Be a little careful here. This line

If ActiveDocument mDoc Then


isn't doing what you think it is. If you want to compare objects you have to
use the IS keyword --

If not (ActiveDoicument is mDoc) then ...


Otherwise, VB compares the default properties of the objects. The default
property of a document is its Name, so your current line is actually
shorthand for

If ActiveDocument.Name mDoc.Name then

which in this case works, but that won't always be the case.




"Larry" wrote in message
...

Cool. I had given up on that, thinking it wasn't necessary anyway. I'l
have two altnernative macros now. One that activates a certain document
(even if it's closed) from any other document (I'll use this new info
for that). And one that alternatively activates two documents so I can
go back and forth between them with a single command no matter how many
other documents are open.


I did it by adding another public variable, mDoc2. Here's the code:

Sub TwoDocsAltActivate()

If ActiveDocument mDoc Then
Set mDoc2 = ActiveDocument
mDoc.Activate
Else
mDoc2.Activate
End If

End Sub


Jezebel wrote:
It will work with strings also, if you need to deal with documents
that are closed.


Dim pFileName as string
Dim pDoc as Word.Document





Set pDoc = Documents.Open(pFileName)






"Larry" wrote in message
...
Fantastic, so simple.

There's one drawback however. This would work only with open
documents. My older macro, which uses the actual FullName of the
document as an AutoText entry, can also open a closed document.

However, this would still be great with an alternative: a macro
that will alternatively activate two documents. Let's say I have
seven documents open and I just want to go back and forth between
two of them for a while. Instead of having to deal with the Window
menu or using NextWindow to find the destination document each
time, a simply macro will do it.

Larry

Jezebel wrote:
Module level variable --

Dim mDoc as Word.Document


Sub Macro1()
:
set mDoc = ActiveDocument
:
End Sub


Sub PrevDocActivate
mDoc.Activate
End Sub


Bear in mind that while you're writing or debugging your code,
mDoc will get cleared whenever you make any changes to any code.






"Larry" wrote in message
...
I guess my real question is, how do I put a variable in a
function, so that it can then be accessed later by a macro?

Then it would work like this. Macro 1 defines the FullName of
the active document as a variable, MyDocFullName. This
variable is then placed in a function. Then, after I've
activated a different document, I run Macro 2, which accesses
the variable MyDocFullName from the function and sticks it into
a line of code:

Documents(MyDocFullName).Activate

Larry




Larry wrote:
The purpose of this is to be able to activate this document
by a single command from another document. How would putting
a static variable within the module enable me to do that?

So that you can better understand what I'm doing here, here
is the second macro, by which I activate the first document
(the one whose name has been made into an AutoText entry by
the first macro) from another document. What would be the
equivalent of this using a variable instead of an AutoText
entry?

Sub PrevDocActivate()

' Open (or activate) the document whose name (or fullname) has
been made into an
' AutoText entry.

' Uses Activate method if document is open, and Open method is
document is closed.

'Application.ScreenUpdating = False

Dim sDoc As Document
Dim PrevDocName As String
PrevDocName =
NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries("MyDocFullName").Va lue
'Instead of opening in all cases, do a For Each statement.
For Each sDoc In Documents If sDoc.FullName =
PrevDocName Then myFlag1 = True
Exit For
End If
Next
If myFlag1 = True Then

'DocFullNameStore

Documents(PrevDocName).Activate
Else
Documents.Open (PrevDocName)
End If

End Sub



Jezebel wrote:
Storing the name as a DocumentProperty or DocVariable would
be simpler; but if the name needs to be retained only for
the current session, why not simply put it into a static
variable within your VBA module?


"Larry" wrote in message
...

This macro works fine. It temporarily Inserts Fullname
of the active document into the document and makes that
string an AutoText entry called MyDocName, which is used
later by another macro to reactivate this document from
another document. This enables me to return instantly to
this document without having to open the Window menu or
scroll through the open documents. But I wonder if there
is a more efficient way of doing it, so that the active
document's FullName doesn't actually have to be inserted
into the document as a range, but rather the FullName
becomes an AutoText entry in one step. It seems that
would make the macro a little faster.

Any ideas? Thanks.
Larry
.

Sub DocFullNameStore()

Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim X As Long, Y As Long
Dim r As Range

X = ActiveDocument.Range.End - 1
ActiveDocument.Range.InsertAfter ActiveDocument.FullName
Y = ActiveDocument.Range.End - 1
Set r = ActiveDocument.Range(Start:=X, End:=Y)
NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries.Add Name:="MyDocFullName",
Range:=r r.Delete

End Sub