Re: Strange MERGEFIELD insertion behaviour.....

From: Word Heretic (myfullname_at_tpg.com.au)
Date: 05/13/04 

Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 21:30:56 +1000

G'day "Robin Tucker" <idontwanttobespammedanymore@reallyidont.com>,

Ahhhh. You are inserting an empty field. Insert a Merge field and
include the extensions as the parm.

Dim theText As String = "ASSET_Named_Tool" + "=" + theInfo
m_Application.Selection.Fields.Add( _
Range:=m_Application.Selection.Range, _
Type:=Word.WdFieldType.wdFieldMergeField, _
Text:=CType(theText,Object), _
PreserveFormatting:=True)

I'd be using & as the concat if available - it stops a few typing
problems. Also, I would have thought

Word.WdFieldType.wdFieldMergeField

would be

m_Application.wdFieldMergeField

But I dunno which language you are using.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
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Robin Tucker reckoned:

>Err, I included a code sample. Here it is again:
>
>Dim theInfo as String
>
>theInfo = "Camera Spot 1"
>Dim theText As String = "MERGEFIELD " + "ASSET_Named_Tool" + "=" + theInfo
>
>m_Application.Selection.Fields.Add(Range:=m_Application.Selection.Range, _
>
>Type:=Word.WdFieldType.wdFieldEmpty, _
> Text:=CType(theText,
>Object), _
>
>PreserveFormatting:=True)
>
>
>"Word Heretic" <myfullname@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
>news:48i5a05oe3f224327ug6m8semods0amjrq@4ax.com...
>> G'day "Robin Tucker" <idontwanttobespammedanymore@reallyidont.com>,
>>
>> Code sample please
>>
>>
>> Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
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>> steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment)
>>
>>
>> Robin Tucker reckoned:
>>
>> >I'm trying to programmatically insert MERGEFIELD items into my document.
>> >They all seem to work ok, except those I need to add parameters to. For
>> >example, the following mergefield needs to be inserted:
>> >
>> >"MERGEFIELD ASSET_Named_Tool=Camera Spot 1"
>> >
>> >ie. I want a merge field included called "ASSET_Named_Tool=Camera Spot
>1".
>> >When I come to generate a report using this template, I can parse the
>> >mergefield and extract the value I need called "Camera Spot 1". Anyway,
>I
>> >digress. When I manually insert a mergefield using the add Field dialog,
>> >giving the field the name ASSET_Named_Tool=Camera Spot 1, the result is
>as
>> >expected (ie. I get the << >> brackets around the entire string).
>> >
>> >When I do the same thing programmatically, it "cuts off" the string at
>the
>> >end of "Camera". I guess because it isn't too keen on spaces in field
>names.
>> >However, if I right click on the newly inserted field and "Edit Field",
>then
>> >click ok when the edit field dialog is shown, the string seems to be
>changed
>> >to be correct!
>> >
>> >Summary:
>> >
>> >(1) Manual insertion produces correct result:
>> >«ASSET_Named_Tool=Camera Spot 1»
>> >(2) Programmatic insertion produces erroneous result:
>> >«ASSET_Named_Tool=Camera»
>> >(3) Programmatic insertion, followed by manual "Edit Field", produces
>> >correct result.
>> >
>> >Here is the code I'm using to add the field:
>> >
>> >Dim theInfo as String
>> >
>> >theInfo = "Camera Spot 1"
>> >Dim theText As String = "MERGEFIELD " + "ASSET_Named_Tool" + "=" +
>theInfo
>> >
>> >m_Application.Selection.Fields.Add(Range:=m_Application.Selection.Range,
>_
>> >
>> >Type:=Word.WdFieldType.wdFieldEmpty, _
>> >
>Text:=CType(theText,
>> >Object), _
>> >
>> >PreserveFormatting:=True)
>> >
>> >Thanks for any help you can give me.
>> >
>> >
>> >Robin
>> >
>>
>

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