WD2000: Macro to Retrieve Text from Each Cell in a Table

ID: Q209223

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Visual Basic for Applications macro to efficiently loop through each cell in a Word table. This example may help if your code is slower than expected when retrieving data from one or more cells from a table.

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For more information about using the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro loops through each cell in the first table of the active document, assigns a value to the string variable sCellText, and displays the value of sCellText in a message box. This macro cycles through the table cells moving from left to right and then down the table rows.


Sub RetrieveTableItems()

   Dim oRow As Row
   Dim oCell As Cell
   Dim sCellText As String
   ' Turn on error checking.
   On Error GoTo ErrorHandler

   ' Loop through each row in the table.
   For Each oRow In ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Rows

      ' Loop through each cell in the current row.
      For Each oCell In oRow.Cells
         ' Set sCellText equal to text of the cell.
         ' Note: This section can be modified to suit
         ' your programming purposes.
         sCellText = oCell.Range
         ' Remove table cell markers from the text.
         sCellText = Left$(sCellText, Len(sCellText) - 2)
         MsgBox sCellText

      Next oCell

   Next oRow

ErrorHandler:
   If Err <> 0 then
      Dim Msg As String
      Msg = "Error # " & Str(Err.Number) & Chr(13) & Err.Description _
         & Chr(13) & "Make sure there is a table in the current document."
         MsgBox Msg, , "Error"
   End If

End Sub

REFERENCES

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212623 WD2000: Macro Programming Resources

Q226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: vb vba vbe

Keywords : kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto