The conditional (IF) field certainly works (provided you tab out of the
field). You insert the field boundary pairs in place of the second drop-down
form field with CTRL +F9 and insert the information to match that in my
earlier post. You can get the bookmark name of the drop down field by double
clicking with the form unlocked and use it in pace of Dropdown1 in the
example.
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ab wrote:
Sorry but I don't think I've got the hang of this.
The drop-down box with the names works fine - I have that in the
template.
When I go to the box lower down the page where I want the
qualification, I can't get this right. I have tried creating a new
macro with the details (amended with the correct names, etc) but when
I try to run it, I get "run time error 438, Object does not support
this property".
If I try to do an If field, I am not sure how to enter the info.
Thanks for your help.
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
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With ActiveDocument.FormFields("Name").DropDown
If .ListEntries(.Value) = "John Smith" Then
ActiveDocument.FormFields("Qualification").Result = "RIBA"
ElseIf .ListEntries(.Value) = "Jane Brown" Then
ActiveDocument.FormFields("Qualification").Result = "RICS"
Else
ActiveDocument.FormFields("Qualification").Result = "ACIAT"
End If
End With
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"ab" wrote in message
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Reading through, I don't think I explained it very well.
The form has a drop-down box for the three people.
Further down the form I have to enter their qualifications. One is
RIBA, one is RICS, one is ACIAT.
Depending on which of the three are required, I then put in the
appropriate qualifiication.
"ab" wrote in message
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There are three names and three qualifications.
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
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Do you want the user to be able to select an alternate
qualification from the second DropDown, or is the qualification
intended to be fixed based on the name selected in the first
DropDown? If that is not the case, it would be better to use a Text
FormField for the qualification and run a macro on exit from the
Drop Down to determine the entry that was selected and then use
the .Result property of the Text FormField to display the
appropriate qualification. If there are only a couple of entries in
the DropDown list, an If
field could be used
With ActiveDocument.FormFields("Name").DropDown
If .ListEntries(.Value) = "John Smith" Then
ActiveDocument.FormFields("Qualification").Result = "ARIBA"
Else 'Jane Brown was selected
ActiveDocument.FormFields("Qualification").Result = "ARICS"
End If
End With
but if there are many more than that, then it may be better to
use a Select Case construction.
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"ab" wrote in message
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I have created a form to be filled in using Word 2003. I have two
drop-down boxes which I need to link somehow.
What I want to do is:
If the name in the first drop-down box is "John Smith"
The qualification in the next drop-down box is "ARIBA"
If the name in the first drop-down box is "Jane Brown",
The qualification in the next drop-down box is "ARICS"
Help would be appreciated please.
TIA