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Default Excel VBA and Sendkeys Office 2003 under XP vs Office 2007 underV


Try to use this Independent SendKeys that offers more control than VBA
built-in one:
http://cpap.com.br/orlando/SendKeysMore.asp?IdC=help


On Apr 10, 12:06*pm, BAC wrote:
Every month I get 50 Adobe .PDF files with 8-15 pages of data. I need to
isolate and print only 1 of the pages. The following code works fine in
Office 2003 under XP, but in Office2007under Vista it stops with the cursor
flashing in the FileName box of the *File Open dialog *of the Adobe Reader.
This "freeze" occurs on the 1st pass through the "For each f in ff" , but the
code continues on to inserting the appropraitely named worksheet (without the
page image from Adobe) and actually stops with an "Invalid Procedure Call" on
the "AppActivate app_is" line the second time through (apparently it can't
activate the Adobe reader while it is frozen, awaiting a file name, from the
1st pass).

As I said this process works fine under XP/Office 2003. Has there been some
kind of change in the Sendkeys method between Office 2003 and2007, or does
it have to do with XP vs Vista? And in either event, how do I get it running
as we will soon be moving to Vista with Office2007and I really don't want
to start doing this manually.

<<<<<<<<Code Begins
Sub fn_PrintPDF()
Dim fs As Object, fp As Object, ff As Object
Dim app_is As Long, x As Long
Dim fname As String, dPath As String

Set fs = Nothing
Set fp = Nothing
Set ff = Nothing

'Enter the path to this month's .pdf files on Sheet1, Cells C3
dir_Name = Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(3, "C").Value

If Len(dir_Name) <= 1 Then
* x = MsgBox("Please enter a valid directory name for the " & Chr(10) &
Chr(13) _
* * * & "location of the files to be printed on Sheet1", vbOKOnly)
Sheets("sheet1").Activate
Cells(3, "C").Select
Exit Sub
End If

'Set path to pdf files
dPath = "\\crpatlfnp03\Accounting\" & dir_Name & "\"

Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set fp = fs.GetFolder(dPath)
Set ff = fp.Files

'Initiate Adobe Reader
app_is = Shell("C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe",
vbNormalFocus)

For Each f In ff

'Validate Files are what we want:
If UCase(Right(f.Name, 4)) = ".PDF" Then
fname = f.Name

'Following AppActivate is highlighted line when Invalid Procedure Call error
occurs
AppActivate app_is
'Open file
* * Application.SendKeys "%FO" & dPath & fname & "{ENTER}", True
*'Find 1st Occurence (in Table of Contents)
* * Application.SendKeys "^FSTATEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS{ENTER}", True
* * Application.SendKeys "{ESC}", True
* * Application.SendKeys "{ENTER}", True
' Find 2nd Occurrence in Title of desired page
* * Application.SendKeys "^FSTATEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS{ENTER}", True
* * Application.SendKeys "{ESC}", True
*'Copy page to the Clipboard
* *Application.SendKeys "%EB", True

'Add new worksheet
* * ActiveWorkbook.Sheets.Add After:=Sheets(Sheets.Count)
* * Range("A6").Select
'Paste Adobe Page toExcel
* * ActiveSheet.Paste
* * Range("A3").Select
'Put file name on sheet
* * ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = fname
'Rename sheet
* * ActiveSheet.Name = fname
* * Range("A4").Select

'Close file in Adobe Reader
AppActivate app_is
Application.SendKeys ("%FC"), True

End If

'Get next .pdf
Next f

'Exit Adobe Reader
AppActivate app_is
Application.SendKeys ("%FX"), True

'Save this month's file to this month's directory
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=dPath & "PDFExcelRead.xls"

Set fs = Nothing
Set fp = Nothing
Set ff = Nothing

End Sub
<<<<<<<<Code Ends

Thanx a bunch
BAC