Edit shape text (with inserted field) programatically

[John]

Apologies for re-posting this, but I don't think I've quite got the answer
yet. The question is how do I edit the text in a shape (programatically)
whilst retaining an inserted field that already exists within the text?

Thanks in advance

John

Hi June,

Yes, that's why I've posted this to the vba group. Perhaps I wasn't
clear.
Should I write something like:

shp.Text = "This is the first" & PageNameInsertedField & " drawing"

My assumption though, is that as the text is overwritten, the inserted
field
would be lost and therefore it wouldn't be available to reference in the
shp.Text....statement.

Is that right?

John

VBA may be a good help.

Hi there,

I have a number of files all of which have a similar title textbox (part
of
a group page border) on a number of background pages. The text itself
contains an inserted field which displays the current foreground page name
(eg: "This Is The First [PageName] Drawing").

The problem is how do I go about changing the text but retain the inserted
field?

Main objective - is to have a form with a textbox the contents of which
will
be applied to the background pages.

Note that the inserted filed already exists in the shape.

Best regards

John

 

[JuneTheSecond]

objShape.Character.Text property may be useful for your project.

Apologies for re-posting this, but I don't think I've quite got the answer
yet. The question is how do I edit the text in a shape (programatically)
whilst retaining an inserted field that already exists within the text?

Thanks in advance

John

Hi June,

Yes, that's why I've posted this to the vba group. Perhaps I wasn't
clear.
Should I write something like:

shp.Text = "This is the first" & PageNameInsertedField & " drawing"

My assumption though, is that as the text is overwritten, the inserted
field
would be lost and therefore it wouldn't be available to reference in the
shp.Text....statement.

Is that right?

John

VBA may be a good help.

Hi there,

I have a number of files all of which have a similar title textbox (part
of
a group page border) on a number of background pages. The text itself
contains an inserted field which displays the current foreground page name
(eg: "This Is The First [PageName] Drawing").

The problem is how do I go about changing the text but retain the inserted
field?

Main objective - is to have a form with a textbox the contents of which
will
be applied to the background pages.

Note that the inserted filed already exists in the shape.

Best regards

John

 

[John]

Perfect. Thanks June.

objShape.Character.Text property may be useful for your project.

Apologies for re-posting this, but I don't think I've quite got the
answer
yet. The question is how do I edit the text in a shape (programatically)
whilst retaining an inserted field that already exists within the text?

Thanks in advance

John

Hi June,

Yes, that's why I've posted this to the vba group. Perhaps I wasn't
clear.
Should I write something like:

shp.Text = "This is the first" & PageNameInsertedField & " drawing"

My assumption though, is that as the text is overwritten, the inserted
field
would be lost and therefore it wouldn't be available to reference in
the
shp.Text....statement.

Is that right?

John

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VBA may be a good help.

Hi there,

I have a number of files all of which have a similar title textbox
(part
of
a group page border) on a number of background pages. The text itself
contains an inserted field which displays the current foreground page
name
(eg: "This Is The First [PageName] Drawing").

The problem is how do I go about changing the text but retain the
inserted
field?

Main objective - is to have a form with a textbox the contents of which
will
be applied to the background pages.

Note that the inserted filed already exists in the shape.

Best regards

John