Application.Run Method

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Runs a Visual Basic macro.

Syntax

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. A variable that represents an Application object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
MacroName Required String The name of the macro.
varg1...varg30 Optional Variant Macro parameter values. You can pass up to 30 parameter values to the specified macro.

Remarks

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

Visual Basic for Applications 
  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.

Although Visual Basic code can call a macro directly (without using the Run method), this method is useful when the macro name is stored in a variable. (For more information, see the example for this topic). The following three statements are functionally equivalent. The first two statements require a reference to Normal.dot, the project in which the called macro resides; the third statement, which uses the Run method, does not require a reference to the Normal.dot project.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  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.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  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

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