UserForm error

[Diana Morrison]

I am having trouble with an error message: Compile error: method or data
not found (followed "How to create a Userform" by Doug Robbins). So, I
created a test document following the exact instructions in the same article
and I still get the same message. Can you help?

 

[Greg Maxey]

Open the VB Editor and step through the code 1 instruction at a time.
Where is the error occuring (what line of code)?

For a bit more on a userform, see:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Validate_UserForm_TextEntry.htm

 

[Diana Morrison]

it happens on the first line of code

..bookmarks("Text1").Range_

 

[Jay Freedman]

The probable reason, if you retyped the code instead of using cut&paste, is
that you didn't put in the space before the underscore at the ends of the
lines in

.Bookmarks("Text1").Range _
.InsertBefore TextBox1
.Bookmarks("Text2").Range _
.InsertBefore TextBox2

Because of the font of the web page, those spaces are hard to see, but VBA
requires them.

For an explanation of the underscores, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/_AtEndOfLine.htm.

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[Greg Maxey]

Ah,

Pull the lines together to eliminate the underscore:

..Bookmarks("Text1").Range.InsertBefore TextBox1
and
..Bookmarks("Text2").Range.InsertBefore TextBox2

 

[Diana Morrison]

You're right - worked instantly! Thanks so much.

Any recommended reading on this subject? I'd like to be able to better
understand and work with vba for Word.

Thanks!
Diana

 

[Jay Freedman]

Glad I could help.

For reading, start at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/VBABasicsIn15Mins.htm and then
read anything else at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/index.htm
and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/index.htm that looks
interesting.

Then go look at the articles and books listed at
http://word.mvps.org/Tutorials/index.htm and
http://word.mvps.org/Tutorials/FreeToAccess.htm.

Of course, if you still have questions, ask them here!

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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