WD97: Macro to Determine If a Form Field Exists

ID: Q182169

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

This article describes how to use Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications to determine if a form field exists in a Microsoft Word document.

MORE INFORMATION

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To determine if a form field exists in a document, you can use the Exists method. The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro will determine if the form field named Text1 exists in the current or active document:

   Sub DoesFormFieldExist()
      If ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists("Text1") Then
         MsgBox "The form field Text1 does exist."
      Else
         MsgBox "The form field Text1 does not exist."
      End If
   End Sub

For more information about the Exists method, click the Office Assistant while in the Visual Basic Editor, type "Exists method," click Search, and then click to view "Exists method."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or
               Component

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications

Additional query words: wordcon vb vba vbe

Keywords          : kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample word8 word97 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: April 7, 1999