Add a bookmark that uses a string as the bookmark name?

[James N.]

i want to add bookmarks to a document that use the value of a string as the
bookmark name. An extract of the code is below.

strBookmarkID = DateID

mydoc.Bookmarks.Add Name:="strBookmarkID", Range:=Selection.Range

where DateID is the output of a function to create a unique string value for
the bookmark.

All i get is a bookmark named strBookmarkID and not the value of
strBookmarkID.

any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Lene Fredborg]

Remove the quotes around strBookmarkID:

mydoc.Bookmarks.Add Name:=strBookmarkID, Range:=Selection.Range


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[Steve Yandl]

In the line where you add the bookmark, get rid of the quotes around your
variable.
mydoc.Bookmarks.Add Name:="strBookmarkID", Range:=Selection.Range
should be
mydoc.Bookmarks.Add Name:=strBookmarkID, Range:=Selection.Range

Steve

 

[James N.]

Thanks Lene,

on looking at the DateID function i remembered that the format was T111-T222
and the - character is not allowed in bookmarks.

regards,

James

 

[Russ]

James,
An underscore character is legal for bookmark names.
Try:
mydoc.Bookmarks.Add Name:=Replace(strBookmarkID,"-","_"), _
Range:=Selection.Range

To give i.e., T111_T222