Question

If statement in word macro

Asked by: siasupport

i am creating a form template in Word, which has drop down options in different fields.

i am tring to create a formula that if i select "yes" from the drop down menu in one tab, i want another tab/a selection of tabs to either get greyed out, or become false.

can someone help.

if you require further information, plaese let me know.

Jas

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2009-11-03 at 08:51:10ID24867777
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Answers

 

by: JOrzechPosted on 2009-11-03 at 10:06:16ID: 25731696

So you would need an OnExit macro that runs when you exit the "Yes" field that evaluates that and if the value is YES, then it does something else.  http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/SetTabOrder.htm

Are you familiar with VBA at all?  Can you upload the doc?

 

by: GrahamSkanPosted on 2009-11-03 at 10:38:26ID: 25731974

The exit macro would look like this, but the disabled field is not greyed out.

Sub MyExitMacro()
    Dim i As Integer
    Dim strSelectedText As String
    
    i = ActiveDocument.FormFields("Dropdown1").DropDown.Value
    strSelectedText = ActiveDocument.FormFields("Dropdown1").DropDown.ListEntries(i).name
    
    If strSelectedText = "Yes" Then
        ActiveDocument.FormFields("Dropdown2").Enabled = False
    End If
End Sub
                                              
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by: siasupportPosted on 2009-11-04 at 01:54:16ID: 25737752

The document is attached.

thanks for your help guys.

what i want to do is, if the first drop down selection is a "yes, then i want the next selection (red part) to be greyed out or at least say "no"

Much appreciated.

 

by: GrahamSkanPosted on 2009-11-04 at 03:15:29ID: 25738152

Many of the form fields have lost their names, so I renamed the dropdowns as Dropdown1 to Dropdown13. 

Sub ExitDropdown1()
    Dim i As Integer
    Dim strSelectedText As String
    
    i = ActiveDocument.FormFields("Dropdown1").DropDown.Value
    strSelectedText = ActiveDocument.FormFields("Dropdown1").DropDown.ListEntries(i).name
    If strSelectedText = "- YES - " Then
        ActiveDocument.Unprotect 'password
        For i = 2 To 13
            ActiveDocument.FormFields("Dropdown" & i).Enabled = False
            ActiveDocument.FormFields("Dropdown" & i).DropDown.Value = 3
        Next i
        ActiveDocument.Protect wdAllowOnlyFormFields, True ',password
    End If
End Sub
                                              
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by: siasupportPosted on 2009-11-04 at 03:27:27ID: 25738222

Thanks for this.

i've tried this and it says the password is incorrect?

have you enabled a password in the code that i am missing?

is it possible for you to send the document back once you have made the changes with any password that you may enabled?

sorry?

 

by: GrahamSkanPosted on 2009-11-04 at 03:40:23ID: 25738299

The document had no password and the code doesn't set one. I have shown where a password would go if you were using one. Here is the document with the form fields renamed.

 

by: siasupportPosted on 2009-11-04 at 03:50:25ID: 25738363

Thank you ever so much for this.

Does this code work when you enable a password and try testing it afterwards?

because when i select yes/no in the first dropdown, nothing changes in any of the other dropdowns?

I think i might be missing a trick.

 

by: GrahamSkanPosted on 2009-11-04 at 04:04:48ID: 25738462

You have to set the exit macro to the one that I posted above. You can put it in your normal template or in the document.

 

by: siasupportPosted on 2009-11-04 at 04:34:38ID: 25738645

I recieve a runtime error '5485'

password is incorrect.

and it points to the line break: ActiveDocument.Unprotect 'password

 

by: GrahamSkanPosted on 2009-11-04 at 04:56:41ID: 25738789

I have just downloaded the version of the document that I uploaded earlier.
In fact it fails on that line because the document isn't protected.

Can I suggest that you download it again, protect it without a password and try once more?

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