You can use VisualBasic for Applications (VBA) to solve many things in Word.
Here we will show you how to embed, use and delete the ActiveBarcode control with VBA:
Embedding the ActiveBarcode Control into a document:
In this example a barcode control will be placed at the cursors position.
Then you can modify the object using the variable 'ab':
Set ab = Selection.InlineShapes.AddOLEObject(ClassType:="BARCODE.BarcodeCtrl.1",
FileName:="", LinkToFile:=False, DisplayAsIcon:=False)
To get access to the properties of the ActiveBarcode control we also create a variable named
'abObject':
With ab.OLEFormat
.Activate
Set abObject = .Object
End With
Set the standard properties (height, width) of the object using the variable 'ab':
ab.Width = 200
ab.Height = 120
Set the properties of the ActiveBarcode control using the 'abObject' variable:
abobject.Type = 6
abObject.Text = "987698769812"
If you do not need the control anymore you can delete it from the document:
ab.Delete
Hint: If it's necessary that Windows process upcoming events (often named as "KeepWindowsAlive") within a macro,
you can force this by using the following VBA function:
DoEvents
This can be necessary, e.g. if the Control must draw itself anew.
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