Print VBA code in Editor format colors
 

I originally posted this question on 8/8/2005 in
microsoft.public.office.developer.officedev.other, but since I still have not
gotten any response, I decided to try again by posting it in this Discussion
Group.

In the Visual Basic Editor under Tools - Options - Editor format, I can
specify the code colors for Normal Text, Comment Text, Keyword Text, etc.
This is a wonderful feature when trying to edit a macro. However, when I
print the code so that I can review it and pencil in edits that I want to
make when I return to my computer, everything is black even though I sent it
to a color printer. IS THERE A WAY TO PRINT THE CODE IN THE SPECIFIED
COLORS? I tried selecting all, copying, and pasting into a Word document in
hopes that it would retain the colors, but it doesn't. Any other ideas?

Sarah Jane

Print VBA code in Editor format colors
 

The vbe does not print in color.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Sarah Jane" wrote in message
...
I originally posted this question on 8/8/2005 in
microsoft.public.office.developer.officedev.other, but since I still have
not
gotten any response, I decided to try again by posting it in this
Discussion
Group.

In the Visual Basic Editor under Tools - Options - Editor format, I can
specify the code colors for Normal Text, Comment Text, Keyword Text, etc.
This is a wonderful feature when trying to edit a macro. However, when I
print the code so that I can review it and pencil in edits that I want to
make when I return to my computer, everything is black even though I sent
it
to a color printer. IS THERE A WAY TO PRINT THE CODE IN THE SPECIFIED
COLORS? I tried selecting all, copying, and pasting into a Word document
in
hopes that it would retain the colors, but it doesn't. Any other ideas?

Sarah Jane

Print VBA code in Editor format colors
 

Thanks. I think I'll go post a Suggestion for Microsoft. :^)

Sarah Jane

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

The vbe does not print in color.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Sarah Jane" wrote in message
...
I originally posted this question on 8/8/2005 in
microsoft.public.office.developer.officedev.other, but since I still have
not
gotten any response, I decided to try again by posting it in this
Discussion
Group.

In the Visual Basic Editor under Tools - Options - Editor format, I can
specify the code colors for Normal Text, Comment Text, Keyword Text, etc.
This is a wonderful feature when trying to edit a macro. However, when I
print the code so that I can review it and pencil in edits that I want to
make when I return to my computer, everything is black even though I sent
it
to a color printer. IS THERE A WAY TO PRINT THE CODE IN THE SPECIFIED
COLORS? I tried selecting all, copying, and pasting into a Word document
in
hopes that it would retain the colors, but it doesn't. Any other ideas?

Sarah Jane

Print VBA code in Editor format colors
 

Just some added:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;213191
XL2000: Modules Cannot Be Printed in Color

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;173083
Modules Cannot Be Printed in Color

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Sarah Jane" wrote in message
...
Thanks. I think I'll go post a Suggestion for Microsoft. :^)

Sarah Jane

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

The vbe does not print in color.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Sarah Jane" wrote in message
...
I originally posted this question on 8/8/2005 in
microsoft.public.office.developer.officedev.other, but since I still
have
not
gotten any response, I decided to try again by posting it in this
Discussion
Group.

In the Visual Basic Editor under Tools - Options - Editor format, I
can
specify the code colors for Normal Text, Comment Text, Keyword Text,
etc.
This is a wonderful feature when trying to edit a macro. However,
when I
print the code so that I can review it and pencil in edits that I want
to
make when I return to my computer, everything is black even though I
sent
it
to a color printer. IS THERE A WAY TO PRINT THE CODE IN THE SPECIFIED
COLORS? I tried selecting all, copying, and pasting into a Word
document
in
hopes that it would retain the colors, but it doesn't. Any other
ideas?

Sarah Jane

Print VBA code in Editor format colors
 

Hi Sarah,
I developed a macro in Word that will color all of your comments green and
put a line under each sub or function (in code that you have pasted into Word
from the vbe of any MS office program). I was originally going to go all out
and have it color the keywords blue as well, but I ran out of motivation-it
seemed to me that having the comments green and separating the procedures
acheived my goal of making it more readable. Anyway, let me know if you're
interested and I'll post the code.
-Dave

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

Just some added:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;213191
XL2000: Modules Cannot Be Printed in Color

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;173083
Modules Cannot Be Printed in Color

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Sarah Jane" wrote in message
...
Thanks. I think I'll go post a Suggestion for Microsoft. :^)

Sarah Jane

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

The vbe does not print in color.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Sarah Jane" wrote in message
...
I originally posted this question on 8/8/2005 in
microsoft.public.office.developer.officedev.other, but since I still
have
not
gotten any response, I decided to try again by posting it in this
Discussion
Group.

In the Visual Basic Editor under Tools - Options - Editor format, I
can
specify the code colors for Normal Text, Comment Text, Keyword Text,
etc.
This is a wonderful feature when trying to edit a macro. However,
when I
print the code so that I can review it and pencil in edits that I want
to
make when I return to my computer, everything is black even though I
sent
it
to a color printer. IS THERE A WAY TO PRINT THE CODE IN THE SPECIFIED
COLORS? I tried selecting all, copying, and pasting into a Word
document
in
hopes that it would retain the colors, but it doesn't. Any other
ideas?

Sarah Jane

Print VBA code in Editor format colors
 

Hi Dave,
That would be wonderful! I was just thinking about going to go write a
macro myself. I would greatly appreciate your allowing me to use yours
instead.
Many thanks,
Sarah Jane

"DGolds" wrote:

Hi Sarah,
I developed a macro in Word that will color all of your comments green and
put a line under each sub or function (in code that you have pasted into Word
from the vbe of any MS office program). I was originally going to go all out
and have it color the keywords blue as well, but I ran out of motivation-it
seemed to me that having the comments green and separating the procedures
acheived my goal of making it more readable. Anyway, let me know if you're
interested and I'll post the code.
-Dave

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

Just some added:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;213191
XL2000: Modules Cannot Be Printed in Color

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;173083
Modules Cannot Be Printed in Color

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Sarah Jane" wrote in message
...
Thanks. I think I'll go post a Suggestion for Microsoft. :^)

Sarah Jane

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

The vbe does not print in color.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Sarah Jane" wrote in message
...
I originally posted this question on 8/8/2005 in
microsoft.public.office.developer.officedev.other, but since I still
have
not
gotten any response, I decided to try again by posting it in this
Discussion
Group.

In the Visual Basic Editor under Tools - Options - Editor format, I
can
specify the code colors for Normal Text, Comment Text, Keyword Text,
etc.
This is a wonderful feature when trying to edit a macro. However,
when I
print the code so that I can review it and pencil in edits that I want
to
make when I return to my computer, everything is black even though I
sent
it
to a color printer. IS THERE A WAY TO PRINT THE CODE IN THE SPECIFIED
COLORS? I tried selecting all, copying, and pasting into a Word
document
in
hopes that it would retain the colors, but it doesn't. Any other
ideas?

Sarah Jane

Print VBA code in Editor format colors
 

Here it is:

Sub MakeCommentsGreen()
On Error GoTo Handler
Dim lngResponse As Long, strMsg As String
Dim i As Long
Dim blnEndProc As Boolean
lngResponse = MsgBox("Running this procedure on text other than Visual
Basic " & _
"code may have unintended consequences. Continue?", vbYesNo)
If lngResponse = vbYes Then
With Selection
' Beginning of document
.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
For i = 1 To
ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropert yLines)
'1st character in line
.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, Extend:=wdExtend
'Find the 1st non-blank character in the line
Do Until .Characters(1) < " "
.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
Loop
'Select the line
.EndKey Unit:=wdLine, Extend:=wdExtend
'Check for end of procedure
Select Case Left(.Text, Len(.Text) - 1)
Case "End Sub", "End Function"
blnEndProc = True
Case Else
blnEndProc = False
End Select
If Not blnEndProc Then
'Change font color of comments to green
If .Characters(1) = "'" Then
.Font.Color = wdColorGreen
.Collapse
ElseIf InStrRev(.Text, "'") InStrRev(.Text, Chr(34))
Then
Do Until .Characters(1) = "'"
.Collapse
.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
Loop
.EndKey Unit:=wdLine, Extend:=wdExtend
.Font.Color = wdColorGreen
End If
Else
'Add bottom border after end sub and end function
statements
With .Borders(wdBorderBottom)
.LineStyle = Options.DefaultBorderLineStyle
.LineWidth = Options.DefaultBorderLineWidth
.Color = Options.DefaultBorderColor
End With
End If
'Next line
.MoveDown Unit:=wdLine, Count:=1
.HomeKey Unit:=wdLine
Next i
End With
End If
ExitHe
Exit Sub
Handler:
MsgBox "Unexpected error #" & Err.Number & ": " & Err.Description
Resume ExitHere
End Sub

I have this in a module in "Normal" in MS Word so I can run it on any doc.
Hope it helps.
-Dave

"Sarah Jane" wrote:

Hi Dave,
That would be wonderful! I was just thinking about going to go write a
macro myself. I would greatly appreciate your allowing me to use yours
instead.
Many thanks,
Sarah Jane

"DGolds" wrote:

Hi Sarah,
I developed a macro in Word that will color all of your comments green and
put a line under each sub or function (in code that you have pasted into Word
from the vbe of any MS office program). I was originally going to go all out
and have it color the keywords blue as well, but I ran out of motivation-it
seemed to me that having the comments green and separating the procedures
acheived my goal of making it more readable. Anyway, let me know if you're
interested and I'll post the code.
-Dave

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

Just some added:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;213191
XL2000: Modules Cannot Be Printed in Color

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;173083
Modules Cannot Be Printed in Color

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Sarah Jane" wrote in message
...
Thanks. I think I'll go post a Suggestion for Microsoft. :^)

Sarah Jane

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

The vbe does not print in color.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Sarah Jane" wrote in message
...
I originally posted this question on 8/8/2005 in
microsoft.public.office.developer.officedev.other, but since I still
have
not
gotten any response, I decided to try again by posting it in this
Discussion
Group.

In the Visual Basic Editor under Tools - Options - Editor format, I
can
specify the code colors for Normal Text, Comment Text, Keyword Text,
etc.
This is a wonderful feature when trying to edit a macro. However,
when I
print the code so that I can review it and pencil in edits that I want
to
make when I return to my computer, everything is black even though I
sent
it
to a color printer. IS THERE A WAY TO PRINT THE CODE IN THE SPECIFIED
COLORS? I tried selecting all, copying, and pasting into a Word
document
in
hopes that it would retain the colors, but it doesn't. Any other
ideas?

Sarah Jane

Print VBA code in Editor format colors
 

Dave,
I tried it, and it is totally awesome! The only thing your macro didn't
catch, because it no longer had the apostrophe (') in front of it, was the
end of a comment that MS Word wrapped when I pasted the code. The remedy for
this is a simple matter of making sure the length of my comment lines is
shorter. Thanks so much for your help.
Sarah Jane


"DGolds" wrote:

Here it is:

Sub MakeCommentsGreen()
On Error GoTo Handler
Dim lngResponse As Long, strMsg As String
Dim i As Long
Dim blnEndProc As Boolean
lngResponse = MsgBox("Running this procedure on text other than Visual
Basic " & _
"code may have unintended consequences. Continue?", vbYesNo)
If lngResponse = vbYes Then
With Selection
' Beginning of document
.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
For i = 1 To
ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropert yLines)
'1st character in line
.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, Extend:=wdExtend
'Find the 1st non-blank character in the line
Do Until .Characters(1) < " "
.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
Loop
'Select the line
.EndKey Unit:=wdLine, Extend:=wdExtend
'Check for end of procedure
Select Case Left(.Text, Len(.Text) - 1)
Case "End Sub", "End Function"
blnEndProc = True
Case Else
blnEndProc = False
End Select
If Not blnEndProc Then
'Change font color of comments to green
If .Characters(1) = "'" Then
.Font.Color = wdColorGreen
.Collapse
ElseIf InStrRev(.Text, "'") InStrRev(.Text, Chr(34))
Then
Do Until .Characters(1) = "'"
.Collapse
.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
Loop
.EndKey Unit:=wdLine, Extend:=wdExtend
.Font.Color = wdColorGreen
End If
Else
'Add bottom border after end sub and end function
statements
With .Borders(wdBorderBottom)
.LineStyle = Options.DefaultBorderLineStyle
.LineWidth = Options.DefaultBorderLineWidth
.Color = Options.DefaultBorderColor
End With
End If
'Next line
.MoveDown Unit:=wdLine, Count:=1
.HomeKey Unit:=wdLine
Next i
End With
End If
ExitHe
Exit Sub
Handler:
MsgBox "Unexpected error #" & Err.Number & ": " & Err.Description
Resume ExitHere
End Sub

I have this in a module in "Normal" in MS Word so I can run it on any doc.
Hope it helps.
-Dave

"Sarah Jane" wrote:

Hi Dave,
That would be wonderful! I was just thinking about going to go write a
macro myself. I would greatly appreciate your allowing me to use yours
instead.
Many thanks,
Sarah Jane

"DGolds" wrote:

Hi Sarah,
I developed a macro in Word that will color all of your comments green and
put a line under each sub or function (in code that you have pasted into Word
from the vbe of any MS office program). I was originally going to go all out
and have it color the keywords blue as well, but I ran out of motivation-it
seemed to me that having the comments green and separating the procedures
acheived my goal of making it more readable. Anyway, let me know if you're
interested and I'll post the code.
-Dave

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

Just some added:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;213191
XL2000: Modules Cannot Be Printed in Color

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;173083
Modules Cannot Be Printed in Color

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Sarah Jane" wrote in message
...
Thanks. I think I'll go post a Suggestion for Microsoft. :^)

Sarah Jane

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

The vbe does not print in color.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Sarah Jane" wrote in message
...
I originally posted this question on 8/8/2005 in
microsoft.public.office.developer.officedev.other, but since I still
have
not
gotten any response, I decided to try again by posting it in this
Discussion
Group.

In the Visual Basic Editor under Tools - Options - Editor format, I
can
specify the code colors for Normal Text, Comment Text, Keyword Text,
etc.
This is a wonderful feature when trying to edit a macro. However,
when I
print the code so that I can review it and pencil in edits that I want
to
make when I return to my computer, everything is black even though I
sent
it
to a color printer. IS THERE A WAY TO PRINT THE CODE IN THE SPECIFIED
COLORS? I tried selecting all, copying, and pasting into a Word
document
in
hopes that it would retain the colors, but it doesn't. Any other
ideas?

Sarah Jane

Print VBA code in Editor format colors
 

Pretty-Print:
http://www.submain.com/?nav=products.pcp

has a free evaluation copy.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Sarah Jane" wrote in message
...
Dave,
I tried it, and it is totally awesome! The only thing your macro didn't
catch, because it no longer had the apostrophe (') in front of it, was the
end of a comment that MS Word wrapped when I pasted the code. The remedy
for
this is a simple matter of making sure the length of my comment lines is
shorter. Thanks so much for your help.
Sarah Jane


"DGolds" wrote:

Here it is:

Sub MakeCommentsGreen()
On Error GoTo Handler
Dim lngResponse As Long, strMsg As String
Dim i As Long
Dim blnEndProc As Boolean
lngResponse = MsgBox("Running this procedure on text other than
Visual
Basic " & _
"code may have unintended consequences. Continue?", vbYesNo)
If lngResponse = vbYes Then
With Selection
' Beginning of document
.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
For i = 1 To
ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropert yLines)
'1st character in line
.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, Extend:=wdExtend
'Find the 1st non-blank character in the line
Do Until .Characters(1) < " "
.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
Loop
'Select the line
.EndKey Unit:=wdLine, Extend:=wdExtend
'Check for end of procedure
Select Case Left(.Text, Len(.Text) - 1)
Case "End Sub", "End Function"
blnEndProc = True
Case Else
blnEndProc = False
End Select
If Not blnEndProc Then
'Change font color of comments to green
If .Characters(1) = "'" Then
.Font.Color = wdColorGreen
.Collapse
ElseIf InStrRev(.Text, "'") InStrRev(.Text,
Chr(34))
Then
Do Until .Characters(1) = "'"
.Collapse
.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
Loop
.EndKey Unit:=wdLine, Extend:=wdExtend
.Font.Color = wdColorGreen
End If
Else
'Add bottom border after end sub and end function
statements
With .Borders(wdBorderBottom)
.LineStyle = Options.DefaultBorderLineStyle
.LineWidth = Options.DefaultBorderLineWidth
.Color = Options.DefaultBorderColor
End With
End If
'Next line
.MoveDown Unit:=wdLine, Count:=1
.HomeKey Unit:=wdLine
Next i
End With
End If
ExitHe
Exit Sub
Handler:
MsgBox "Unexpected error #" & Err.Number & ": " & Err.Description
Resume ExitHere
End Sub

I have this in a module in "Normal" in MS Word so I can run it on any
doc.
Hope it helps.
-Dave

"Sarah Jane" wrote:

Hi Dave,
That would be wonderful! I was just thinking about going to go write
a
macro myself. I would greatly appreciate your allowing me to use
yours
instead.
Many thanks,
Sarah Jane

"DGolds" wrote:

Hi Sarah,
I developed a macro in Word that will color all of your comments
green and
put a line under each sub or function (in code that you have pasted
into Word
from the vbe of any MS office program). I was originally going to
go all out
and have it color the keywords blue as well, but I ran out of
motivation-it
seemed to me that having the comments green and separating the
procedures
acheived my goal of making it more readable. Anyway, let me know if
you're
interested and I'll post the code.
-Dave

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

Just some added:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;213191
XL2000: Modules Cannot Be Printed in Color

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;173083
Modules Cannot Be Printed in Color

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Sarah Jane" wrote in
message
...
Thanks. I think I'll go post a Suggestion for Microsoft. :^)

Sarah Jane

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

The vbe does not print in color.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Sarah Jane" wrote in
message
...
I originally posted this question on 8/8/2005 in
microsoft.public.office.developer.officedev.other, but since
I still
have
not
gotten any response, I decided to try again by posting it in
this
Discussion
Group.

In the Visual Basic Editor under Tools - Options - Editor
format, I
can
specify the code colors for Normal Text, Comment Text, Keywo
rd Text,
etc.
This is a wonderful feature when trying to edit a macro.
However,
when I
print the code so that I can review it and pencil in edits
that I want
to
make when I return to my computer, everything is black even
though I
sent
it
to a color printer. IS THERE A WAY TO PRINT THE CODE IN THE
SPECIFIED
COLORS? I tried selecting all, copying, and pasting into a
Word
document
in
hopes that it would retain the colors, but it doesn't. Any
other
ideas?

Sarah Jane