V
Vincent Boris Arnold
I've got an idea for a form and I'd like to know whether
these characteristics are possible.
This form would be used to add items to a Word document
being used for documentation. The form would have controls
that could be clicked on to add certain text to the
document. For example, if the form had a "History" button,
the user could click on that button and a subroutine would
add the title "History" to the document in the appropriate
place with a pre-defined style, then position the cursor
below that heading line so the user could type appropriate
historical text. Once "History" has been added to the
document, its control would be grayed out so another
History section could not be added.
Some sections of the document may have sub-sections. So,
for instance, the History section mentioned above may have
sub-sections that may occur multiple times. The form would
have a control that would allow one of these occurrences
to be added at the appropriate place with the appropriate
style. The control may additionally present a dialog box
prompting for information that must be present in the sub-
section (e.g., the date, the responsible party, etc.).
These entered values would then be transferred by the
macro to the document.
Some other characteristics I'd like for this form are:
- Positioning the form in a fixed position. For example,
the document window and the form window would be tiled in
such a way that the document window consumes the left 80%
of the screen and the form the right 20% of the screen.
The layout of these windows would be taken care of
automatically every time the template in which the macro
is defined is used.
- Having the form "follow" the document as the user
scrolls through the document. In other words, the form
would be kind of like an outline of all the items that can
be inserted into the document, in the desired sequence.
Because the number of sections and items in the form would
likely not all fit in the form simultaneously, there would
be a scroll bar for repositioning the form to correspond
to where the user was in the document. What would be ideal
is that as the user scrolls down through the pages of the
document, the form would automatically be scrolled so that
the items on the form correspond to where the user is in
the document. The reverse would be true as well: When the
user scrolls through the form, the document would
automatically be scrolled accordingly.
I know this is a tall order. Are any of these ideas
possible?
these characteristics are possible.
This form would be used to add items to a Word document
being used for documentation. The form would have controls
that could be clicked on to add certain text to the
document. For example, if the form had a "History" button,
the user could click on that button and a subroutine would
add the title "History" to the document in the appropriate
place with a pre-defined style, then position the cursor
below that heading line so the user could type appropriate
historical text. Once "History" has been added to the
document, its control would be grayed out so another
History section could not be added.
Some sections of the document may have sub-sections. So,
for instance, the History section mentioned above may have
sub-sections that may occur multiple times. The form would
have a control that would allow one of these occurrences
to be added at the appropriate place with the appropriate
style. The control may additionally present a dialog box
prompting for information that must be present in the sub-
section (e.g., the date, the responsible party, etc.).
These entered values would then be transferred by the
macro to the document.
Some other characteristics I'd like for this form are:
- Positioning the form in a fixed position. For example,
the document window and the form window would be tiled in
such a way that the document window consumes the left 80%
of the screen and the form the right 20% of the screen.
The layout of these windows would be taken care of
automatically every time the template in which the macro
is defined is used.
- Having the form "follow" the document as the user
scrolls through the document. In other words, the form
would be kind of like an outline of all the items that can
be inserted into the document, in the desired sequence.
Because the number of sections and items in the form would
likely not all fit in the form simultaneously, there would
be a scroll bar for repositioning the form to correspond
to where the user was in the document. What would be ideal
is that as the user scrolls down through the pages of the
document, the form would automatically be scrolled so that
the items on the form correspond to where the user is in
the document. The reverse would be true as well: When the
user scrolls through the form, the document would
automatically be scrolled accordingly.
I know this is a tall order. Are any of these ideas
possible?