WD2000: Macro to Determine Whether a Form Field Exists

ID: Q212405

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SUMMARY

This article describes how to use Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications to determine whether a form field exists in a Microsoft Word document.

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For more information about using the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

To determine whether a form field exists in a document, you can use the Exists method. The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro determines whether the form field named Text1 exists in the current or active document:


Sub DoesFormFieldExist()

   If ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists("Text1") Then
      MsgBox "The form field Text1 does exist."
   Else
      MsgBox "The form field Text1 does not exist."
   End If

End Sub

For more information about the Exists method, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type Exists method in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

REFERENCES

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212623 WD2000: Macro Programming Resources

Q226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: vb vba vbe

Keywords : kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto