Using vba to copy the contents of a word document into another word document

Question

I haven\'t used VB for years, so please forgive me if this turns out to be obvious. I\'m trying to write a word vba macro for use in a template which will display a userform

Answer 1

Here is a significant improvement (I think) you will want to incorporate because it:

1. does not use the clipboard and thus does not make your macro vulnerable to the user changing the contents of the clipboard while your macro is running
2. does not use a file and thus greatly improve the speed by eliminating I/O and eliminates the potential of having to deal with file system security/permissions, etc. Please do not use .InsertFile() if you are looping through documents you will slow yourself down. Use it once, at the end -only if you have to. The example below shows how to accomplish the same result without using .InsertFile()

The idea is to transfer some portion of text found in 1 source document, to a destination document that is different than the source, and keep the source formatting.

To accomplish the above (skipping the code to open documents):

For Each oTable In oDoc_Source  
'the above could have been anything that returns a Range object
'such as: ActiveDocument.Content.Find.Execute ....

'...
'logic here to identify the table, or text, you are looking for
'...

'I can't believe the MS Dev Center folks could only think
'of .InsertFile(), which is the last resort I would go for, 
'especially if your code runs on a web server [concurrent web requests]!

'SAFEST
'(no user interference on clipboard possible, no need to deal with file i/o and permissions)
'you need a reference to Document.Content, 
'as the act of obtaining a reference "un-collapses" the range, so the below 3 lines must be in that order.
Set oRange =  oDoc_DestinationDoc.Content
oRange.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
oRange.FormattedText = oTable.Range

'BRUTE, AND PRONE TO RANDOM ERRORS AND HANGS DUE TO USER INTERFERENCE WITH CLIPBOARD 
'find a way to implement WIHTOUT using the CLIPBOARD altogether to copy the below range object
'it will be easier for PC users to use the clipboard while the macro runs
'and it will probably be safer for the output of this macro to remain uncorrupted

'oTable.Range.Copy
'Set oRange =  oDoc_DestinationDoc.Content
'oRange.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
'oRange.Paste


'THE BELOW DOES NOT WORK
' '1) - cannot add a range from another document
' 'adds only text, not the formats and not the table layout
' oTable.Range.TextRetrievalMode.IncludeFieldCodes = True
' oTable.Range.TextRetrievalMode.IncludeHiddenText = True
'  oDoc_DestinationDoc.Content.InsertAfter oTable.Range
'
' '2) - cannot add a range from another document
'  oDoc_DestinationDoc.Content.Tables.Add oTable.Range, iRowMax, iColMax
' 
' '3) - only puts in plain text, and it replaces the range without the .Collapse call
'  oDoc_DestinationDoc.Content.Text = oTable.Range