WD2000: Cannot Go to Bookmark in Unprotected Section of Document

ID: Q220424

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you create a macro that runs on exit from a form field, and the following conditions are all true:

Your forms document contains an unprotected section.

You have set a bookmark in the unprotected section of the forms document.

The macro uses a command or set of commands to go to the bookmark in the unprotected section of the forms document.

The insertion point does not move to the bookmark you set in the unprotected section of your document.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, you can use the Visual Basic for Applications OnTime method.

The following example Visual Basic for Applications macros demonstrate this workaround:

This workaround requires two macros. The first macro, OnExitMacro, runs the OnTime method, which calls the second macro, GotoBookMark. The GotoBookMark macro moves the insertion point to the bookmarked location in the unprotected section of the forms document.


Sub OnExitMacro()
   Application.OnTime When:=Now + TimeValue("00:00:01"), _
      Name:="GotoBookMark"
End Sub

Sub GotoBookMark()
   Selection.GoTo wdGoToBookmark, Name:="<Replace with Your Bookmark Name>"
   System.Cursor = wdCursorNormal ' Changes cursor from
                                  ' hourglass to normal cursor
End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: vba


Keywords          : kbdta kbwordvba wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: June 15, 1999