How to display a form

[BRC]

Using Win2k, Word 2k
I have a form i am try to display at a certain point in a document. I
thought a simple macro with
Sub show_frm ()
Myform.show
end sub
would cause the form to open, however i am getting an "object
required" object required error message. this same method works in
other templates i have. can anyone help
Thanks BRC

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Does MyForm exist in your template?

Better practice is to not use the show command but to create a new instance
of the form. The following is from a template which has a frmAddress that I
want to use:

Dim myForm As frmAddress
Set myForm = New frmAddress
myForm.Show
Unload myForm
Set myForm = Nothing


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[Jezebel]

The message means either that VBA doesn't know what "Myform" refers to, or
there is a bug in the form's initialisation code. a) Is the macro in the
same template as the form? b) What line is highlighted as throwing the
error?

 

[Jezebel]

Agree entirely. An even simpler way to code it is --

With New frmAddress
.Show
.Unload
End With

 

[BRC]

Thank you all, the problem was that the form was not in the same
template as the macro. It's displaying as it should. I used the code
that Charles outlined above. thanks again.
BRC

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Thank you for the tip.
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[Tony Jollans]

Simple it might be. Correct it isn't.

 

[Jezebel]

You're right. The unload shouldn't be there.

Simple it might be. Correct it isn't.

 

[Tony Jollans]

Would that not leave an orphaned instance of the form in memory?

 

[Jezebel]

No. The form unloads automatically when the reference terminates.