Clear field with macro

[Guest]

I have a form field (an invoice) with a CommandButton to run a macro wich inserts the incoice number from c:\settings.txt (and saves the new numer)

It´s great, but if I click it several times (to increase the invoice number) it adds the new number before the old, instead of clearing the bookmark and inserting the new number in an empty field.

Ie: If a press the button once, my bookmark says 033. But if I press it twice, is says 034033 instead of 034.

So I´d want a code for clearing the bookmarked field.

Here´s my code (the unprotect and protect is there because I run a form field)

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()

ActiveDocument.Unprotect

Order = System.PrivateProfileString("C:\Settings.Txt", _
"MacroSettings", "Order")

If Order = "" Then
Order = 1
Else
Order = Order + 1
End If

System.PrivateProfileString("C:\Settings.txt", "MacroSettings", _
"Order") = Order

ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Order").Range.InsertBefore Format(Order, "00#")
ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:="path" & Format(Order, "00#")

ActiveDocument.Protect Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset:=True

End Sub

Thanks for your answer!

 

[Guest]

No need to unprotect/re-protect the document. Just use something like:

ActiveDocument..FormFields("Order").Result = Format(Order, "00#") _
ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:="path" & Format(Order, "00#")

This will replace the contents of the form field instead of inserting additional text.

If you are not using a form field because you do not want the data to be modified by the user, you can still use a form field but turn off "fill-in enabled" in the form field properties.
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[Guest]

Perfect Beth!

This was the function I was looking for to begin with!

Thank you very much!

P.S. If someone else reads this, the row:
ActiveDocument..FormFields("Order").Result = Format(Order, "00#") _
should not have two dots in a row, it should be:
ActiveDocument.FormFields("Order").Result = Format(Order, "00#") _



"Beth Melton" skrev:

 

[Beth Melton]

Glad to hear the issue is resolved.

Good catch on the syntax error - I missed it.

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