problem with inserting/deleting file w/ section break and page bre

[bryan]

I have a template that has the ability to add/delete files. Works great.
Latest request is to insert another file, however with this file, because of
size I cannot do a section break, only page break as the footer and header
would not allow for enough room. Adding this file(FileA) is fine. When I add
another (FileB)with a section break, the bottom of it gets a 16 pt. font, too
large to remain on 1 page.
The top of file A has 16 pt, bottom of file A has 8pt. File B has 11 pt.
What is the probelm?

2)I have a delete macro which deletes the files, up to 4 currently but, with
this new file it bombs.
I'm assuming because it was not addede with a section. I count how many
files added and then delete that many.
Curernt code to delete:

Dim rnge As Range
Set rnge = ActiveDocument.Sections.Last.Range
rnge.start = rnge.start - 1
rnge.Delete

How do I delete fileA?

Hopefully this is enough info to give you an idea.

Thanks,
Bryan

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

I have a template that has the ability to add/delete files. Works great.
Latest request is to insert another file, however with this file, because of
size I cannot do a section break, only page break as the footer and header
would not allow for enough room. Adding this file(FileA) is fine. When I add
another (FileB)with a section break, the bottom of it gets a 16 pt. font, too
large to remain on 1 page.
The top of file A has 16 pt, bottom of file A has 8pt. File B has 11 pt.
What is the probelm?

2)I have a delete macro which deletes the files, up to 4 currently but, with
this new file it bombs.
I'm assuming because it was not addede with a section. I count how many
files added and then delete that many.
Curernt code to delete:

I have done this type of template before. In one case, users could
add/delete/insert as many files as they wanted, they could even delete
multiple files. Becasue I had no control over the content of the file being
added, I decided to use a Bookmark system. Each file inserted was assigned a
bookmark. I kept track of the bookmarks with document variables.
It was complex becasue users could delete any file, so when they did so, I
had to manage the bookmarks and their corresponding document variables, I had
to check for unique names, etc...

In your case, I do not understand why you cannot use a section break to
insert a file, but must use a page break becasue of some size thing...
In fact, page breaks are trickier and occupy more space than section breaks...

If you had a system that worked well and that was based on using section
breaks, do not be surprised to see it go wrong when you start using page
breaks as well...

I would find a way to make it work with a section break and not use the
page break at all (in fact, personally, I guess it is a Pet Peeve, I never
use page breaks... hate them!)

 

[bryan]

Thanks for responding.
I've played around with this enough to give me a headache. Section breaks
work great but, the page break is driving me crazy, with font changes on
insertion and erroring when deleting.

Bryan