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Best way to approach custom form for 6 different entries?

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StargateFanFromWork - 03 Oct 2005 21:41 GMT
WP is so automated for this and one can set up multiple fields and it
creates the dialogue box automatically; there are so many different things
re forms I've run across in tutorials on the net that just don't cover this,
that I just don't know where to go from here in Word.  Been trying to figure
out how to do this type of form for a couple of years now; only recently
figured out by stumbling onto right tutorial how to just get a simple form
done.  Need to progress to point where I can make a doct that will accept
user input and dump that info into labels.  I found sort of what I was
looking for on this page:
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=127 but it only has a box
for one group of user input.  Other tutorials have had the same problem.  I
need a dialogue box that repeats the info requests at least 6 times so that
6 individual sets of info (ranging in 3 to 5 fields each) is dumped into 6
different labels.  The text on these labels is rotated and each line
different attributes.  Users here are finding these labels quite difficult
to work with as is.  A form that requests input for 6 labels would fit the
bill very nicely and Word would dump info into correct fields and Word would
take care of formatting without user having to worry about this.

Does anyone know of a good tutorial that would help in dealing with making
up a custom dialogue box that handles more that one set of info requested of
user?

Thanks.
StargateFan - 07 Oct 2005 07:53 GMT
>WP is so automated for this and one can set up multiple fields and it
>creates the dialogue box automatically; there are so many different things
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>
>Thanks.

Just looking for a tutorial on how to do this.  Thanks!  Still no luck
with my googling.
Helmut Weber - 07 Oct 2005 12:20 GMT
Hi,

hmm..., can't help with a tutorial.

However, this seems to not be too difficult.
If I understand you right, you have a userform
with some controls, textboxes or whatever,
and have to process the results 6 times.

I'd use a counter, displayed on the form
as, lets say,  "completed 1 of 6".

If all information of 1 of 6 runs has been collected,
there might appear an ok-button.
After clicking on it, the information
is written to fields or whatever,
the boxes or whatever are cleared,
the counter is incremented.

Depending on the counter,
you might hide or show certain controls,
and the information may go to different places...

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