Wordbasic.getformresult$("text1") doesn't work

[Bob Alston]

Why doesn't this work:

dim x as string
x = Wordbasic.getformresult$("text1")

I get an error of "bad parameter"

I am using Word 2003 with all updates applied.

It is easy to reproduce.
Open a blank Word document.
create a form field
Set the default value to anything you want.
Run my vba code.

I understood that word basic commands such as this ARE a part of VBA,
accessible via the Wordbasic. method.

Yes I could use
x = activedocument.formfields("text1")

However I need SPEED as my document has 1177 fields in it.

I found that

wordbasic.setformresult("text1"),"whatevertext"

is about 60 times faster than

activedocument.formfields("text1").result = "whatevertext"

I have seen this problem reported before but with no response.
Howefully one of you MVPs will reply, perhaps with a solution.

Bobalston9 AT yahoo D O T com

 

[Bob Alston]

Why doesn't this work:

dim x as string
x = Wordbasic.getformresult$("text1")

I get an error of "bad parameter"

I am using Word 2003 with all updates applied.

It is easy to reproduce.
Open a blank Word document.
create a form field
Set the default value to anything you want.
Run my vba code.

I understood that word basic commands such as this ARE a part of VBA,
accessible via the Wordbasic.   method.

Yes I could use
x = activedocument.formfields("text1")

However I need SPEED as my document has 1177 fields in it.

I found that

wordbasic.setformresult("text1"),"whatevertext"

is about 60 times faster than

activedocument.formfields("text1").result = "whatevertext"

I have seen this problem reported before but with no response.
Howefully one of you MVPs will reply, perhaps with a solution.

Bobalston9   AT   yahoo   D O T   com

Found that wordbasic.getbookmark$("text1") works just fine

Bob

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Use

MsgBox ActiveDocument.FormFields("text1").Result

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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

Why doesn't this work:

dim x as string
x = Wordbasic.getformresult$("text1")

I get an error of "bad parameter"

I am using Word 2003 with all updates applied.

It is easy to reproduce.
Open a blank Word document.
create a form field
Set the default value to anything you want.
Run my vba code.

I understood that word basic commands such as this ARE a part of VBA,
accessible via the Wordbasic. method.

Yes I could use
x = activedocument.formfields("text1")

However I need SPEED as my document has 1177 fields in it.

I found that

wordbasic.setformresult("text1"),"whatevertext"

is about 60 times faster than

activedocument.formfields("text1").result = "whatevertext"

I have seen this problem reported before but with no response.
Howefully one of you MVPs will reply, perhaps with a solution.

Bobalston9 AT yahoo D O T com

Found that wordbasic.getbookmark$("text1") works just fine

Bob