[JudithJubilee]

Hello there,

Is there anyway to allow users to add a hyperlink to a protected form. I
know how to add a usable hyperlink and then protect the form, but I would
like my users to be able to add their own hyperlinks to form fields not just
text.

Any help will be appreciated

Judith

[Jay Freedman]

There is no way to put a functioning hyperlink inside a form field. Word
simply doesn't support that functionality.

There is a workaround using MacroButton fields to add a static hyperlink to
a protected form at design time; see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nksInForms.htm.

Allowing users to add MacroButton fields containing hyperlinks at run time
would be considerably more difficult. You would need a userform to accept
the URL (and possibly to validate it, at least for syntax). The macro would
have to unprotect the document, build the necessary field, and reprotect the
document.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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JudithJubilee wrote:
Hello there,

Is there anyway to allow users to add a hyperlink to a protected
form. I know how to add a usable hyperlink and then protect the form,
but I would like my users to be able to add their own hyperlinks to
form fields not just text.

Any help will be appreciated

Judith

[JudithJubilee]

Thanks alot Jay. I thought that might be the case. I'm creating assesment
documents for students and they need to be able to link to other evidence
documents. Could you recommend another piece of software that can do this
while keeping the rest of the document protected?

Cheers

Judith


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

There is no way to put a functioning hyperlink inside a form field. Word
simply doesn't support that functionality.

There is a workaround using MacroButton fields to add a static hyperlink to
a protected form at design time; see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nksInForms.htm.

Allowing users to add MacroButton fields containing hyperlinks at run time
would be considerably more difficult. You would need a userform to accept
the URL (and possibly to validate it, at least for syntax). The macro would
have to unprotect the document, build the necessary field, and reprotect the
document.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

JudithJubilee wrote:
Hello there,

Is there anyway to allow users to add a hyperlink to a protected
form. I know how to add a usable hyperlink and then protect the form,
but I would like my users to be able to add their own hyperlinks to
form fields not just text.

Any help will be appreciated

Judith

[Jay Freedman]

Sorry, I have no idea about that.

JudithJubilee wrote:
Thanks alot Jay. I thought that might be the case. I'm creating
assesment documents for students and they need to be able to link to
other evidence documents. Could you recommend another piece of
software that can do this while keeping the rest of the document
protected?

Cheers

Judith


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

There is no way to put a functioning hyperlink inside a form field.
Word simply doesn't support that functionality.

There is a workaround using MacroButton fields to add a static
hyperlink to a protected form at design time; see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nksInForms.htm.

Allowing users to add MacroButton fields containing hyperlinks at
run time would be considerably more difficult. You would need a
userform to accept the URL (and possibly to validate it, at least
for syntax). The macro would have to unprotect the document, build
the necessary field, and reprotect the document.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

JudithJubilee wrote:
Hello there,

Is there anyway to allow users to add a hyperlink to a protected
form. I know how to add a usable hyperlink and then protect the
form, but I would like my users to be able to add their own
hyperlinks to form fields not just text.

Any help will be appreciated

Judith