Create table in Word Document From Access using VBA - ms-access

Question

I am trying to create tables in a Word document template from my Access database.
This bit of code runs fine from Word itself and creates tables as required. I was wondering if its possible to run this code from Access and point to a specific word document in which to create the tables.
Dim numberOfTables As Integer
Dim iCount As Integer
numberOfTables = InputBox("How many tables to make?", "Tables")
For iCount = 0 To numberOfTables - 1
ActiveDocument.Tables.Add Range:=Selection.Range, NumRows:=2, NumColumns:= _
3, DefaultTableBehavior:=wdWord9TableBehavior, AutoFitBehavior:= _
wdAutoFitFixed
With Selection.Tables(1)
If .Style <> "Table Grid" Then
.Style = "Table Grid"
End If
.ApplyStyleHeadingRows = True
.ApplyStyleLastRow = False
.ApplyStyleFirstColumn = True
.ApplyStyleLastColumn = False
'.ApplyStyleRowBands = True 'Office 2010
'.ApplyStyleColumnBands = False 'Office 2007
End With
Selection.EndKey Unit:=wdStory
Selection.TypeParagraph
Next iCount

Answer 1

What you need to do is to first open a new instance of Word from Access. This is done by the following command:
Set wrdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
Then to make it visible and to add a document, you use this object from that point on:
wrdApp.Visible = True
Set myDoc = wrdApp.Documents.Add 'Here you should also keep the new document as an object so you can directly refer to it
Or if you use a template you need to open it instead:
wrdApp.Visible = True
Set myDoc = wrdApp.Documents.Open ("C:\database\template.docx")
And then comes your code that you need to modify accordingly to the above:
For iCount = 0 To numberOfTables - 1
myDoc.Tables.Add Range:=Selection.Range, NumRows:=2, NumColumns:= _
3, DefaultTableBehavior:=wdWord9TableBehavior, AutoFitBehavior:= _
wdAutoFitFixed
With myDoc.ActiveWindow.Selection.Tables(1)
'Note here that for the Selection object you need to refer to the active window
If .Style <> "Table Grid" Then
.Style = "Table Grid"
End If
.ApplyStyleHeadingRows = True
.ApplyStyleLastRow = False
.ApplyStyleFirstColumn = True
.ApplyStyleLastColumn = False
'.ApplyStyleRowBands = True 'Office 2010
'.ApplyStyleColumnBands = False 'Office 2007
End With
myDoc.ActiveWindow.Selection.EndKey Unit:=wdStory
myDoc.ActiveWindow.Selection.TypeParagraph
Next iCount
This should get you started.