it possible to restrict this row deleting to ....
... just the currently selected table, which happens to be the first table in the document.

Regards, Andreas

Andreas Hermle

ASKER

Hi Rgonzo,

I came up with my own code, but as a matter of act I can detect no increase in speed.

I have many more fields in this document and below macro still seems to iterate thru all the fields in the whole document.

Sub Macro_2()

Dim fld As Field
Dim tbl As Table

For Each fld In ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Range.Fields

    If Split(fld.Result.Text, " ")(0) = "Fehler!" Then
        fld.Result.rows.Delete
    End If

Next
End Sub

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Rgonzo1971

Hi,

Your code could be quicker by inhibiting the screenupdating

Sub Macro_3()

Dim fld As Field
Dim tbl As Table
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For Each fld In ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Range.Fields

    If Split(fld.Result.Text, " ")(0) = "Fehler!" Then
        fld.Result.Rows.Delete
    End If

Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

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Andreas Hermle

ASKER

Ok, I'll give it a try and let you know then.

Regards, Andreas

Andreas Hermle

ASKER

Ok, this sped it up considerably. Thank you very much. Now comes the points awarding.

Regards, Andreas

Andreas Hermle

ASKER

Thank you very much for your professional support. Regards, Andreas

Rgonzo1971

Hi,

As bonus here the code where it deletes from the first where it finds an error until the end of the table in one go

Sub Macro_4()

Dim fld As Field
Dim tbl As Table

For Each fld In ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Range.Fields
    If Split(fld.Result.Text, " ")(0) = "Fehler!" Then
        Idx = fld.Code.Cells(1).Row.Index
        EndOfTable = ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Rows.Count
        With ActiveDocument.Tables(1)
            Set rngRowsToBeDeleted = .Rows(Idx).Range
            rngRowsToBeDeleted.End = .Rows(EndOfTable).Range.End
        End With
        rngRowsToBeDeleted.Rows.Delete
        Exit For
    End If
Next
End Sub

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Regards

Andreas Hermle

ASKER

Hi Rgonzo,

that's very nice of you. I will give it a try and let you know.

Thank you very much for your great, professional and swift help.

Regards, Andreas

Andreas Hermle

ASKER

Hi Rgonzo,

great, this works just fine and it is quicker to perform.

Thank you very much for your great and professional support.

Andreas