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Forms Fields not active for users
I have created a Word 2003 form that uses a combination of ActiveX
checkboxes and ActiveX radio buttons as form elements. I make sure to leave Design View, then Protect the document, usually by using Tools Protect Document and selecting Filling in forms as the Editing Restriction. The problem is that when I reopen the document, first I get teh stupid "open as read-only" prompt which I know my end users might also see, but worse, none of the form elements respond to clicks so the values cannot get set. I am not sure what I am doing wrong, since when I leave Design Mode and Protect the document before I close Word on my machine everything works great. Any suggestions. I wish Word had a radio button Form element so I did not have to use the ActiveX controls...I think it would make this much easier. Devin |
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Forms Fields not active for users
ActiveX controls and forms protection are not compatible.
-- 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. "Devin Rader [IG]" wrote in message ... I have created a Word 2003 form that uses a combination of ActiveX checkboxes and ActiveX radio buttons as form elements. I make sure to leave Design View, then Protect the document, usually by using Tools Protect Document and selecting Filling in forms as the Editing Restriction. The problem is that when I reopen the document, first I get teh stupid "open as read-only" prompt which I know my end users might also see, but worse, none of the form elements respond to clicks so the values cannot get set. I am not sure what I am doing wrong, since when I leave Design Mode and Protect the document before I close Word on my machine everything works great. Any suggestions. I wish Word had a radio button Form element so I did not have to use the ActiveX controls...I think it would make this much easier. Devin |
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Forms Fields not active for users
Don't use ActiveX controls in protected forms. They won't work, while those
from the Forms toolbar will. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." Check this in help. 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. You'll find that it is possible to get checkboxes to act like radio buttons - even if they don't look like them. 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. "Devin Rader [IG]" wrote in message ... I have created a Word 2003 form that uses a combination of ActiveX checkboxes and ActiveX radio buttons as form elements. I make sure to leave Design View, then Protect the document, usually by using Tools Protect Document and selecting Filling in forms as the Editing Restriction. The problem is that when I reopen the document, first I get teh stupid "open as read-only" prompt which I know my end users might also see, but worse, none of the form elements respond to clicks so the values cannot get set. I am not sure what I am doing wrong, since when I leave Design Mode and Protect the document before I close Word on my machine everything works great. Any suggestions. I wish Word had a radio button Form element so I did not have to use the ActiveX controls...I think it would make this much easier. Devin |
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