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Text fields on forms are locked when you click a checkbox
I am creating a form using Word 2007. On the Developer I am selecting
legacy & Active X tools for text fields, dropdown lists, checkboxes and radio buttons. I've protected the document and everything seems great. Unfortunately, though when people test the file, we've uncovered that whenever a checkbox or radio button is selected, all of the text fields are locked for edit, regardless of their location within the form. I cannot figure out why this is happening. All the text fields have been created in the same way and have the same settings. Users can edit them without problem until they click a checkbox any where in the document. Then, for some reason, they can never edit the text fields. Is this a bug with the product or am I missing some critical step in the process? |
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Text fields on forms are locked when you click a checkbox
I suspect that the ActiveX controls are the problem here. Any document with
ActiveX controls will be in Design mode when you open it (this is a macro security setting), and therefore you cannot make use of the fields. Use *only* legacy form fields, if you need backward compatibility. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "nas" wrote in message ... I am creating a form using Word 2007. On the Developer I am selecting legacy & Active X tools for text fields, dropdown lists, checkboxes and radio buttons. I've protected the document and everything seems great. Unfortunately, though when people test the file, we've uncovered that whenever a checkbox or radio button is selected, all of the text fields are locked for edit, regardless of their location within the form. I cannot figure out why this is happening. All the text fields have been created in the same way and have the same settings. Users can edit them without problem until they click a checkbox any where in the document. Then, for some reason, they can never edit the text fields. Is this a bug with the product or am I missing some critical step in the process? |
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Text fields on forms are locked when you click a checkbox
HI Stefan,
My file does not need to be backward-compatible. Everyone will have Word 2007. I am creating a table with a list of product names in one column, each product name preceded with a checkbox. In the next column, the word "Version" appears with a text control for the user to type the version number of the product they are selecting. To create these items, I used the "checkbox active X control" for the checkbox before the product name. To create the text input field, I used the "plain text content control". When I give this file to users, they can enter text into the text input fields without problem unless they select a checkbox. As soon as they select the checkbox, they can no longer enter text in the area where I have inserted the "plain text content control". I get this same issue when I use the "checkbox form field" for the checkbox rather than the "checkbox active X control". It doesn't seem to me as though there should be any problem with this. (There is nothing in the product Help to indicate that I cannot use various controls in conjunction with each other.) I am now wondering if it is the filetype. I have tried saving the document as a .docm file and a .docx file. The same thing happens for both file types.... "Stefan Blom" wrote: I suspect that the ActiveX controls are the problem here. Any document with ActiveX controls will be in Design mode when you open it (this is a macro security setting), and therefore you cannot make use of the fields. Use *only* legacy form fields, if you need backward compatibility. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "nas" wrote in message ... I am creating a form using Word 2007. On the Developer I am selecting legacy & Active X tools for text fields, dropdown lists, checkboxes and radio buttons. I've protected the document and everything seems great. Unfortunately, though when people test the file, we've uncovered that whenever a checkbox or radio button is selected, all of the text fields are locked for edit, regardless of their location within the form. I cannot figure out why this is happening. All the text fields have been created in the same way and have the same settings. Users can edit them without problem until they click a checkbox any where in the document. Then, for some reason, they can never edit the text fields. Is this a bug with the product or am I missing some critical step in the process? |
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Text fields on forms are locked when you click a checkbox
Legacy form fields and check boxes require the document to be protected.
Word 2007 content controls and ActiveX controls do not. Thus you cannot mix the two. You should be able to use Active X check boxes and 2007 content controls, but to limit the user to completing only the parts of the form that you require completing I would suggest you use all legacy form fields and protect the document. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org nas wrote: HI Stefan, My file does not need to be backward-compatible. Everyone will have Word 2007. I am creating a table with a list of product names in one column, each product name preceded with a checkbox. In the next column, the word "Version" appears with a text control for the user to type the version number of the product they are selecting. To create these items, I used the "checkbox active X control" for the checkbox before the product name. To create the text input field, I used the "plain text content control". When I give this file to users, they can enter text into the text input fields without problem unless they select a checkbox. As soon as they select the checkbox, they can no longer enter text in the area where I have inserted the "plain text content control". I get this same issue when I use the "checkbox form field" for the checkbox rather than the "checkbox active X control". It doesn't seem to me as though there should be any problem with this. (There is nothing in the product Help to indicate that I cannot use various controls in conjunction with each other.) I am now wondering if it is the filetype. I have tried saving the document as a .docm file and a .docx file. The same thing happens for both file types.... "Stefan Blom" wrote: I suspect that the ActiveX controls are the problem here. Any document with ActiveX controls will be in Design mode when you open it (this is a macro security setting), and therefore you cannot make use of the fields. Use *only* legacy form fields, if you need backward compatibility. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "nas" wrote in message ... I am creating a form using Word 2007. On the Developer I am selecting legacy & Active X tools for text fields, dropdown lists, checkboxes and radio buttons. I've protected the document and everything seems great. Unfortunately, though when people test the file, we've uncovered that whenever a checkbox or radio button is selected, all of the text fields are locked for edit, regardless of their location within the form. I cannot figure out why this is happening. All the text fields have been created in the same way and have the same settings. Users can edit them without problem until they click a checkbox any where in the document. Then, for some reason, they can never edit the text fields. Is this a bug with the product or am I missing some critical step in the process? |
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