Programming Word Form Fields

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Mary Trounson - 15 Nov 2005 03:10 GMT

I have created a document with form fields and have been trying to
unsuccessfully use the code in kb article 211219 to make the enter key behave
like the tab key. I also have an area where credit card info will be entered
and have set each number up as separate fields ie 16 as the client wishes to
show a line between each number. In this area I would like to have the user
type a number key and have the insertion point automatically move to the next
field. I am very familiar with MS Access and VBA, but am struggling with word
objects.
I am using Word 2003.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 15 Nov 2005 05:24 GMT

Moving the cursor automatically to the next field is not possible with
formfields, as the only events are on-entry and on-exit.

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>I have created a document with form fields and have been trying to
> unsuccessfully use the code in kb article 211219 to make the enter key
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> objects.
> I am using Word 2003.

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Mary Trounson - 15 Nov 2005 09:36 GMT

Yes and no. I still can't get the code example in kb article 211219 to work.
It throws up at:

myformfield = Selection.Bookmarks(1).Name
"The requested member of the collection does not exist"

As I mentioned before I am struggling with Word objects.

And is there a better way then to handle credit card number entering?

> Moving the cursor automatically to the next field is not possible with
> formfields, as the only events are on-entry and on-exit.
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> > objects.
> > I am using Word 2003.

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