Microsoft KB Archive/212405

= WD2000: Macro to Determine Whether a Form Field Exists =

Article ID: 212405

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q212405





SUMMARY
This article describes how to use Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications to determine whether a form field exists in a Microsoft Word document.



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For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

To determine whether a form field exists in a document, you can use the Exists method. The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro determines whether the form field named Text1 exists in the current or active document: Sub DoesFormFieldExist

If ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists("Text1") Then MsgBox "The form field Text1 does exist." Else MsgBox "The form field Text1 does not exist." End If

End Sub

For more information about the Exists method, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type Exists method in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

