Q: Automatically adding form fields to new rows in table

[Richard J]

Hi group,

I am working on building a template in Word that allows other developers to
simply input the necessary data for building a SQL table, such as the field
name, data type, column constraint, and a description.

Each of these elements is defined as a field inside four separate cells in a
single row of a table, such as:
| <Field Name> | <Data Type> | <Constraint> | <Description>|

Once the developer has entered a description and tabs to the next line, I
want to repeat the above information automatically on the next row of the
table as follows:
| Field 1 | SMALLINT | NOT NULL, | -- Field 1 |
| <Field Name> | <Data Type> | <Constraint> | <Description>|

Is this even possible?

Thanks for any input.
Richard

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

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I am working on building a template in Word that allows other developers to
simply input the necessary data for building a SQL table, such as the field
name, data type, column constraint, and a description.

Each of these elements is defined as a field inside four separate cells in a
single row of a table, such as:
| <Field Name> | <Data Type> | <Constraint> | <Description>|

Once the developer has entered a description and tabs to the next line, I
want to repeat the above information automatically on the next row of the
table as follows:
| Field 1 | SMALLINT | NOT NULL, | -- Field 1 |
| <Field Name> | <Data Type> | <Constraint> | <Description>|

Is this even possible?

If I'm understanding you correctly, what I usually do is to save the row *with
the form fields* as an AutoText entry in the template. The user clicks a button
to add a row, the macro behind the button
- unprotects the form
- inserts the AutoTExt entry (the row) at the end of the table
- reprotects without resetting the form fields

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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