Add new row in Table + new set of Form Fields

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

What do you mean be "so that those FormFields are editable"?

If the document is protected for forms, that is the way the FormFields will
be.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

I have successfully created an OnExit macro that creates a new row in the
table and adds a FormField to each cell. My additional desire is to set
certain FormFields to be unprotected. How can I do that from my macro? In
setting up the document protection, I was able to manually select certain
FormFields and create Exceptions (in the Protect Document panel) so that
those FormFields are editable while the document is protected, but I don't
know how to do the same thing programmatically.

Hi,

Sure -- you can use an On Exit macro for something much
like this. It won't read your tab character, but you can
use a message box --

[snip]

 

[Rich]

I have created a form and am trying to protect the overall structure of the
form/document while allowing certain FormFields to be freely editable in
terms of both content and format. I initally tried the standard method of
adding FormFields to my form and then setting the document protection to
allow "Filling in forms". The issue with this approach was that people want
to be able to format the text they are inputting to the form (italicize,
bold, bullet, etc.).

My current approach is to set the document protection to "read-only" and
then for each FormField, I create an exception (using the "Exceptions"
feature in the "Protect Document" panel) to unprotect each FormField. This
allows the FormFields to be fully editable (content and format).

The issue is that I know how to use the Protect Document panel to unprotect
the FormFields, but I don't know how to do the same thing programatically
(i.e., set the FormField to be unprotected while the document remains
read-only).

Maybe there's a better overall approach.

What do you mean be "so that those FormFields are editable"?

If the document is protected for forms, that is the way the FormFields will
be.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

I have successfully created an OnExit macro that creates a new row in the
table and adds a FormField to each cell. My additional desire is to set
certain FormFields to be unprotected. How can I do that from my macro? In
setting up the document protection, I was able to manually select certain
FormFields and create Exceptions (in the Protect Document panel) so that
those FormFields are editable while the document is protected, but I don't
know how to do the same thing programmatically.

Hi,

Sure -- you can use an On Exit macro for something much
like this. It won't read your tab character, but you can
use a message box --

[snip]

 

[jtuten]

I have a dropdown field after the dynamic table and I'm receiving the same
error you discussed. You said you took "the number of remaining text fields
away from the formfield count" How do you do that? What is the code?

Thanks for your help, Julie