Re: List pages to print, select one page

Bruce,

I suppose my remaining question is: Do you know the page range of "Apply
Coating," "Strip Coating," etc.?

If so then I still don't see the need for Bookmarks or anything else in the
document.

If you (as the document author) know the page number of the various routing
slips then build the Listbox list in the initialize procedure

and then in the command button procedure use the user selection to define a
string that makes sense to the PrintOut method.

Dim printStr As String
Select Case Me.lstBkm
Case Is = "Apply Coating"
printString = "1-3"
Case Is = "Strip Coating"
printString = "6, 8-9"
Case Else
MsgBox "You didn't pick a routing slip to print"
Exit Sub
End Select
Application.PrintOut Range:=wdPrintRangeOfPages, Pages:=pStr
Unload Me

If I am missing your mark then just ignore my comments has hapless
ramblings.


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BruceM wrote:
I think I will use a command button, as you suggest, for the reasons
you mention.

The bookmarks (or something) are needed to identify the page. The
page number alone is not enough information, unless the user is going
to scroll around in the document to identify the page number. For
instance, one routing slip may be Apply Coating. Another would be
Coat and Polish. Then maybe there is an appendix: Strip Coating. The
list box would show: Apply Coating
Coat and Polish
Strip Coating

Of course, the bookmarks have underscores instead of spaces, but I
replace them with spaces for the list box, then reverse the
replacement so the code can identify the page number.

If the document contains only one routing slip, the user runs a macro
(by way of a toolbar button) that prints everything from the bookmark
DocStart to the bookmark DocEnd. If a document contains more than
one routing slip, so that a choice needs to be made, the existence of
a ChoosePage bookmark brings up the user form.

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