(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:15 am
Post subject: Userforms -> Bookmarks Vs Doc Variables Archived from groups: microsoft>public>word>vba>userforms (more info?)
Hi.
I've notice a number of times the recommendation to use Doc Variable
instead of Bookmarks to hold data entered via a Userform. I've not
noticed any explanation as to why. Just a simple recommendation.
While I have my own theory as to why Doc Variables may be a better way
to go, I tend to go with the bookmark method. Why? It works for me
and has done in all the project I've worked on (so far).
In the interests of educating myself and possibly others, I'd like to
ask the assembled masses their thoughts.
(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:15 am
Post subject: Re: Userforms -> Bookmarks Vs Doc Variables [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Another advantage is that data can be retrieved (more reliably) from a
document variable than from a bookmark as the data may be inserted before
the bookmark and not actually be contained within the bookmark.
On the other hand, there are times when a bookmark can be used where a
document variable and DocVariable field does not work so well - inserting
items from a multiline textbox into the cell of a table is one.
--
Hope this helps.
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"Shane" <shane dot herring at gmail dot com> wrote in message
news:2regt3h939vppd8j5b5d55jdbl9ormqh2p@4ax.com...
> Hi.
>
> I've notice a number of times the recommendation to use Doc Variable
> instead of Bookmarks to hold data entered via a Userform. I've not
> noticed any explanation as to why. Just a simple recommendation.
>
> While I have my own theory as to why Doc Variables may be a better way
> to go, I tend to go with the bookmark method. Why? It works for me
> and has done in all the project I've worked on (so far).
>
> In the interests of educating myself and possibly others, I'd like to
> ask the assembled masses their thoughts.
>
> So...why one method over the other?
>
> Thanks in advance.
(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:15 am
Post subject: Re: Userforms -> Bookmarks Vs Doc Variables [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Shane wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I've notice a number of times the recommendation to use Doc Variable
> instead of Bookmarks to hold data entered via a Userform. I've not
> noticed any explanation as to why. Just a simple recommendation.
>
> While I have my own theory as to why Doc Variables may be a better way
> to go, I tend to go with the bookmark method. Why? It works for me
> and has done in all the project I've worked on (so far).
>
> In the interests of educating myself and possibly others, I'd like to
> ask the assembled masses their thoughts.
>
> So...why one method over the other?
>
> Thanks in advance.
Bookmarks are "fragile" -- most people don't turn on the display of
bookmarks, and it's very easy to delete a bookmark while editing text. If
your userform code simply assumes the bookmark exists, it will throw an
error when it tries to insert text at a nonexistent bookmark ("The requested
member of the collection does not exist"). If you have to do a thorough job
of checking for bookmarks, and maybe recreating missing ones, you have quite
a lot of work to do.
When the userform code sets or modifies a document variable, the code
involved is much simpler. In the document, the DocVariable field can be seen
(assuming there's some default value of the variable when the document is
created from the template) so it's less likely to be deleted by mistake. If
someone does delete the field, the only consequence is that the variable's
value doesn't appear where it should.
--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:15 am
Post subject: Re: Userforms -> Bookmarks Vs Doc Variables [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
"Shane" <shane dot herring at gmail dot com> wrote in message
news:2regt3h939vppd8j5b5d55jdbl9ormqh2p@4ax.com...
> Hi.
>
> I've notice a number of times the recommendation to use Doc Variable
> instead of Bookmarks to hold data entered via a Userform. I've not
> noticed any explanation as to why. Just a simple recommendation.
>
> While I have my own theory as to why Doc Variables may be a better way
> to go, I tend to go with the bookmark method. Why? It works for me
> and has done in all the project I've worked on (so far).
>
> In the interests of educating myself and possibly others, I'd like to
> ask the assembled masses their thoughts.
>
> So...why one method over the other?
>
> Thanks in advance.
One further advantage is that with a single docvariable (or docproperty for
that matter) you can have multiple DOCVARIABLE or DOCPROPERTY fields all
pointing to the same property, if you need the same data to be displayed in
different places (e.g. in odd and even page headers)
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