WD: FILLIN Field Is Limited to 255 Characters

ID: Q93706

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
Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a

SUMMARY

The Word FILLIN field prompts you for text that is used as the FILLIN field result. The maximum number of characters that can be entered in a FILLIN field is 255.

To allow the user to type more than 255 characters, you can use the WordBasic InputBox$ command.

MORE INFORMATION

The InputBox$ command displays a dialog box requesting a single item of data and returns the text entered in the dialog box when the user chooses the OK button.

The syntax is as follows

   a$ = InputBox$(Prompt$ [,Title$] [,Default$])

where:

   Prompt$  is the text displayed in the dialog box.

   Title$   is the title displayed in the title bar of the dialog box;
            if omitted, Word uses the title "Microsoft Word".

   Default$ is the default text proposed in the text box of the dialog
            box.

The InputBox$ command in the following macro assigns the text you enter to the "a$" variable. The EditGoTo command is used to move the insertion point to a defined bookmark name before inserting the contents of the a$ variable.

   Sub MAIN
      a$ = InputBox$("Type text")
      EditGoTo "bookmark"
      Insert a$
   End Sub

For information about how to do this in Word 97, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q159261

TITLE     : Textbox Form Control Circumvents 255 Character Limit of Fillin

Additional query words: InputBox$

Keywords          : kbmacro kbfield winword 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
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: April 8, 1999