WD: NextField and UpdateFields Do Not Update All Fields

ID: Q81488

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

SYMPTOMS

Using the WordBasic commands NextField and UpdateFields may not update all of the fields in your document.

CAUSE

This problem can occur if Field Codes are turned off.

WORKAROUND

To resolve this problem, turn on Field Codes before you run the WordBasic commands. You can do this by adding three lines to your macro code.

Add the following two lines at the beginning of your macro:

   n = ViewFieldCodes()    'Remembers if Field Codes are on or off.
   ViewFieldCodes 1        'Turns Field Codes on.

Then add the following line at the end of your macro:

   ViewFieldCodes abs(n)   'Returns Field Codes to the state they were in
                           'before the macro turned them on.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Word listed above. This problem was corrected in Word 97 for Windows.

Additional query words: fieldcode

Keywords          : wordnt kbfield winword ntword macword word6 winword2 word7 word95 
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,1.1a,2.0,2.0a,2.0a- CD,2.0b,2.0c,6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a
Platform          : MACINTOSH Win95 WINDOWS winnt
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: February 4, 1998