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Q192161: WD97:Squares Appear in Text Form Field Inserted from Userform

Article: Q192161
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta kbmacroexample kbwordvba
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 insert data from a text box on a user form into a Microsoft Word
document text form field, square characters appear and are printed in the
document.

CAUSE
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When you press ENTER to begin a new line in a text box on a user form with the
MultiLine and EnterKeyBehavior properties set to True, a square character is
used to represent the carriage return character (CHR(10)). This character is not
visible if the text is displayed in a message box or inserted into the document
itself.

WORKAROUND
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Do not use a text box on a user form with the MultiLine property set to True to
get a Microsoft Word document form field result (value or text).

MORE INFORMATION
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The following Visual Basic for Applications macro uses the InStr function to take
the carriage return character (Chr(10)) out of the text string before inserting
it into a text form field.

The following code is assigned to a command button on the user form.

  Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
  ActiveDocument.FormFields("text1").Result = CleanString(TextBox1.Text)
  UserForm1.Hide
  End Sub

REFERENCES
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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

Additional query words: wordcon kbimu

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Keywords          : kbdta kbmacroexample kbwordvba 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbprb
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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