Exception adding a field at the end of a row

[David Thielen]

Hi;

This happens only if I try to add a field outside a table at the end of a
row (not in the cell, but outside the table after row 0 of a 2x3 table.

The code is:
object fieldType = WdFieldType.wdFieldAutoTextList;
object fieldText = "\"" + "<:forEach>" + "\"" + " \\t \"" +
"</wr:forEach>".Replace("\"", "\\\"") + "\"";
object preserveFormatting = false;
// note rng.Start = rng.End = 3 - get it from Selection
Field fld = app.ThisDocument.Fields.Add(rng, ref fieldType, ref fieldText,
ref preserveFormatting);

The error is:
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException occurred
HelpLink="C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft
Office\\Office12\\1033\\WDMAIN11.CHM#37373"
Message="This command is not available."
Source="Microsoft Word"
ErrorCode=-2146823683
StackTrace:
at Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Fields.Add(Range Range, Object&
Type, Object& Text, Object& PreserveFormatting)
at net.windward.autotag.word.WordDocument.WriteTag(TagLocation tag)
in
C:\src\kahuna\AutoTag\AutoTag2007\net\windward\autotag\word\WordDocument.cs:line 692

Any idea?

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[Jialiang Ge [MSFT]]

Hello Dave,

From your post, my understanding on this issue is: you want to know why
your application throws ErrorCode -2146823683 when it tries to add a field
at the end of a table row. If I'm off base, please feel free to let me know.

I reproduce the issue in my side and find that the table in Word actually
does not allow any text or field appended at the end of its rows. If you do
this directly in Word VBA, it might give you a more meaningful exception:
"This is not a valid action for the end of a row".

My suggestion is to detect whether the current caret is at the end of a row
mark:
If (Application.Selection.Range.IsEndOfRowMark)
If the above statement returns true, we may tell the users that the
operation is not allowed.

Please let me know if you have any other concerns, or need anything else.

Sincerely,
Jialiang Ge ([email protected], remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[David Thielen]

Ohhhhh - ok. I learn something new every day - thank you.

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