WD97: Incorrect Calculation in Drop-Down Form Field Using Macro

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you perform a calculation in a drop-down form field using the SetFormResult statement in a macro, the results are incorrect.

CAUSE

Numbers entered in the list are not treated as numeric values; instead, they are considered text strings. Because the macro is performing a calculation on text not numbers, the results are incorrect.

WORKAROUND

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   Sub AddDropDownResults()
      Dim dDown1 As Integer
      Dim dDown2 As Integer
      ' Get value of first drop down form field.
      dDown1 = Val(ActiveDocument.FormFields("DropDown1").Result)
      ' Get value of second drop down form field.
      dDown2 = Val(ActiveDocument.FormFields("DropDown2").Result)
      ' Calculate results and place in Text form field
      ActiveDocument.FormFields("Text1").Result = Str(dDown1 + dDown2)
   End Sub

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q173707
   TITLE     : OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications