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Q181184: WD97: Incorrect Calculation in Drop-Down Form Field Using Macro

Article: Q181184
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta kbfield word97
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002

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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 perform a calculation in a drop-down form field using the SetFormResult
statement in a macro, the results are incorrect.

CAUSE
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Numbers entered in the list are not treated as numeric values; instead, they are
considered text strings. Because the macro is performing a calculation on text
not numbers, the results are incorrect.

WORKAROUND
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The following Visual Basic for Applications macro retrieves the results of two
drop-down form field values, converts the values to numeric, performs a
calculation on the converted values and converts the final calculation to a
string value. The macro then places the result into a form field text box.

     Sub AddDropDownResults()
        Dim dDown1 As Integer
        Dim dDown2 As Integer
        ' Get value of first drop down form field.
        dDown1 = Val(ActiveDocument.FormFields("DropDown1").Result)
        ' Get value of second drop down form field.
        dDown2 = Val(ActiveDocument.FormFields("DropDown2").Result)
        ' Calculate results and place in Text form field
        ActiveDocument.FormFields("Text1").Result = Str(dDown1 + dDown2)
     End Sub

MORE INFORMATION
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For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles


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: kbcode kbmacro vba

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Keywords          : kbdta kbfield word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbprb

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