Open word file from excel VBA (Office 2010)

[BigDelGooner]

Hi all

I was using the following code within an AddIn that I created which was working fine with office 2003..

Sub Open_FundNoteTemplate()
Set Wordapp = CreateObject("word.Application")
Wordapp.documents.Open "\\lon0306.london.schroders.com\dfs\data\dta\SIM_SPF\Investment\Investment Selection\Fund Research & Documentation\__FUND NOTE TEMPLATES\YYYY-MM-DD Fund Note - Fund_Name.doc"
Wordapp.Visible = True
End Sub

...however since switching to Office 2010 I get a '4198' run-time error with the message 'Command failed'. Interesting when I step through the code in VBA it works fine, it's just when the code is executed from the dropdown menu that I get this error.

Any suggestions?

 

[NdNoviceHlp]

It's .docx with 2010 not .doc. Dave

 

[BigDelGooner]

Thank you for the reply.

Unfortunately the document I am opening is still a .doc file...this also doesn't explain why it opens the file when stepping through the code but not when executed through the drop down menu.

Any more ideas guys and girls?

 

[RoryA]

Can you clarify what exactly you mean by "when the code is executed from the dropdown menu"?

 

[BigDelGooner]

Sorry...this code is part of an Excel AddIn that I have created and the code I am referring to is when a user hits a button on the AddIn drop down menu that I have created.

Coincidentally I have just solved the issue, well found a workaround at least. I have entered an application.wait line that delays the code by 1 second after setting the wordapp object and this seems to work.

Thanks for your help guys.

 

[HunterN]

Hi BigDelGooner,

I have had a system working for many years that opened Word and copied stuff from Excel and pasted to Word.

Now back in January we moved to Office 2010 and the creating of the Word document refused to work ( or that's what I thought). But it would work fine if I stepped through the vba code. I finally put a msgbox right before the SET statement:

        MsgBox "Creating Word Document"
        On Error Resume Next
        Set wrdApp = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
        If wrdApp Is Nothing Then
        ....

This has solved the problem. I guess it allows Word to open up and get the (SAS) Addins that are being brought in, which cause Word to take longer to open.

The msgbox worked for me, but I will try to Application.Wait line.

Thanks

 

[BigDelGooner]

Thanks Hunter. The application.wait works for me but always good to know there is an alternative.