Auto-deleting fields that generate an error

[christophercbrewster via OfficeKB.com]

I'm working on something that uses numerous DOCVARIABLE fields. I have a
macro to delete a docvariable that's no longer in use, and I want to do
something with any DOCVARIABLE fields that use the deleted docvariable. (I
haven't decided exactly what-- delete them, flag them, etc.) But I haven't
found a way to make my code find these fields and do something with them.
When I do a search-replace for "Error! No document variable supplied." and
replace with "", it gets rid of the displayed text, but the field is still
there. So when I update fields, I get the error text back. Does anyone have a
way to work with these?

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Christopher Brewster
Lockheed Martin, Eagan MN

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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Use

Dim afield As Field
For Each afield In ActiveDocument.Fields
If afield.Result = "Error! No document variable supplied." Then
afield.Delete
End If
Next


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Hope this helps.

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