HELP: Needing to tackle form fields...

[Clinton M James]

I wish to use form fields in several documents.. I am aware how they work,
but I do not know:

How can i put the date the document is being created on into the form field.
I know how to use a standard field for this, but I would like the form field
to default to the createdate and allow the user the chance of override if
the date needs altering on a future occasion because of an event that they
part-filled the form out, saved it, then completed it later.

Help is appreciated.

Regards,
Clint

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Clinton,

How can i put the date the document is being created on into the form field.
I know how to use a standard field for this, but I would like the form field
to default to the createdate and allow the user the chance of override if
the date needs altering on a future occasion because of an event that they
part-filled the form out, saved it, then completed it later.

This would require a macro, say one named AutoOpen so that it would execute
when the document is opened; or AutoNew if a document is being created from a
template (probably better, as you might later want to open an existing form).

Example:

Sub AutoNew()
ActiveDocument.FormFields( _
"NameOfField").Result = Format(Date, "dd-MMM-yyyy")

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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