Field width limit in Word

[avarghese]

Is it true that Fields in Word have a max length of 255
characters?

Thanks
Alex

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACT]

Yes and No. You cannot simply use the .Result property of a formfield to
insert more than 255 characters into a formfield. However, you can get
around that as follows:

' Macro created 05/09/98 by Doug Robbins to insert long string into
FormField
'
FillText = "Your long string"
FirstBit = Left(FillText, 255)
If Len(FillText) > 255 Then
SecondBit = Mid(FillText, 256, Len(FillText) - 255)
ActiveDocument.FormFields("Text1").Result = FirstBit
ActiveDocument.Unprotect
ActiveDocument.FormFields("Text1").Range.InsertAfter SecondBit
ActiveDocument.Protect Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset:=True
Else
ActiveDocument.FormFields("Text1").Result = FillText
End If


The excess is however not inserted into the formfield, but after it.
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Doug Robbins - Word MVP