WD: How to Automate a Process Based on Number of Days Since Last Revision (216543)

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Sub CompareDates()
   Dim aDocSaved
   Dim intNumDays
   On Error GoTo errHandler

   'Assigns date and time document last saved to a variable.
   aDocSaved= ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties _
   (wdPropertyTimeLastSaved)

   'Compares variable to now then assigns the integer difference
   'to another variable.
   intNumDays = CInt(Now() - aDocSaved)

   'Compares difference in days to 7 and branches based on result.
      If intNumDays > 7 Then
         MsgBox ("This file is overdue")
      Else
         MsgBox ("This file is still current")
      End If
   errHandler:
      If Err <> 0 Then MsgBox ("Please save the active document.")
End Sub
				

For more information about Date Calculations, from the Visual Basic Editor, click Contents and Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Visual Basic for Applications Help, type the following text
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Now function" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

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