Field Question

[Jake]

Hi,

I am trying to create a word document based on a data source. The document
has some static elements which we be filled in by the data source. My
question is:

Should I use bookmarks rather than fields to accomplish this?
I was wondering how I could accomplish this using fields?

The only problem I have with Bookmarks is that you cannot see them in the
template form.

Thanks

 

[Doug Robbins]

Under Tools>Options>View, you can turn on the display of Bookmarks.

However, as that may not suit, you can used Document Variables and
DOCVARIABLE fields to display the information in the document.

The code to use would be

ActiveDocument.Variables("myvariable").Value = [data value from your data
source]
'repeat with a new variable for each data item
'then to update the fields in the document
ActiveDocument.Fields.Update


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[Jake]

Thanks for the reply. Are there any reason to use one over the other?

Thanks

Under Tools>Options>View, you can turn on the display of Bookmarks.

However, as that may not suit, you can used Document Variables and
DOCVARIABLE fields to display the information in the document.

The code to use would be

ActiveDocument.Variables("myvariable").Value = [data value from your data
source]
'repeat with a new variable for each data item
'then to update the fields in the document
ActiveDocument.Fields.Update


--
Please respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be
interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid
consulting basis.

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

Hi,

I am trying to create a word document based on a data source. The document
has some static elements which we be filled in by the data source. My
question is:

Should I use bookmarks rather than fields to accomplish this?
I was wondering how I could accomplish this using fields?

The only problem I have with Bookmarks is that you cannot see them in the
template form.

Thanks

 

[Doug Robbins]

Bookmarks are a bit fragile and very easy to delete following which the data
is lost. The Docvariable field can be reinstered and will display the data
when it is updated.

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Please respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be
interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid
consulting basis.

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

Thanks for the reply. Are there any reason to use one over the other?

Thanks

Under Tools>Options>View, you can turn on the display of Bookmarks.

However, as that may not suit, you can used Document Variables and
DOCVARIABLE fields to display the information in the document.

The code to use would be

ActiveDocument.Variables("myvariable").Value = [data value from your data
source]
'repeat with a new variable for each data item
'then to update the fields in the document
ActiveDocument.Fields.Update


--
Please respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be
interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid
consulting basis.

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

Hi,

I am trying to create a word document based on a data source. The document
has some static elements which we be filled in by the data source. My
question is:

Should I use bookmarks rather than fields to accomplish this?
I was wondering how I could accomplish this using fields?

The only problem I have with Bookmarks is that you cannot see them in the
template form.

Thanks

 

[Bjorn Buijing]

Been looking for this too.
Thanks ;-)

Under Tools>Options>View, you can turn on the display of Bookmarks.

However, as that may not suit, you can used Document Variables and
DOCVARIABLE fields to display the information in the document.

The code to use would be

ActiveDocument.Variables("myvariable").Value = [data value from your data
source]
'repeat with a new variable for each data item
'then to update the fields in the document
ActiveDocument.Fields.Update


--
Please respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be
interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid
consulting basis.

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

Hi,

I am trying to create a word document based on a data source. The document
has some static elements which we be filled in by the data source. My
question is:

Should I use bookmarks rather than fields to accomplish this?
I was wondering how I could accomplish this using fields?

The only problem I have with Bookmarks is that you cannot see them in the
template form.

Thanks