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Infotech - 30 Dec 2005 23:50 GMT

I have an Autonew script that inserts a text number into a table row. I want
the number to go into a text form field. When I place the bookmark in the
form field and protect the document, instead of the number going into the
text field, it pushes the text field to the right and inserts the number
into the plain table row. I'm going to be exporting this data at a later
date so I need it in that text field. How is this possible?

Thanks!

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Flemming Dahl - 31 Dec 2005 00:07 GMT

Hi

You cnat have a bookmark within at formfield... but you can write to the
formfield

From Word's own VBA help

This example sets the content of the form field named "Text1" to "Name."

ActiveDocument.FormFields("Text1").Result = "Name"
This example retrieves the type of the first form field in section two.

myType = ActiveDocument.Sections(2).Range.FormFields(1).Type
Select Case myType
Case wdFieldFormTextInput
thetype = "TextBox"
Case wdFieldFormDropDown
thetype = "DropDown"
Case wdFieldFormCheckBox
thetype = "CheckBox"
End Select
This example displays the name of the first form field in the selection.

If Selection.FormFields.Count > 0 Then
MsgBox Selection.FormFields(1).Name
End If

Cheers,
Flemming

>I have an Autonew script that inserts a text number into a table row. I
>want the number to go into a text form field. When I place the bookmark in
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> Thanks!

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Infotech - 03 Jan 2006 17:29 GMT

Thanks for the prompt reply! I'm trying to use that example but I can't get
the same results as the line of code below gives me.

ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("SRNumb").Range.InsertBefore Format(SRNumb,
"JAB-0000#")

The above line puts the SR Number into the table row that the Bookmark
SRNumb is in, formatted like this: JAB-0002, JAB-0003, or whatever depending
on what the next number should be.

I tried changing that line so it'll update text field 147 but I can't seem
to figure out how to call the variable and format it. What should go after
the = sign? Or is there a better command to use?

ActiveDocument.FormFields("Text147").Result =

Thanks again!

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 03 Jan 2006 18:40 GMT

ActiveDocument.FormFields("Text147").Result = Format(SRNumb, "JAB-0000#")

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

> Thanks for the prompt reply! I'm trying to use that example but I can't
> get the same results as the line of code below gives me.
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>>> Thanks!

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Infotech - 03 Jan 2006 19:23 GMT

Thanks!

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Infotech

> ActiveDocument.FormFields("Text147").Result = Format(SRNumb, "JAB-0000#")
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>>>>the number into the plain table row. I'm going to be exporting this data
>>>>at a later date so I need it in that text field. How is this possible?

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