Run Method

Runs a Visual Basic macro.

expression .Run(MacroName, varg1, varg2, varg3, varg4, varg5, varg6, varg7, varg8, varg9, varg10, varg11, varg12, varg13, varg14, varg15, varg16, varg17, varg18, varg19, varg20, varg21, varg22, varg23, varg24, varg25, varg26, varg27, varg28, varg29, varg30)

expression    Required. An expression that returns an Application object.

MacroName    Required String. The name of the macro. Can be any combination of template, module, and macro name. For example, the following statements are all valid.

    Application.Run "Normal.Module1.MAIN"
Application.Run "MyProject.MyModule.MyProcedure"
Application.Run "'My Document.doc'!ThisModule.ThisProcedure"
  

If you specify the document name, your code can only run macros in documents related to the current context— not just any macro in any document.

varg1...varg30    Optional Variant. Macro parameter values. You can pass up to 30 parameter values to the specified macro.

Remarks

Although Visual Basic code can call a macro directly (without this method being used), this method is useful when the macro name is stored in a variable (for more information, see the example for this topic). The following statements are functionally equivalent.

    Normal.Module2.Macro1
Call Normal.Module2.Macro1
Application.Run MacroName:="Normal.Module2.Macro1"
  

Example

This example prompts the user to enter a template name, module name, macro name, and parameter value, and then it runs that macro.

    Dim strTemplate As String
Dim strModule As String
Dim strMacro As String
Dim strParameter As String

strTemplate = InputBox("Enter the template name")
strModule = InputBox("Enter the module name")
strMacro = InputBox("Enter the macro name")
strParameter = InputBox("Enter a parameter value")
Application.Run MacroName:=strTemplate & "." _
    & strModule & "." & strMacro, _
    varg1:=strParameter