lotsof
Fri Jul 02 09:43:00 CDT 2004
Chad - again my thanks for your taking the time to respond.
Best Regards
>-----Original Message-----
>In answer to your first question, the way I usually give
users a
>functionality that forms protection disables is with
something like this,
>for instance:
>
>Sub FilePageSetup
> ActiveDocument.Unprotect Password:=XXX
> Dialogs(wdDialogFilePageSetup).Show
> ActiveDocument.Protect
ProtectionType:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields,
>NoReset:=True, Password:=XXX
>End Sub
>
>and then give the user a menu or toolbar shortcut to run
it.
>
>I don't think I can answer your second question because
mail merge is one of
>those few functions in Word that I haven't needed to use
much, so I don't
>know any of the objects, properties, or methods involved
in working with
>that functionality through VBA. I'm sure one of the
great gurus who monitor
>this newsgroup can answer your question in my place.
>
>Regards,
>Chad DeMeyer
>
>
>"lotsof questions" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
>news:233bb01c45eb2$ae3253e0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> Chad: More questions- in the example you responded to
>> below, the form template in question is being unlocked
to
>> allow for a mail merge. It should then
be "automatically"
>> locked down. Is there a way that it can be relocked
while
>> the mail merge is taking place? A sub routine? and how
(my
>> knowledge is zilch here). Can I pass on a "lockdown"
>> feature for the newly created mail merged document?
Best
>> Regards
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Chad: My thanks for your help - my headache just went
>> >away! The "code changes" from 97 to 2000 are sometimes
>> >subtle and always aggravating!
>> >>-----Original Message-----
>> >>Replace your code with (interpret as one line
regardless
>> >of how your
>> >>newsgroup interface wraps the text):
>> >>
>> >>If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType = wdnoProtection Then
>> >>ActiveDocument.Protect Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields,
>> >NoReset:=True,
>> >>Password:= "[your password here]"
>> >>
>> >>Regards,
>> >>Chad DeMeyer
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>"lotsof questions"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> >wrote in message
>> >>news:230df01c45e2f$0bb39990$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> >>> I have several form templates that need to be
>> >unprotected
>> >>> and reprotected without losing the data typed into
the
>> >>> form fields...which can be found on the Microsoft
>> >>> Knowledge Base.
>> >>>
>> >>> The problem: when using the following, the template
>> >>> reprotects itself, but does not apply
the "password" to
>> >>> protect the file. With all the code changes from
97 to
>> >>> 2000 software - is there something else that needs
to
>> be
>> >>> added to get it to recognize the password?
Assistance
>> >is
>> >>> always appreciated....Best Regards
>> >>>
>> >>> See below:
>> >>>
>> >>> If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType = wdNoProtection
Then
>> >>> ActiveDocument.Protect
>> >Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, _
>> >>> NoReset:=True
>> >>> Else
>> >>> ActiveDocument.wdProtect Password:="my
password"
>> >>> End If
>> >>>
>> >>> End Sub
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>.
>> >>
>> >.
>> >
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