Microsoft KB Archive/163192

= You receive a “Run-time error '4609': "String too long" error message when you assign a value to a FormField object in Word =

Article ID: 163192

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Word 2007
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q163192



SYMPTOMS
When you try to assign the value of a variable containing more than 255 characters to a FormField object, you receive the following error message:

Run-time error '4609': "String too long"



CAUSE
The following example macro causes the error that is mentioned in the Symptoms section: Sub StringTooLongError Dim sMyVar As String sMyVar = String(256, "x") ActiveDocument.FormFields(1).Result = sMyVar End Sub



WORKAROUND
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The following example Visual Basic for Applications code sets text that is greater than 255 characters in length to the form field named Text1: Sub WorkAround255Limit ' Set Text1 form field to a unique string. ActiveDocument.FormFields("text1").Result = "****" If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType <> wdNoProtection Then ActiveDocument.Unprotect End If     Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="Text1" Selection.Collapse Selection.MoveRight wdCharacter, 1 Selection.TypeText (String(256, "W")) Selection.GoTo what:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="Text1" ' Remove unique characters from Text1 form field. With Selection.Find .Execute findtext:="*", replacewith:="", replace:=wdReplaceAll End With ActiveDocument.Protect Password:="", NoReset:=True, Type:= _ wdAllowOnlyFormFields End Sub

