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Form Fields, Macros & Navigating
I am working with Word 2000. I have a form with multiple tables. Each table
contains form fields. Some tables have form fields with macros executing on exiting from the field. These macros add a new row to the table, with the new row containing the same form fields as the previous row. My problem involves moving from one of these tables to the next. When I click the mouse to move into the next table, the previous table adds another row. Because it is a form, it is locked and that blank row cannot be deleted. How can I move the cursor from one table to another without creating a new row in the table I am leaving? Thx, -- LPS |
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Change your on exit macro. Instead, put in a custom toolbar with buttons or
menu commands that let the user add rows to various tables. Right now, you have programmed a loop into your form such that if the user simply tabs from field to field, that user will end up just adding row after row to the table and never reach the end. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." For more about online forms, follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "LPS" wrote in message ... I am working with Word 2000. I have a form with multiple tables. Each table contains form fields. Some tables have form fields with macros executing on exiting from the field. These macros add a new row to the table, with the new row containing the same form fields as the previous row. My problem involves moving from one of these tables to the next. When I click the mouse to move into the next table, the previous table adds another row. Because it is a form, it is locked and that blank row cannot be deleted. How can I move the cursor from one table to another without creating a new row in the table I am leaving? Thx, -- LPS |
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Thank you for the tips Charles. I will look into those sites for more info.
-- LPS "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Change your on exit macro. Instead, put in a custom toolbar with buttons or menu commands that let the user add rows to various tables. Right now, you have programmed a loop into your form such that if the user simply tabs from field to field, that user will end up just adding row after row to the table and never reach the end. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." For more about online forms, follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "LPS" wrote in message ... I am working with Word 2000. I have a form with multiple tables. Each table contains form fields. Some tables have form fields with macros executing on exiting from the field. These macros add a new row to the table, with the new row containing the same form fields as the previous row. My problem involves moving from one of these tables to the next. When I click the mouse to move into the next table, the previous table adds another row. Because it is a form, it is locked and that blank row cannot be deleted. How can I move the cursor from one table to another without creating a new row in the table I am leaving? Thx, -- LPS |
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