Function RDB_Create_PDF(Myvar As Object, FixedFilePathName As String, _
OverwriteIfFileExist As Boolean, OpenPDFAfterPublish As Boolean) As String
Dim FileFormatstr As String
Dim Fname As Variant
'Test to see if the Microsoft Create/Send add-in is installed.
If Dir(Environ("commonprogramfiles") & "\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE" _
& Format(Val(Application.Version), "00") & "\EXP_PDF.DLL") <> "" Then
If FixedFilePathName = "" Then
'Open the GetSaveAsFilename dialog to enter a file name for the PDF file.
FileFormatstr = "PDF Files (*.pdf), *.pdf"
Fname = Application.GetSaveAsFilename("", filefilter:=FileFormatstr, _
Title:="Create PDF")
'If you cancel this dialog, exit the function.
If Fname = False Then Exit Function
Else
Fname = FixedFilePathName
End If
'If OverwriteIfFileExist = False then test to see if the PDF
'already exists in the folder and exit the function if it does.
If OverwriteIfFileExist = False Then
If Dir(Fname) <> "" Then Exit Function
End If
'Now export the PDF file.
On Error Resume Next
Myvar.ExportAsFixedFormat _
Type:=xlTypePDF, _
FileName:=Fname, _
Quality:=xlQualityStandard, _
IncludeDocProperties:=True, _
IgnorePrintAreas:=False, _
OpenAfterPublish:=OpenPDFAfterPublish
On Error GoTo 0
'If the export is successful, return the file name.
If Dir(Fname) <> "" Then RDB_Create_PDF = Fname
End If
End Function
Function RDB_Mail_PDF_Outlook(FileNamePDF As String, StrTo As String, _
StrSubject As String, StrBody As String, Send As Boolean)
Dim OutApp As Object
Dim OutMail As Object
Set OutApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set OutMail = OutApp.CreateItem(0)
On Error Resume Next
With OutMail
.To = StrTo
.CC = ""
.BCC = ""
.Subject = StrSubject
.Body = ObjBody
.Attachments.Add FileNamePDF
If Send = True Then
.Send
Else
.Display
End If
End With
On Error GoTo 0
Set OutMail = Nothing
Set OutApp = Nothing
End Function
Function RangetoHTML(rng As Range)
' Works in Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Excel 2003, Excel 2007, Excel 2010, Outlook 2000, Outlook 2002, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, and Outlook 2010.
Dim fso As Object
Dim ts As Object
Dim TempFile As String
Dim TempWB As Workbook
TempFile = Environ$("temp") & "/" & Format(Now, "dd-mm-yy h-mm-ss") & ".htm"
' Copy the range and create a workbook to receive the data.
rng.Copy
Set TempWB = Workbooks.Add(1)
With TempWB.Sheets(1)
.Cells(1).PasteSpecial Paste:=8
.Cells(1).PasteSpecial xlPasteValues, , False, False
.Cells(1).PasteSpecial xlPasteFormats, , False, False
.Cells(1).Select
Application.CutCopyMode = False
On Error Resume Next
.DrawingObjects.Visible = True
.DrawingObjects.Delete
On Error GoTo 0
End With
' Publish the sheet to an .htm file.
With TempWB.PublishObjects.Add( _
SourceType:=xlSourceRange, _
FileName:=TempFile, _
Sheet:=TempWB.Sheets(1).Name, _
Source:=TempWB.Sheets(1).UsedRange.Address, _
HtmlType:=xlHtmlStatic)
.Publish (True)
End With
' Read all data from the .htm file into the RangetoHTML subroutine.
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set ts = fso.GetFile(TempFile).OpenAsTextStream(1, -2)
RangetoHTML = ts.ReadAll
ts.Close
RangetoHTML = Replace(RangetoHTML, "align=center x
ublishsource=", _
"align=left x
ublishsource=")
' Close TempWB.
TempWB.Close savechanges:=False
' Delete the htm file.
Kill TempFile
Set ts = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing
Set TempWB = Nothing
End Function
Sub Mail_Selection_Range_Outlook_Body()
' You need to use this module with the RangetoHTML subroutine.
' Works in Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Excel 2003, Excel 2007, Excel 2010, Outlook 2000, Outlook 2002, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, and Outlook 2010.
Dim rng As Range
Dim OutApp As Object
Dim OutMail As Object
Set rng = Nothing
On Error Resume Next
' Only send the visible cells in the selection.
'Set rng = Selection.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible)
' You can also use a range with the following statement.
Set rng = Sheets("Report").Range("Body")
On Error GoTo 0
If rng Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "The selection is not a range or the sheet is protected. " & _
vbNewLine & "Please correct and try again.", vbOKOnly
Exit Sub
End If
With Application
.EnableEvents = False
.ScreenUpdating = False
End With
Set OutApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set OutMail = OutApp.CreateItem(0)
On Error Resume Next
'With OutMail
'.To = ""
'.CC = ""
'.BCC = ""
'.Subject = Range("Subject_Line")
'.HTMLBody = RangetoHTML(rng)
'.Send
End With
On Error GoTo 0
With Application
.EnableEvents = True
.ScreenUpdating = True
End With
Set OutMail = Nothing
Set OutApp = Nothing
End Sub
Sub RDB_Selection_Range_To_PDF()
Dim FileName As String
If ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.Count > 1 Then
MsgBox "There is more than one sheet selected," & vbNewLine & _
"unselect the sheets and try the macro again."
Else
'Call the function with the correct arguments.
'For a fixed range use this line.
FileName = RDB_Create_PDF(Range("Attachment"), "C:\Users\CBrennan\TEST1.pdf", True, True)
'For the selection use this line.
'FileName = RDB_Create_PDF(Selection, "", True, True)
'For a fixed file name and to overwrite it each time you run the macro, use the following statement.
'RDB_Create_PDF(Selection, "C:\Users\Ron\Test\YourPdfFile.pdf", True, True)
If FileName <> "" Then
'Uncomment the following statement if you want to send the PDF by mail.
RDB_Mail_PDF_Outlook FileName, "", Range("Subject_Line"), _
"Mail_Selection_Range_Outlook_Body" _
& vbNewLine & vbNewLine & "Regards Ron de bruin", False
Else
MsgBox "It is not possible to create the PDF;, possible reasons:" & vbNewLine & _
"Microsoft Add-in is not installed" & vbNewLine & _
"You canceled the GetSaveAsFilename dialog" & vbNewLine & _
"The path to save the file in arg 2 is not correct" & vbNewLine & _
"You didn't want to overwrite the existing PDF if it exists."
End If
End If
End Sub
