Re: List pages to print, select one page

Bruce,

Yes I would use a command button. I think most people would find it odd for
the forms to immediately begin printing on a click in the listbox. In fact,
you might save paper if you added a confirmation message box in the command
button code that told the User what pages where about to be printed and
offer an OK/Cancel options.

I would just use:

If lstBkm.ListIndex <> -1 Then
pStr = lstBkm
End If

.... as the simplified code for defining the initial pStr.

The part I am still missing is what exactly to you want to appear in the
Listbox? Do you want something like:

Label: Chose Pages to print:
1
2-3
5
6-9

and are these values fixed?

If so, I don't see why you need bookmarks or anything else in the document
itself.






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"BruceM" <bamoob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The document is a technical package of work instructions, including a
routing slip (one page of the document with the manufacturing steps
summarized). Most technical packages have only one routing slip.
However, some packages have a choice of routing slips. I understand what
you are saying about the multi-select list box. If it is needed I can add
a command button, but as it stands only one routing slip will be selected.
However, it could be that a command button is more comfortable for the
user, since they will have a chance to take another look at what they have
selected before printing it. The code would be the same as in the After
Update event. Other pages, such as a log for measurements, etc., will be
printed in every case, so there is no user input.

I have realized that some of the code assumes a multi-select list box, and
that with a single-select list box it can be simplified:
i = fusrBkm.lstBkm.ListIndex
pStr = fusrBkm.lstBkm.List(i)

Sorry I didn't describe my needs more clearly from the first, but I will
say that the multi-select code is now part of my code library. I expect I
will use it one day.

Regarding the use of variables, I had thought it was a matter of inserting
a DocVariable field, then referencing that field. My early experiments
showed me that it is not that simple. The Initialize code you provided
(and which I had tried on my own before the previous post) produces an
empty list.

I have done some more research, and have discovered that I can list the
fields by way of:
Dim fldVar As Field

For Each fldVar In ActiveDocument.Fields
If fldVar.Type = wdFieldDocVariable Then
' Parse the field to remove field type, etc.
End If
Next fldVar

I would parse the field to make it more user-friendly in the list.
However, I suppose I would need to reassemble it in order to find the page
number, if it is possible at all to find the page on which a field is
located. I see no advantage over bookmarks, even if I can get it to work.
It's interesting to experiment with it, but I think it is outside this
project's scope. It seems to do the trick as it is, so it's probably time
to move on with other projects.

Thanks for all of your help with this.

"Greg Maxey" <gmaxey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Bruce,

I am not completely sure that I know what your ulitimate goal is. The
code sent to you was tied to a document that had a bookmark name "Page_1"
on page 1, Page_2 on page 2, etc. There was also the possibility that
other bookmarks where present in the document.

The UserForm initialize code strips out "Page_" from the bookmark name
and populates the Listbox with 1, 2, 3, etc.

The ListBox was a multi-select box so if the user wants to print pages 1,
3, and 5 then they would select those pages and then press the command
button to print.

Using the AfterUpdate event like you do would make a dog's breakfast out
of that approach ;-)

To populate a listbox with Variables you have to first create the
variables e.g.,

Sub CreateSomeDocVariables()
Dim oVar As Variables
Set oVar = ActiveDocument.Variables
oVar("1-3").Value = "1-3"
oVar("4").Value = "4"
oVar("6-9").Value = "6-9"
End Sub

And then populate the listbox:

Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Dim oVar As Variable
Dim oVars As Variables
Set oVars = ActiveDocument.Variables
For Each oVar In oVars
Me.ListBox1.AddItem oVar.Name
Next
End Sub


Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Dim oVar As Variable
Dim oVars As Variables
Set oVars = ActiveDocument.Variables
For Each oVar In oVars
Me.ListBox1.AddItem oVar.Name
Next
End Sub



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BruceM wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I am not very familiar with user forms, but I
did manage to create one and add a list box. In many cases the user
will not print the selected pages, but will only view the document.
Right now the user navigates to the required page and clicks a custom
toolbar item to run a macro, causing the current page to print. The
Help documentation, however, is vague at best about how to actually
open or run a userform.
After poking around some more I managed to create a userform with a
list box, and to populate the list box with selected bookmarks. The
user form is opened when a macro is run. I used the list box After
Update event to print the page on which the selected bookmark is
located. First I call the user form (named fusrBkm) from a macro:
fusrBkm.Show
I do it this way because the situation is somewhat more complex than
I have shown: one or more pages other than the one with the selected
bookmark may need to be printed. The macro identifies other
bookmarks and sets the print range(s) accordingly.

Other code (the list box is lstBkm):

Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()

Dim oBM As Bookmark
Dim oBMs As Bookmarks

Set oBMs = ActiveDocument.Bookmarks

For Each oBM In oBMs
If InStr(oBM.Name, "_") <> 0 Then
Me.lstBkm.AddItem (oBM.Name)
End If
Next

End Sub

I read several times in my research that a DocVariable may be used
instead of a bookmark. I thought that if I could do that I wouldn't
need to worry about filtering the list of bookmarks, but I could not
figure out how to list DocVariables in the list box. Since I don't
even know if it's possible, I didn't spend that much time trying.

Private Sub lstBkm_AfterUpdate()

Dim i As Long
Dim strBkm As String
Dim pStr As String

If fusrBkm.lstBkm.ListIndex <> -1 Then
For i = 0 To fusrBkm.lstBkm.ListCount - 1
If fusrBkm.lstBkm.Selected(i) Then
pStr = pStr + fusrBkm.lstBkm.List(i) & ", "
End If
Next i
End If
'Clean up string
pStr = Left(pStr, Len(pStr) - 2)

'PrintOut
strBkm =
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks(pStr).Range.Information(wdActiveEndAdjustedPageNumber)
Application.PrintOut Range:=wdPrintFromTo, From:=strBkm, To:=strBkm

Unload Me

I could not get the ListIndex or any other properties for lstBkm
unless I drilled down through the userform name. Also, I kept
getting an error (invaalid print range, I think) when I tried:
Application.PrintOut Range:=wdPrintRangeOfPages, Pages:=pStr

Anyhow, it seems to work. I would be interested in clearing up the
remaining questions, but it seems to be something I can work with.
Thanks again.


"Greg Maxey" <gmaxey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Bruce,

You probably don't want to clutter you list of pages the user can
select from with any other bookmark name. One way to do this is
with a UserForm. Create a UserForm that contains a ListBox that list
the pages the
User can choose from (I would make it a multi-select list) and a
Command Button. Populate the Listbox with the list of pages bookmarked
"Page_1",
Page_2", etc.

Here is some sample code that you could use:

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim i As Long
Dim pStr As String
If ListBox1.ListIndex <> -1 Then
For i = 0 To ListBox1.ListCount - 1
If ListBox1.Selected(i) Then
pStr = pStr + ListBox1.List(i) & ", "
End If
Next i
End If
'Clean up string
pStr = Left(pStr, Len(pStr) - 2)
'PrintOut
Application.PrintOut Range:=wdPrintRangeOfPages, Pages:=pStr
Unload Me
End Sub

Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Dim oBM As Bookmark
Dim oBMs As Bookmarks
Set oBMs = ActiveDocument.Bookmarks
For Each oBM In oBMs
If InStr(oBM.Name, "Page_") > 0 Then
Me.ListBox1.AddItem Mid(oBM.Name, 6, Len(oBM.Name) - 5)
End If
Next
End Sub

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For some helpful tips using Word.


BruceM wrote:
I have a situation where the user may select one of several possible
pages to print. My idea (which may be off the mark, but it's what
has occurred to me) is that each of the pages would contain a
bookmark. I have adapted some code Jay Freedman posted about a year
ago to list bookmarks. I run the code as a macro.

Dim bkm As Word.Bookmark
Dim doc As Word.Document
Dim strBkm As String
Set doc = ActiveDocument
strBkm = ""

For Each bkm In doc.Bookmarks
strBkm = strBkm & bkm.Name & vbCrLf
Next

MsgBox strBkm

This produces a list of bookmarks in the document. I realize the
list as produced by this code is for display only, but what I hope
is that the user can select from the list, thereby printing the
page on which the bookmark appears. I already have worked out some
code that can identify the page number. Maybe it would be
something like: Dim b1 as Long

b1 = ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("MoreStart").Range _
.Information(wdActiveEndAdjustedPageNumber)
ActiveDocument.PrintOut _
Range:=wdPrintFromTo, From:=CStr(b1), To:=CStr(b1)

This may not be the smoothest way to accomplish what I need. For
instance, maybe I can produce a list of bookmarks, and when the user
selects one Word can go to that page, and I can use
wdPrintSelection, or something like that. Or maybe there is another
option I have not considered.
The main thing is that I would first need to have a user-selectable
list to identify the page that needs to be printed.






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