Disappearing bookmarks

[Alex]

Hello,

I've encountered strange bookmark behaviour.

The code is in C# but it should not matter:

// myWordApp variable points to the Application object
// myBookmark variable points to a bookmark.
myBookmark.Select();
Word.Selection selection = myWordApp.ActiveWindow.Selection;
selection.Text = "\xD6";

So far so good, but if I do:

selection.Font.Name = "Wingdings";

or

selection.InsertParagraphAfter();

The bookmark disappears.

Can anyone explain what's going on and how to overcome this issue?

Thanks,
Alex.

 

[Alex]

Sorry, a correction - the bookmark disappears after changing the text.

// myWordApp variable points to the Application object
// myBookmark variable points to a bookmark.
myBookmark.Select();
Word.Selection selection = myWordApp.ActiveWindow.Selection;
selection.Text = "\xD6"; // the bookmark disappears.

Anyway, found the answer:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/InsertingTextAtBookmark.htm

Thanks,
Alex.

 

[papagru]

I apologize for this stupid way to break in but I can't seem to post the
civilized way. When I click on new, the posting screen says I have not put
in my profile, but I have.
What am I doing wrong?
papagru

 

[Helmut Weber]

Hi,

at work I am using
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?
icp=Prod_Office&sLCID=US&newsgroup=microsoft.public.word.vb
a.general

and there are no questions for profiles or whatsoever.


Greetings from Bavaria, Germany
Helmut Weber, MVP
"red.sys" & chr(64) & "t-online.de"
Word 2002, Windows 2000

 

[Word Heretic]

G'day "Alex" <[email protected]>,

Don't select the bookmark, work with the bookmark's range. Anyway,
this is a known issue, the easiest way is to re-make the bookmark on
your new range.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic

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Alex reckoned:

 

[Alex]

Hello Steve,

G'day "Alex" <[email protected]>,

Don't select the bookmark, work with the bookmark's range. Anyway,
this is a known issue, the easiest way is to re-make the bookmark on
your new range.

The reason that I select the bookmark is because this code is a special case of an operation that works with the current selection.

So I have Func() { /* do something with the current selection */ }
and I reuse it by selecting the bookmark, calling Func() and doing some bookmark-specific stuff later.


Best wishes,
Alex.

 

[Word Heretic]

G'day "Alex" <[email protected]>,

Change that func to use a range. When you need to call it from
selection (avoided where possible) call it with Selection.Range

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic

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Without prejudice


Alex reckoned:

 

[Alex]

Hello Steve,

Change that func to use a range. When you need to call it from
selection (avoided where possible) call it with Selection.Range

Refactoring. Good idea.

 

[Word Heretic]

G'day "Alex" <[email protected]>,

The term - refactoring - had me confused a few months ago as to what
the hell it was. Then I discovered it was basically what I had already
written a book about - optimising and cleaning up yer code

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic

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Without prejudice


Alex reckoned: