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VBA script to more easily examine the properties of your Content Control-based forms

  1. The routine loops through the Content Controls and outputs properties as text into the VBA-Editor immediate window,
  2. from where it can be easily converted into an Excel-table which makes it easy t o spot and mark inconsistencies and outright oversights, like so: image
Sub ccPropertiesPrint()
On Error Resume Next
Dim strHeadings, strProps As String
Dim count As Integer
Dim response

strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "count"
strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "Tag"
strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "Title"
strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "Type"
strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "DefaultTextStyle"
strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "Application"
strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "BuildingBlockCategory"
strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "BuildingBlockType"
'strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "Checked"
'strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "Creator"
'strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "DateCalendarType"
'strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "DateDisplayFormat"
'strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "DateDisplayLocale"
'strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "DateStorageFormat"
'strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "DropdownListEntries"
strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "ID"
strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "LockContentControl"
strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "LockContents"
strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "MultiLine"
'strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "Parent"
strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "ParentContentControl"
strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "PlaceholderText"
strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "Range"
strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "ShowingPlaceholderText"
strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "Temporary"
'strHeadings = strHeadings & "~" & "XMLMapping"
Debug.Print strHeadings
  If ActiveDocument.ContentControls.count > 0 Then
    For Each oCC In ActiveDocument.ContentControls
    'debug
    'If oCC.Type = 9 Then 'debug: repeating
count = count + 1
If count = 50 Then
'dim response = vbmsgboxresponse
    Exit For
End If
    
' useless cannot access immediate window If count = 15 Then response = MsgBox("paused", vbOKOnly) End If
strProps = "" 'start over
strProps = strProps & "~"
strProps = strProps & count 'CStr(count)
strProps = strProps & "~"
strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.Tag, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
strProps = strProps & "~"
strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.Title, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
strProps = strProps & "~"
strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.Type, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
strProps = strProps & "~"
strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.DefaultTextStyle, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
strProps = strProps & "~"
strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.Application, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
strProps = strProps & "~"
strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.BuildingBlockCategory, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
strProps = strProps & "~"
strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.BuildingBlockType, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
'strProps = strProps & "~"
'strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.Checked, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
'strProps = strProps & "~"
'strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.Creator, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
'strProps = strProps & "~"
'strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.DateCalendarType, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
'strProps = strProps & "~"
'strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.DateDisplayFormat, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
'strProps = strProps & "~"
'strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.DateDisplayLocale, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
'strProps = strProps & "~"
'strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.DateStorageFormat, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
'strProps = strProps & "~"
'strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.DropdownListEntries.count, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
strProps = strProps & "~"
strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.ID, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
strProps = strProps & "~"
strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.LockContentControl, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
strProps = strProps & "~"
strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.LockContents, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
strProps = strProps & "~"
strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.MultiLine, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
'strProps = strProps & "~"
'strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.Parent, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
strProps = strProps & "~"
strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.ParentContentControl, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
strProps = strProps & "~"
strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.PlaceholderText, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
strProps = strProps & "~"
strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.Range, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
strProps = strProps & "~"
strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.ShowingPlaceholderText, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
strProps = strProps & "~"
strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.Temporary, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
'strProps = strProps & "~"
'strProps = strProps & CStr(Replace(Replace(oCC.XMLMapping, Chr(13), "#"), Chr(10), "#"))
Debug.Print vbCrLf & strProps & vbCrLf
'End If 'oCC.Type=9  then 'debug: repeating
 Next
 End If
End Sub
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