Alerts when a field is blank

[Guest]

Is there anyway I can have a popup box, or an alert to run when a user has
left a form field blank in a form I have designed? I guess what I am trying
to ask is can I make a field mandatory? Some of the fields have macros
already attached to them, if this alert is possible can I also make it work
on one of these fields with a macro already in it. Thank you
Charlie

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/ValidateFFields.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Suzanne,

Thank you, I have looked at this link, and it would be useful if I wanted to
have specific information entered ( I have incorporated a couple of these
after reading this page - thanks). I am really after an alert to show if the
field is left completely blank or ignored. I think the code can be easily
modified, but I am not quite sure how to make it work. I have tried but to
no avial.

Thanks

Charlie

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi Charlie,

Replace the line

If Len(.Result) > 0 And Left$(.Result, 3) <> "KLM" Then

with

If Len(.Result) = 0 Then

and change the error message in the MsgBox statement to something
appropriate (e.g., "This field cannot be left blank").

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Guest]

Jay, perfect, thank you very much indeed
Charlie

Hi Charlie,

Replace the line

If Len(.Result) > 0 And Left$(.Result, 3) <> "KLM" Then

with

If Len(.Result) = 0 Then

and change the error message in the MsgBox statement to something
appropriate (e.g., "This field cannot be left blank").

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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