Inserting today's date + 14 days by default

[Wowbagger]

In Word 2k3 I have a text form field of type Date. I would like it to
default to today's date +14 days. How do I express this in the Default
date: field on the field property screen?

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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACT]

Run a macro that contains the following code on entry to that formfield or
on entry or exit from anyother one on your form.

ActiveDocument.Formfields("bmname").Result = Format(DateAdd("d", 14, Date),
"MMMM d, yyyy")

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[Graham Mayor]

This is complicated to do with fields - see
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=wrd&Number=249902
The alternative is to use macro code running on exit from the form field to
place the calculated date where you require it.

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[Name]

This is complicated to do with fields - see
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=wrd&Number=249902
The alternative is to use macro code running on exit from the form field to
place the calculated date where you require it.

Doug's suggested macro is actually quite straightforward. I had a date
question recently which was also referred to the above link. Although
the attachment at the link is described as "showing how to do date &
time calculations," it actually only showed that they could be done, not
"how." I guess the idea is to dissect the .doc file into its more
primitive background coding, but there really is no "how" explanation
included with the file itself.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

The document at that location has the necessary fields. Here is one based on
a CREATEDATE field:

{ QUOTE "{ SET " Delay" "14" }
{ SET "DaysInMonth" { IF { CreateDate \@ "MM" } <> 2
{ = ROUND(30.575*{ CreateDate \@ "MM" },0)-
ROUND(30.575*{ = { CreateDate \@ "MM" } -1 },0) }
{ IF { = MOD( { CreateDate \@"yy" } , 4 ) } > 0 "28" "29" } } }
{ SET "NextMonth" { IF { CreateDate \@ "MM" } = 12 "1/97"
"{ = { CreateDate \@ "MM" } + 1 }/97 } }
{ IF { = { REF "Delay" } + { CreateDate \@ "dd" } } <= {
REF"DaysInMonth" }
{ CreateDate \@ "MMMM { = { REF "Delay" } + { CreateDate \@ "dd" } },
yyyy"}{ QUOTE { NextMonth \@ "MMMM" }
{ = { REF "Delay" } + { CreateDate \@ "dd" } - { REF"DaysInMonth" } },
{ IF { CreateDate \@ "MM" } <> 12 { CreateDate \@ "yyyy" }
{ CreateDate \@ "{ = 1 + { CreateDate \@ "yyyy" } \# "xxxx" }" } } } }" }

As you can see, it isn't simple. That field was created by an Add-In that is
simple to use. You can download it from <URL:
http://www.chriswoodman.co.uk/Delayed Dates.htm>.

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[Graham Mayor]

Doug's suggested macro is actually quite straightforward. I had a
date question recently which was also referred to the above link.
Although
the attachment at the link is described as "showing how to do date &
time calculations," it actually only showed that they could be done,
not "how." I guess the idea is to dissect the .doc file into its more
primitive background coding, but there really is no "how" explanation
included with the file itself.

I did say that it was complicated The fields are all included in the
document (ALT+F9 to display them). A macro is much simpler where it can be
accommodated.

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[macropod]

Hi Graham,

I must say it had never occurred to me that people interested in how to use
fields for date calcs wouldn't know how to display field codes, using Alt-F9
for the whole document, or Shift-F9 for a single field. One for the next
update.

Cheers

 

[Name]

I must say it had never occurred to me that people interested in how to use
fields for date calcs wouldn't know how to display field codes, using Alt-F9
for the whole document, or Shift-F9 for a single field. One for the next
update.

Yep, that's me.
Thanks for that additional bit of information.