Problem with Visual Basic code working in a Word Document.

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robbyp - 24 Jan 2006 19:51 GMT

I have a standard Word document where I have created two text fields from the
control toolbox. I have simple VB code for change as follows:

Textbox1.text = Textbox2.text

When Textbox2 changes, so does the text in Textbox1. It works fine. However,
when I close Word and then re-open, it never works. What gives? Thanks for
your help.

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 25 Jan 2006 15:37 GMT

Hi =?Utf-8?B?cm9iYnlw?=,

> I have a standard Word document where I have created two text fields from the
> control toolbox. I have simple VB code for change as follows:
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> When Textbox2 changes, so does the text in Textbox1. It works fine. However,
> when I close Word and then re-open, it never works. What gives?

I suspect it may be a question of exactly where the code is stored. There's an
article on msdn.microsoft.com (search my name and ActiveX and you should turn it
up) that describes some of the "ins and outs" of where the code is stored and
how it acts that might shed some light on the problem for you.

Is this really a document, or is it a template from which you're creating a new
document (and that's when it stops)?

Is the code in the ThisDocument module, or another one?

Is this exactly the line of code? You haven't qualified the controls with
ThisDocument or ActiveDocument?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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