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TheProgramme
07-30-2012, 02:19 PM
I was looking at software to write novels and stories and they have basically the same organizational format. They have a tree on the side and folders for organizing. Here is an example for Word:

writingoutliner.com

(it won't let me post a url yet on the forum)

I have Microsoft Word and being a programmer (among other things), I wondered if there is a way to use VBA controls and create this look and organizational process in Word with VBA.

Is there any way to do that? If there is, how would I begin? Or, is this something I need to do standalone?

Is this possible solely with VBA? Thanks.
fumei
07-30-2012, 03:40 PM
Well from looking at writingoutliner.com, I would say that if you think it would be helpful, then buy it. It would take WAY more than $49 worth of effort to try and get some sort of VBA solution. Plus, I seriously doubt you could come up with something very close. No doubt writingoutliner uses VBA, but it appears to be a very sophisticated piece of work.

Heck, I am tempted to get it myself.
fumei
07-30-2012, 03:40 PM
Somehow doubled the post.
TheProgramme
07-30-2012, 06:06 PM
Well from looking at writingoutliner.com, I would say that if you think it would be helpful, then buy it. It would take WAY more than $49 worth of effort to try and get some sort of VBA solution. Plus, I seriously doubt you could come up with something very close. No doubt writingoutliner uses VBA, but it appears to be a very sophisticated piece of work.

Heck, I am tempted to get it myself.

Does this mean you do not know? The outliner looks more like a vsto application-level addin, not vba.
fumei
08-01-2012, 08:01 PM
Does this mean you do not know? The outliner looks more like a vsto application-level addin, not vba.

Yes, that is true. However, VSTO still uses most of the objects tha make up Word.

The point being is that yes it is not actually VBA (probably), but that just makes it harder to do with VBA. The point being is that the kind of feature/functionality indicated by WriterOutliner would be difficult - if possible at all - with VBA. And any effort to try to do so definitely would cost way more than the $49 the software costs.