Field Length

[Guest]

I am using a bunch of form fields to interface with our paperless
documentation system (PDMLINK WindChill). I have some fields that I am
trying to import that are 500 to 1000 characters. Only the first 250 or so
characters get copied in. Does anyone know a way around this?

 

[Jay Freedman]

I am using a bunch of form fields to interface with our paperless
documentation system (PDMLINK WindChill). I have some fields that I am
trying to import that are 500 to 1000 characters. Only the first 250 or so
characters get copied in. Does anyone know a way around this?

It isn't clear from your post what mechanism you're using to get the
information from WindChill to Word. If it's a VBA macro, this article
may help:
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/SetLongFmFldResult.htm

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Guest]

I am using the Docroperty field code.
{DOCPROPERTY "IBA|2WhyXYZ"\*MERGEFORMAT}

No macros - no form fields -- just field codes

 

[Jay Freedman]

Your original post said "form fields", which was misleading.
DocProperty fields (or, rather, the underlying document properties)
are a completely different story -- they are limited to 255
characters. I know of no way around this limit. However, if you can
use document _variables_ and DocVariable fields instead, they are
unlimited.

This may not be possible, because document variables can be accessed
only via macros or OLE automation. I don't know what's possible from
within WindChill.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Guest]

Thanks Jay -- I am just going to limit the user to 1020 characters and then
split it into 4 parts and copy it into word as 4 fields.