Visual Basic (VB and VBA)

Copyright 1999-2001 Christopher Greaves. All rights reserved. Home Page and email to [email protected]

If in doubt, record a macro and inspect the entrails!

Here is an INDEX to all the procedures.

You will probably need one copy of my GLOBAL DECLARATIONS.

Public Function boolStyleIsValid(strStylename As String) As Boolean
'If I am reading your code correctly, it checks styles that already exist in a document to see which ones are built-in styles. My problem is that I am trying to verify if a proposed new style name is reserved exclusively for a Word built-in style that has not yet been used in the active document. Unfortunately,  because the style cannot be created unless the style name is valid, I can't check the style's built-in property. However, I can't create the style if the name is invalid because it reserved for use by a Word built-in style. Is there a way around this conundrum?
    boolStyleIsValid = True ' default result is success
    On Error GoTo Failed
    ActiveDocument.Styles.Add Name:=strStylename, Type:=wdStyleTypeParagraph
    On Error GoTo 0
    GoTo Success
Failed:
    boolStyleIsValid = False
Success:
'Sub TESTboolStyleIsValid()
'MsgBox boolStyleIsValid("Heading 1")
'MsgBox boolStyleIsValid("Heading 9")
'MsgBox boolStyleIsValid("Heading hooray")
'End Sub
End Function

We all knew nothing when we started …

Home Page and Contact Information Send email to [email protected]. This page was last updated Thursday, November 15, 2001

Visual Basic (VB and VBA)

Copyright 1999-2001 Christopher Greaves. All rights reserved. Home Page and email to [email protected]

If in doubt, record a macro and inspect the entrails!

Here is an INDEX to all the procedures.

You will probably need one copy of my GLOBAL DECLARATIONS.

Public Function boolStyleIsValid(strStylename As String) As Boolean
'If I am reading your code correctly, it checks styles that already exist in a document to see which ones are built-in styles. My problem is that I am trying to verify if a proposed new style name is reserved exclusively for a Word built-in style that has not yet been used in the active document. Unfortunately,  because the style cannot be created unless the style name is valid, I can't check the style's built-in property. However, I can't create the style if the name is invalid because it reserved for use by a Word built-in style. Is there a way around this conundrum?
    boolStyleIsValid = True ' default result is success
    On Error GoTo Failed
    ActiveDocument.Styles.Add Name:=strStylename, Type:=wdStyleTypeParagraph
    On Error GoTo 0
    GoTo Success
Failed:
    boolStyleIsValid = False
Success:
'Sub TESTboolStyleIsValid()
'MsgBox boolStyleIsValid("Heading 1")
'MsgBox boolStyleIsValid("Heading 9")
'MsgBox boolStyleIsValid("Heading hooray")
'End Sub
End Function

We all knew nothing when we started …

Home Page and Contact Information Send email to [email protected]. This page was last updated Thursday, November 15, 2001