Add a bookmark that uses a string as the bookmark name?

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James N. - 31 Oct 2007 23:49 GMT

i want to add bookmarks to a document that use the value of a string as the
bookmark name. An extract of the code is below.

strBookmarkID = DateID

mydoc.Bookmarks.Add Name:="strBookmarkID", Range:=Selection.Range

where DateID is the output of a function to create a unique string value for
the bookmark.

All i get is a bookmark named strBookmarkID and not the value of
strBookmarkID.

any ideas?

Thanks

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Lene Fredborg - 01 Nov 2007 00:13 GMT

Remove the quotes around strBookmarkID:

mydoc.Bookmarks.Add Name:=strBookmarkID, Range:=Selection.Range

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> bookmark name. An extract of the code is below.
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James N. - 01 Nov 2007 00:28 GMT

Thanks Lene,

on looking at the DateID function i remembered that the format was T111-T222
and the - character is not allowed in bookmarks.

regards,

James

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Russ - 05 Nov 2007 05:33 GMT

James,
An underscore character is legal for bookmark names.
Try:
mydoc.Bookmarks.Add Name:=Replace(strBookmarkID,"-","_"), _
Range:=Selection.Range

To give i.e., T111_T222

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Steve Yandl - 01 Nov 2007 00:14 GMT

In the line where you add the bookmark, get rid of the quotes around your
variable.
mydoc.Bookmarks.Add Name:="strBookmarkID", Range:=Selection.Range
should be
mydoc.Bookmarks.Add Name:=strBookmarkID, Range:=Selection.Range

Steve

>i want to add bookmarks to a document that use the value of a string as the
> bookmark name. An extract of the code is below.
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