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allow user to add text to an already existing form list field
I am creating a form that provides a list box that users can select from. I
also want the user to be able to add text to the form list if the option they are looking for is not available. I'm using Word 2000 (v9.0 SR1). I used to be able to do this in the past but can't remember how I did it. A layman's explanation of what a combo box is used for and how I create one would also be useful. Many thanks, |
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You can't use a combo box in a protected form using form fields. Combo boxes
are available only in UserForms. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "CK@PPC" wrote in message ... I am creating a form that provides a list box that users can select from. I also want the user to be able to add text to the form list if the option they are looking for is not available. I'm using Word 2000 (v9.0 SR1). I used to be able to do this in the past but can't remember how I did it. A layman's explanation of what a combo box is used for and how I create one would also be useful. Many thanks, |
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Hi ?B?Q0tAUFBD?=,
I am creating a form that provides a list box that users can select from. I also want the user to be able to add text to the form list if the option they are looking for is not available. I'm using Word 2000 (v9.0 SR1). I used to be able to do this in the past but can't remember how I did it. ComboBoxes are available from the Controls Toolbox. Be aware that they WILL trigger Word's internal macro security. Also, to fill the list you have to write VBA code (usually, in an AutoOpen macro or the Document_Open event). Does that ring any bells? If yes, and you need the VBA code, search my name on the msdn site on microsoft.com. You should turn up an article on using ActiveX controls in Word, and somewhere in that (or the download) you'll find code for filling a combobox. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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