Calling Macros Using OLE from MS Visual Basic for Applicatons

• Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications included with: - Microsoft Word 97 for Windows - Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows - Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

This article includes a sample Visual Basic for Applications macro that you can use to run a macro in Microsoft Excel from a macro in Microsoft Word.

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The following sample macro runs a Microsoft Excel macro called MyExcelMacro, which is stored in the Book1.xls workbook in the ThisWorkBook module:

   Sub RunExcelMacroWithOLE()
      Dim oXL As Object
      Set oXL = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
      ' Open the workbook that contains the macro to run.
      oXL.Workbooks.Open FileName:="C:\My Documents\Book1.xls"
      ' Run the macro.
      oXL.Application.Run "Book1.xls!ThisWorkBook.MyExcelMacro"
      ' Quit Microsoft Excel.
      oXL.Quit
      ' Free the object from memory.
      Set oXL = Nothing
   End Sub