Populating Word Checkboxes with VB

Option Explicit
Dim wrdApp      As Word.Application
Dim wrdDoc      As Word.Document
Dim wrdSelection    As Word.Selection

Private Sub cmdWordCheckBoxes_Click()
   
    Dim StrToAdd        As String
   
    On Error GoTo Error_Handler
       
    'let us know we are doing something
   
    Screen.MousePointer = vbHourglass
   
   
    ' Create an instance of Word  and make it visible
    Set wrdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
    wrdApp.Visible = True
   
    ' Add a new document
    Set wrdDoc = wrdApp.Documents.Add
    wrdDoc.Select
    Set wrdSelection = wrdApp.Selection
 
 Dim x As Integer
 For x = 4 To 1 Step -1
' Create 4 check boxes and insert it into the document
 With ActiveDocument.FormFields.Add(Range:=ActiveDocument.Range _
    (Start:=0, End:=0), Type:=wdFieldFormCheckBox)
    .Name = "Color" & x
    .CheckBox.Value = True
 End With
Next
'checking checkboxes with index values
 ActiveDocument.FormFields(1).CheckBox.Value = False
 ActiveDocument.FormFields(2).CheckBox.Value = True
 ActiveDocument.FormFields(3).CheckBox.Value = False
 ActiveDocument.FormFields(4).CheckBox.Value = True

'checking checkboxes with name values
 ActiveDocument.FormFields("Color1").CheckBox.Value = True
 ActiveDocument.FormFields("Color2").CheckBox.Value = False
 ActiveDocument.FormFields("Color3").CheckBox.Value = True
 ActiveDocument.FormFields("Color4").CheckBox.Value = False
             
   ' wrdDoc.SaveAs ("c:\Test.doc")
   ' wrdDoc.Close False
   

Exit Sub

Error_Handler:
    Screen.MousePointer = vbDefault
    MsgBox "Error: " & Err.Number & vbLf & vbLf & Err.Description, vbExclamation, "Mail Merge Error!"
End Sub

hello? anybody out there?

From my reference to a .dot file ...
it should have been apparent that I was trying to modify a copy of an existing document ... not create a new one.

Your answer got me looking in the right
direction ... but the way you approached it had me experimenting with the code and I ended up only needing one line "ActiveDocument.FormFields("Color1").CheckBox.Value = True"
 
For your reference, you must also refer to the "ActiveDocument" with the object or the code will only work the first time the program reference the word object. (i.e. wrdApp.ActiveDocument)

OK,  I realize that you were using an existing document, however
since I couldn't use the "exact" document you were using, I posted a example of code, that gave you examples of creating , checking and unchecking by index, and checking and unchecking by name value. This I believed could be easily recreated by pasting the code into a blank project, simply by adding a command button,  shows true clear examples of addressing your issue.

Though you may not have wanted to know how to create the checkboxes by VB,and the example of creating the checkboxes were superflous to your particular application, because you were wanting to modify the existing file.In my case since I did not have any of your  documents to play with, I created my own document with checkboxes,and manipulated the values of said checkboxes, and it is obvious that, you have by just looking at the code,  have determined the correct call.


 The example that I gave wasnt just an answer, it was a "proof", something that can be proved that it works(like in math ,programming, etc....), I only post answers that work ...i.e. this code was taken directly out of a
project that worked 100% and pasted into the post message box............though I didn't address your "application" as a .dot file directly, I did address your question  right on the mark....and right on the money....

OK,  I realize that you were using an existing document, however
since I couldn't use the "exact" document you were using, I posted a example of code, that gave you examples of creating , checking and unchecking by index, and checking and unchecking by name value. This I believed could be easily recreated by pasting the code into a blank project, simply by adding a command button,  shows true clear examples of addressing your issue.

Though you may not have wanted to know how to create the checkboxes by VB,and the example of creating the checkboxes were superflous to your particular application, because you were wanting to modify the existing file.In my case since I did not have any of your  documents to play with, I created my own document with checkboxes,and manipulated the values of said checkboxes, and it is obvious that, you have by just looking at the code,  have determined the correct call.


 The example that I gave wasnt just an answer, it was a "proof", something that can be proved that it works(like in math ,programming, etc....), I only post answers that work ...i.e. this code was taken directly out of a
project that worked 100% and pasted into the post message box............though I didn't address your "application" as a .dot file directly, I did address your question  right on the mark....and right on the money....