GetBookMark$ Returns Value and Form Field Name

ID: Q123693

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

SUMMARY

If you use the WordBasic GetBookMark$() function to return the value of a form field bookmark, the form field name and value are returned. For example, if you have a text box form field named "text1," the following macro returns the word "FORMTEXT" followed by the text typed into the text1 form field.

Sub Main

Name$ = GetBookmark$("text1") MsgBox Name$

End Sub

If you type the name John in the text1 form field, the above macro displays the following string:

   FORMTEXT John

To correctly retrieve information from form fields, use the GetFormResult$() or GetFormResult() function.

The following macro example correctly returns only the text typed into the text1 form field.

Sub Main

Name$ = GetFormResult$("text1") Msgbox Name$

End Sub

For more information on the GetFormResult$() and GetFormResult() functions, see the "GetFormResult$() function" topic in the Word 6.0 Help file.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word Developer's Kit," for version 6.0, pages 491-494

KBCategory: kbusage kbmacro KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: 6.0 6.0a 6.0c winword form forms word6 7.0 word95 word7 word7 7.0 word95 GetFormResult GetFormResult$

Version           : 6.0 6.0a 6.0c 7.0
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 5, 1998