form field losses name property

[gwuerth]

Hi,

i'm using often in word-templates VBA-code like that:
document.bookmarks(name_of_a_bookmark).result="xxxxxxx".

normally that works fine. But, sometimes, i can't use the name
property!
strange: in the properties of the formfield i can see the name, but i
can't use it with vba!
this problem occours not often, but it happens.

Onyone knows the reason ?

(There was already a thread on this point at 14 Jun 2004)

Thanks
Gerhard

 

[alborg]

Hi Gerhard:

The problem lies in a bug in MS Word 2000. The naming convention will work
in MS Word 2003 but falts with MS Word 2000. The fix to use the following
code instead-

With Dialogs(wdDialogFormFieldOptions)
.Name = "myField"
.Execute
End With

URL: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/AssignNameToFmFld.htm

Cheers,
Al