Please Help: Type mismatch error

[sam]

Hi All,

I am trying to create a button that would export some of the fields to a
word template. I think I have it right but I am getting a type mismatch error
on this line:

Set doc = wdApp.Documents.Open(fDialog)

what might be the reason? Here is the whole code:

Dim wdApp As Object
Dim doc As Object
On Error Resume Next
Set wdApp = GetObject("C:\My Documents\Address.dotx", "Word.Application")

If Err.Number <> 0 Then 'Word isn't already running
Set wdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
End If
On Error GoTo 0

Dim FName As String

fDialog = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker).Show

On Error Resume Next
Set doc = wdApp.Documents.Open(fDialog)

wdApp.ActiveDocument.Variables("Address").Value = Me.Address.Value
wdApp.ActiveDocument.Variables("City").Value = Me.City.Value

wdApp.ActiveDocument.Fields.Update

FName = "C:\My Documents\" & "Address" & ".doc"

wdApp.ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:=FName

wdApp.Visible = True

Set doc = Nothing
Set wdApp = Nothing
wApp.Quit

End Sub

Please help!

Thanks in advance

 

[Chip Pearson]

The problem is that

Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker).Show

doesn't return a file name. You can see this with code like

Sub AAA()
Dim fdialog As Variant
fdialog = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker).Show
MsgBox "FDialog: " & CStr(fdialog) & vbNewLine & _
"TypeName: " & TypeName(fdialog)
End Sub

Use the following code to get a file dialog and the selected file
name:

Sub AAA()
Dim FName As Variant
Dim Filter As String
Filter = "All Files (*.*),*.*"
' OR
Filter = "Word Files (*.doc),*.doc*"
' OR
Filter = "Excel Files (*.xls*),*.xls*"
FName = Application.GetOpenFilename(filefilter:=Filter, _
MultiSelect:=False)
If FName = False Then
MsgBox "cancelled"
Else
MsgBox "File Name: " & FName
End If
End Sub


Note that GetOpenFileName does NOT actually open the file. It simply
returns the file name(s) of the selected file(s) as a string or array
of strings. It returns False (the value False, not the string "False")
if the user cancels the open operation.


Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
Excel Product Group, 1998 - 2009
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
(email on web site)