Q176865: WD97: Error with Missing FormField Bookmark Names

Article: Q176865
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbprogramming kbdta kbwordvba kbfield word97
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to access a form field using Visual Basic for Applications
commands and the bookmark name for the form field is missing, you may receive
the following error message:

  Run-time error: "-2147467259" Method Name of Object FormField Failed

  or

  Run-time error: "5941" The requested member of the collection does not exist.

CAUSE
=====

When you copy and paste a form field to a different location, a new form field
will be created. This new form field will not have a bookmark name.

WORKAROUND
==========

Make sure each form field in the active document contains a valid bookmark name.
To enter a bookmark name for a form field, follow these steps:

1. Double-click the form field to display the form field Options dialog box.

2. In the Bookmark Name box enter a valid bookmark name.

  The following characters are invalid in a bookmark name:

   - Any characters whose ASCII value is less than 29 and greater than 127.

  -or-

   - Characters listed in the following table.

   Character ASCII code      Character ASCII code     Character ASCII code
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   -         Chr(30)         <Space>   Chr(32)         !         Chr(33)
   "         Chr(34)         #         Chr(35)         $         Chr(36)
   %         Chr(37)         &         Chr(38)         '         Chr(39)
   (         Chr(40)         )         Chr(41)         *         Chr(42)
   +         Chr(43)         ,         Chr(44)         -         Chr(45)
   .         Chr(46)         /         Chr(47)         :         Chr(58)
   ;         Chr(59)         <         Chr(60)         =         Chr(61)
   >         Chr(62)         ?         Chr(63)         @         Chr(64)
   [         Chr(91)         \         Chr(92)         ]         Chr(93)
   ^         Chr(94)         `         Chr(96)         {         Chr(123)
   |         Chr(124)        }         Chr(125)        ~         Chr(126)

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article.

REFERENCES
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For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbprogramming kbdta kbwordvba kbfield word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbbug

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