Access automating Word - Difference between Selection / ActiveDocument and GoTo (1 Viewer)

darbid · Oct 28, 2016

Set up is Windows 7 / Office 2007. Access code is automating Word.

The following code (which deletes page 2) works on most PCs

Code:

With objWord.ActiveDocument
        Set rng = .GoTo(What:=wdGoToPage, name:="2")
        Set rng = rng.GoTo(What:=wdGoToBookmark, name:="\page")
        rng.Delete
        Set rng = Nothing
    End With

However I have one PC where the first line does not go to the page.

Code:

.GoTo(What:=wdGoToPage, name:="2")

I have found a workaround of using the Selection object like this (where objWord is the main Word Application object)

Code:

Set rng = objWord.Selection.GoTo(What:=wdGoToPage, name:="2")

I have also tried http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/SelectCurPage.htm a few variations such as what is suggested here.

Can anyone help me to understand why I cannot do this from the Document (ActiveDocument) but I can from the Selection.

Also why does it work on some PCs and not on others.

static · Oct 28, 2016

AFAIK, selection is just the range in the document that is selected, like you've highlighted it with your mouse.
So unless you've done the equivalent of ctrl+a to select everything it wont cover the whole document.

+
unless, "represents the insertion point if nothing in the document is selected" covers it.

Access automating Word - Difference between Selection / ActiveDocument and GoTo (1 Viewer)

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