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Pass Variable between VBA and VB.net

Hi All,

I am trying to pass variables between VBA and VB.Net - I have gotten as far as being able to call my VB.Net function from VBA and display a message box stating whether or not the VB.Net Function is True/False.

But for the life of me I can't find how to pass the variable between VBA & VB.Net

' IN VSTO
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
<ComVisible(True)> _
Public Interface IAddInUtilities
    Sub ImportData()
End Interface

<ComVisible(True)> _
<ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None)> _
Public Class AddInUtilities
    Implements IAddInUtilities

    Public valid As Boolean
    Public Sub ImportData() Implements IAddInUtilities.ImportData
        If LicenseValid() Then
            MsgBox("VSTO - Valid")

        Else
            MsgBox("VSTO - Invalid")

        End If

    End Sub
End Class

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And...
'IN VBA
Sub CheckDataValid()
    Dim addIn As COMAddIn
    Dim automationObject As Object
    Set addIn = Application.COMAddIns("WordAddIn1")
    Set automationObject = addIn.Object
    automationObject.ImportData
    
' Right here I want to be able to use the result of the check
If CheckDataValid then
  msgbox "T"
Else
  msgbox "F"
end if

End Sub

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Thanks in advance
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1. Are you trying to pass data from VBA to VB.Net or from VB.Net to VBA?  It looks like the latter.
2. The LicenseValid() isn't defined in your example code.
3. You are invoking CheckDataValid from within the CheckDataValid routine.  Although this is permissible under the rules of program recursion, I don't think it is what you want to do.
4. Is it safe to assume that your msgbox statements are purely for diagnostic purposes?

Are you trying to perform some license check on one side and pass that result to the other side?
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Hi Aikimark,

Thanks for stopping by, answers in order:

01.

Ultimately I want to know how to do both. In this case I want to pass a boolean from VB.Net to VBA

02.

The LicenseValid is a procedure on a different tab in VS.  At the moment LicenceValid is called by Public Sub ImportData() in VSTO and the result is accessable to Public Sub ImportData() - thus I did not think I needed to include it, appologies if that was unclear (let me know if it is still unclear)

03.

Ahh, you are referring to lines 9-14, sorry that was for illustration and should be comments.  I have not actually run with that code...  erm would that work?  

04.

Yes, the message boxes are there so I can see what is happening.  I have been using. This is the 3rd time I have opened VS... (need I say more?)
would that work?
No.

Perhaps the easiest way to pass the data is for the .Net code to alter some property of a cell (True|False).  Then the VBA code could inspect that property.

I recently recommended using a cell's ID property.
http:Q_28386759.html#a39925691
Thank you for the suggestion.  I am working mainly with MS-Word.  

I don't understand why I would want to use a cell's ID property; are you telling me that it is possible to call a VB.Net ComAddIn from VBA but it is not possible to pass variables?

The back story to this question is that I have a large VBA project that I want to move to VB.Net.  I can't do it over night but if I can pass variables between VBA and a VB.Net ComAddIn then I can work on it gradually.

Thanks,
I hope the following illustrates conceptually what I would like to achieve... I'd like to convert the function from VBA to VB.Net and maintain the same functionality of the code below.

Thanks

Sub MySub()
    If MyAddIn(InputBox("Enter an integer: ", "MyAddIn Test")) Then
        Call MyEvenSub
    Else
        Call MyOddSub
    End If
End Sub

Sub MyEvenSub()
    MsgBox "You entered an EVEN number"
End Sub

Sub MyOddSub()
    MsgBox "You entered an ODD number"
End Sub

Function MyAddIn(iInt As Integer) As Boolean
    MyAddIn = False
    If iInt Mod 2 = 0 Then MyAddIn = True
End Function

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Oops.  When I posted that comment, I'd forgotten that this question was in the Word zone.
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Hi Dennis

Thank you.  My problem is setting up the function in VB.Net so that it is properly exposed to VBA.

A Sub in VB.Net won't let me return a value (as far as I can tell) and changing the word "Sub" to "Function" results in errors.

I can, however, call functions in VBA from VB.Net without any problems.
Holy cow it worked! Thank you Dennis - it was just my dumb syntax

as far as I can tell I spent 3 days missing a set of brackets
aikimark - thank you also for your help and dual roles, Cheers :-)