microsoft.public.word.vba.general

Wow - you ARE a Rock Star, Greg!

Thanks for the missing link - the light has come on & is so bright, I'm
looking for my shades...

:-) Thanks a bunch!


"Greg Maxey" wrote:

> Sorry, to work with the third one you would use:
>
> Set oCC = ActiveDocument.SelectContentControlsByTitle("Name").Item(3)
>
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> Greg Maxey wrote:
> > KenderFaith,
> >
> > It is there, you just haven't found it yet ;-)
> >
> > You can work with CCs by title, but since the title isn't unique to a
> > CC you have to specify which one you want to work with. Say you have
> > three CCs with the title "Name" and you want to work with the third
> > one:
> > Sub WorkWithACCbyTitle()
> > Dim oCC As ContentControl
> > Set oCC = ActiveDocument.SelectContentControlsByTitle("Name").Item(1)
> > oCC.Range.Text = "Your text here."
> > End Sub
> >
> > Still that can cause problems if you delete CCs titled "Name."
> >
> > IMHO the most robust way to work with a CC is with its unique ID. This ID
> > remains with the CC throughout its life in the document (at
> > least that is my experience).
> >
> > To find the unique ID, select the CC (click on it's tab) and run this
> > code:
> > Sub GetUniqueID()
> > MsgBox Selection.ContentControls(1).ID
> > End Sub
> >
> > Then work with the CC by ID like this:
> >
> > Sub WorkWithACCbyID()
> > Dim oCC As ContentControl
> > Set oCC = ActiveDocument.ContentControls("#########") 'Replace # with
> > actual number values
> > oCC.Range.Text = "Your text there."
> > End Sub
> >
> >
> >
> > KenderFaith wrote:
> >> Something that really seems to be missing with content controls is
> >> the ability to easily dump info into them programmatically, because
> >> of the necessity to refer to them numerically, rather than by a
> >> unique value (like Title). Is there a simple way to use
> >> SelectContentControlsByName (or Tag) to identify the content control
> >> in which you wish to change the text value? The big issue with
> >> referencing content controls by number is that if one content control
> >> in a document is deleted, it effectively re-numbers the rest and
> >> causes all kinds of issues...
> >>
> >> Thanks :-)
>
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