XL: How to Run a WordBasic Macro from an MS Excel Macro

ID: Q128405

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0
Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel for Windows, you can create a Microsoft Excel macro that uses either dynamic data exchange (DDE) or OLE Automation with Microsoft Word to run a WordBasic Macro. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate, by example, how to run a WordBasic macro using both of these methods.

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Example 1

' The following macro demonstrates how to run the WordBasic macro
' "Macro1" by using DDE

Sub RunWordMacro_DDE()

Dim chan

   ' Initiate a channel with Microsoft Word.
   chan = DDEInitiate("Winword", "System")

   ' Execute a command on the channel to run the Wordbasic macro.
   DDEExecute chan, "[Toolsmacro.name=""Macro1"",.Run]"

   ' Terminate the channel.
   DDETerminate chan

End Sub

Example 2

' The following macro demonstrates how to run the WordBasic macro
' "Macro1" by using OLE Automation

Sub RunWordMacro_OLE()

Dim WordObj As Object

   ' Create the WordBasic object.
   Set WordObj = CreateObject("Word.Basic")
   '
   ' In Microsoft Excel 97, the line of code to use is
   '
   ' Set WordObj = CreateObject("Word.Basic.8")

   ' Run the WordBasic macro "Macro1".
   With WordObj
       .ToolsMacro Name:="Macro1", Run:=True
   End With

   ' Set the WordBasic object to nothing to end OLE Automation.
   Set WordObj = Nothing

End Sub

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120979
   TITLE     : How to Use Named WordBasic Arguments in OLE Automation

Additional query words: 5.00 7.00 97 WORD7 WORD97

Keywords          : kbole kbdta KbVBA 
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0c,7.0,7.0a,97
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999