How to make doc's FullName into an AutoText entry without first inserting it into document

[Larry]

This macro works fine. It temporarily Inserts Fullname of the active
document into the document and makes that string an AutoText entry
called MyDocName, which is used later by another macro to reactivate
this document from another document. This enables me to return
instantly to this document without having to open the Window menu or
scroll through the open documents. But I wonder if there is a more
efficient way of doing it, so that the active document's FullName
doesn't actually have to be inserted into the document as a range, but
rather the FullName becomes an AutoText entry in one step. It seems
that would make the macro a little faster.

Any ideas? Thanks.
Larry
..

Sub DocFullNameStore()

Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim X As Long, Y As Long
Dim r As Range

X = ActiveDocument.Range.End - 1
ActiveDocument.Range.InsertAfter ActiveDocument.FullName
Y = ActiveDocument.Range.End - 1
Set r = ActiveDocument.Range(Start:=X, End:=Y)
NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries.Add Name:="MyDocFullName", Range:=r
r.Delete

End Sub

 

[Jezebel]

Storing the name as a DocumentProperty or DocVariable would be simpler; but
if the name needs to be retained only for the current session, why not
simply put it into a static variable within your VBA module?

 

[Larry]

The purpose of this is to be able to activate this document by a single
command from another document. How would putting a static variable
within the module enable me to do that?

So that you can better understand what I'm doing here, here is the
second macro, by which I activate the first document (the one whose name
has been made into an AutoText entry by the first macro) from another
document. What would be the equivalent of this using a variable instead
of an AutoText entry?

Sub PrevDocActivate()

' Open (or activate) the document whose name (or fullname) has been made
into an
' AutoText entry.

' Uses Activate method if document is open, and Open method is document
is closed.

'Application.ScreenUpdating = False

Dim sDoc As Document
Dim PrevDocName As String
PrevDocName = NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries("MyDocFullName").Value
'Instead of opening in all cases, do a For Each statement.
For Each sDoc In Documents
If sDoc.FullName = PrevDocName Then
myFlag1 = True
Exit For
End If
Next
If myFlag1 = True Then

'DocFullNameStore

Documents(PrevDocName).Activate
Else
Documents.Open (PrevDocName)
End If

End Sub

 

[Larry]

I guess my real question is, how do I put a variable in a function, so
that it can then be accessed later by a macro?

Then it would work like this. Macro 1 defines the FullName of the
active document as a variable, MyDocFullName. This variable is then
placed in a function. Then, after I've activated a different document,
I run Macro 2, which accesses the variable MyDocFullName from the
function and sticks it into a line of code:

Documents(MyDocFullName).Activate

Larry

 

[Jezebel]

Module level variable --

Dim mDoc as Word.Document


Sub Macro1()
:
set mDoc = ActiveDocument
:
End Sub


Sub PrevDocActivate
mDoc.Activate
End Sub


Bear in mind that while you're writing or debugging your code, mDoc will get
cleared whenever you make any changes to any code.

 

[Larry]

Fantastic, so simple.

There's one drawback however. This would work only with open documents.
My older macro, which uses the actual FullName of the document as an
AutoText entry, can also open a closed document.

However, this would still be great with an alternative: a macro that
will alternatively activate two documents. Let's say I have seven
documents open and I just want to go back and forth between two of them
for a while. Instead of having to deal with the Window menu or using
NextWindow to find the destination document each time, a simply macro
will do it.

Larry

 

[Jezebel]

It will work with strings also, if you need to deal with documents that are
closed.


Dim pFileName as string
Dim pDoc as Word.Document


:


Set pDoc = Documents.Open(pFileName)



:

 

[Larry]

Cool. I had given up on that, thinking it wasn't necessary anyway. I'l
have two altnernative macros now. One that activates a certain document
(even if it's closed) from any other document (I'll use this new info
for that). And one that alternatively activates two documents so I can
go back and forth between them with a single command no matter how many
other documents are open.


I did it by adding another public variable, mDoc2. Here's the code:

Sub TwoDocsAltActivate()

If ActiveDocument <> mDoc Then
Set mDoc2 = ActiveDocument
mDoc.Activate
Else
mDoc2.Activate
End If

End Sub

 

[Jezebel]

Be a little careful here. This line

If ActiveDocument <> mDoc Then


isn't doing what you think it is. If you want to compare objects you have to
use the IS keyword --

If not (ActiveDoicument is mDoc) then ...


Otherwise, VB compares the default properties of the objects. The default
property of a document is its Name, so your current line is actually
shorthand for

If ActiveDocument.Name <> mDoc.Name then

which in this case works, but that won't always be the case.

 

[Larry]

I seem to have it working perfectly now.

Thanks a lot for your help.

Larry