Microsoft KB Archive/73209

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Variable Assigned to Comments Field Limited to 127 Characters

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Q73209

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c

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SYMPTOMS
If you assign a string variable to the value of the comment field by dimensioning the EditSummaryInfo dialog box in a Microsoft Word for Windows macro, you can only retrieve the first 127 characters from the Comments field.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Word for Windows listed above. This problem was corrected in Word version 6.0 for Windows.

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MORE INFORMATION
The Comments field in the Summary Info dialog box can hold up to 256 characters. However, if you assign a string variable to the value of the Comments field (as in the following macro), only the first 127 characters are assigned.

Word for Windows versions 1.0, 1.1 and 1.1a
Sub MAIN Dim dlg as EditSummaryInfo GetCurValues dlg A$ = dlg.Comment End Sub

Sub MAIN DIM dlg as FileSummaryInfo GetCurValues dlg A$=dlg.Comment End Sub If you run this macro, A$ only contains the first 127 characters of the information in the document's Comments field.

Workaround
You can extract more than the first 127 characters from the Comments field with the following macro:

Sub MAIN EndOfDocument InsertField &quot;comments&quot; CharLeft 1,1 UpdateFields Dim dlg as ViewPreferences GetCurValues dlg If dlg.ShowAll Then Super ShowAll ViewFieldCodes 0 A$=Selection$ EditClear End Sub This macro moves the insertion point to the end of the document and inserts the {comments} field code. Once inserted, it is highlighted, updated to the current value, stored in A$, and removed from the document. So that A$ is assigned the result of the {comments} field instead the name of the field itself, the macro also clears the Show All and Field Codes options to ensure that the result of the field is displayed rather than the field code itself.