All, I found exactly what I needed with minimal modification with some open source code. This allows you to click a button, choose a folder from you hard drive, and scrape each word document housed within said folder for all content control inputs and pulls them back to each specific cell and column(see code below). My conundrum is I cannot access a sharepoint with the way the current code is written. Is their a way to pull up shared folder paths, as opposed to what's available locally? VBA/Coding novice here, apologies in advance.
Sub GetFormData()
'Note: this code requires a reference to the Word object model
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim wdApp As New Word.Application, wdDoc As Word.Document, CCtrl As Word.ContentControl
Dim strFolder As String, strFile As String, WkSht As Worksheet, i As Long, j As Long
strFolder = GetFolder
If strFolder = "" Then Exit Sub
Set WkSht = ActiveSheet
i = WkSht.Cells(WkSht.Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
strFile = Dir(strFolder & "\*.docx", vbNormal)
While strFile <> ""
i = i + 1
Set wdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(Filename:=strFolder & "\" & strFile, AddToRecentFiles:=False, Visible:=False)
With wdDoc
j = 1: WkSht.Cells(i, j) = strFile
For Each CCtrl In .ContentControls
With CCtrl
Select Case .Type
Case Is = wdContentControlCheckBox
j = j + 1
WkSht.Cells(i, j).Value = .Checked
Case wdContentControlDate, wdContentControlDropdownList, wdContentControlRichText, wdContentControlText
j = j + 1
WkSht.Cells(i, j).Value = .Range.Text
Case Else
End Select
End With
Next
.Close SaveChanges:=False
End With
strFile = Dir()
Wend
wdApp.Quit
Set wdDoc = Nothing: Set wdApp = Nothing: Set WkSht = Nothing
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Function GetFolder() As String
Dim oFolder As Object
GetFolder = ""
Set oFolder = CreateObject("Shell.Application").BrowseForFolder(0, "Choose a folder", 0)
If (Not oFolder Is Nothing) Then GetFolder = oFolder.Items.Item.Path
Set oFolder = Nothing
End Function
Sub GetFormData()
'Note: this code requires a reference to the Word object model
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim wdApp As New Word.Application, wdDoc As Word.Document, CCtrl As Word.ContentControl
Dim strFolder As String, strFile As String, WkSht As Worksheet, i As Long, j As Long
strFolder = GetFolder
If strFolder = "" Then Exit Sub
Set WkSht = ActiveSheet
i = WkSht.Cells(WkSht.Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
strFile = Dir(strFolder & "\*.docx", vbNormal)
While strFile <> ""
i = i + 1
Set wdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(Filename:=strFolder & "\" & strFile, AddToRecentFiles:=False, Visible:=False)
With wdDoc
j = 1: WkSht.Cells(i, j) = strFile
For Each CCtrl In .ContentControls
With CCtrl
Select Case .Type
Case Is = wdContentControlCheckBox
j = j + 1
WkSht.Cells(i, j).Value = .Checked
Case wdContentControlDate, wdContentControlDropdownList, wdContentControlRichText, wdContentControlText
j = j + 1
WkSht.Cells(i, j).Value = .Range.Text
Case Else
End Select
End With
Next
.Close SaveChanges:=False
End With
strFile = Dir()
Wend
wdApp.Quit
Set wdDoc = Nothing: Set wdApp = Nothing: Set WkSht = Nothing
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Function GetFolder() As String
Dim oFolder As Object
GetFolder = ""
Set oFolder = CreateObject("Shell.Application").BrowseForFolder(0, "Choose a folder", 0)
If (Not oFolder Is Nothing) Then GetFolder = oFolder.Items.Item.Path
Set oFolder = Nothing
End Function