GetBookMark$ Returns Value and Form Field Name

ID: Q123693

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

SUMMARY

If you use the WordBasic GetBookMark$() function to return the value of a form field bookmark, the form field name and value are returned. For example, if you have a text box form field named "text1," the following macro returns the word "FORMTEXT" followed by the text typed into the text1 form field.


Sub Main
Name$ = GetBookmark$("text1")
MsgBox Name$
End Sub

If you type the name John in the text1 form field, the above macro displays the following string:


   FORMTEXT John

To correctly retrieve information from form fields, use the GetFormResult$() or GetFormResult() function.

The following macro example correctly returns only the text typed into the text1 form field.


Sub Main
Name$ = GetFormResult$("text1")
Msgbox Name$
End Sub

For more information on the GetFormResult$() and GetFormResult() functions, see the "GetFormResult$() function" topic in the Word 6.0 Help file.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word Developer's Kit," for version 6.0, pages 491-494

Additional query words: 6.0 winword form forms word6 7.0 word95 word7 GetFormResult GetFormResult$

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Version : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0
Platform : WINDOWS
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