Forms based on template are empty

[Michael Grimes]

I've created a form template, but when I modified both the template
and the document based on it the document was empty when I re-
opened it.

This is what I did:
1. Created form template and locked the form.
2. Created new document from the template.
3. Closed the new document.
4. Changed some text in the form template, and closed the file.
5. Re-opened the new document and made the same change to the
text.
4. Closed the new document.
5. Re-opened the new document, only to find a blank form.

I hope someone can help!

Many thanks,

Michael

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word]]

Hi Michael:

A limitation of Forms is that their fields will clear if you change the
Protection setting.

On the Word website http://www.word.mvps.org, search for the article that
tells you how to do a mail merge with form fields or the one that tells you
how to spell-check a form. Both of them have a technique for releasing and
reapplying the protection without losing the contents of the fields.

I *hope* this helps


This responds to article <[email protected]>, from

I've created a form template, but when I modified both the template
and the document based on it the document was empty when I re-
opened it.

This is what I did:
1. Created form template and locked the form.
2. Created new document from the template.
3. Closed the new document.
4. Changed some text in the form template, and closed the file.
5. Re-opened the new document and made the same change to the
text.
4. Closed the new document.
5. Re-opened the new document, only to find a blank form.

I hope someone can help!

Many thanks,

Michael

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McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
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+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[Michael Grimes]

Thanks John. I wonder why that's the case? Surely I'm not the only
person wanting to store things in forms and occasionally change the
protection on them?

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word]]

Hi Michael:

It's actually a design feature. The idea is that forms are supposed to be
Protected by their creators, and never unprotected by their users.

So if a form is unprotected, then the changes being made must be to the code
not the content, and the content is thus automatically assumed to be invalid
and thus removed.

So: It's a feature. If you need to do a lot of it, you code around it.
There are examples on the website of how to do this.

Cheers


This responds to article <[email protected]>,

Thanks John. I wonder why that's the case? Surely I'm not the only
person wanting to store things in forms and occasionally change the
protection on them?

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. GMT + 10 Hrs
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]