Security settings and Word forms

I think I am getting a better understanding of the security issues related to
Word forms. Would like to know if I have it correct, tho.

I plan to email a .doc file as an attachment that will be a Word form to
collect survey info. I will be using basic form fields for most of the
questions, tho to make checkboxes behave as option boxes, I will have some
vba code in the on enter property of checkboxes. Will not use any acitvex or
toolbox controls.

As I understand it, this .doc form should get thru and behave as designed
provided they do not have their security settings set high. If the
recipients do have a high setting, the on enter code for the checkboxes will
prevent the form from running. I am not clear on what would actually happen
when they attempt to open the form in Word and whether the file itself would
be stripeed of the on enter code when opened, or if they would just receive a
warning or both.

Does this all sound correct, and can anyone tell me what would happen with
the Word file if their security is set high. Is there a way for me to still
help them to run the Word form even if their security is set to high and how
would I need to do that? Or would I need to nstruct them to set their
securty to medium temporarily so they can complete the form and email it back?

Thanks for all your help,
Mark

Doug
Mon Oct 02 12:50:03 CDT 2006

If they have the macro security level to high, the macros in the form will
be disabled without the user receiving any warning about it.

--
Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Markus" <Markus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5D87FC71-522D-4A39-A8DB-D50159111DB9@microsoft.com...
>I think I am getting a better understanding of the security issues related
>to
> Word forms. Would like to know if I have it correct, tho.
>
> I plan to email a .doc file as an attachment that will be a Word form to
> collect survey info. I will be using basic form fields for most of the
> questions, tho to make checkboxes behave as option boxes, I will have some
> vba code in the on enter property of checkboxes. Will not use any acitvex
> or
> toolbox controls.
>
> As I understand it, this .doc form should get thru and behave as designed
> provided they do not have their security settings set high. If the
> recipients do have a high setting, the on enter code for the checkboxes
> will
> prevent the form from running. I am not clear on what would actually
> happen
> when they attempt to open the form in Word and whether the file itself
> would
> be stripeed of the on enter code when opened, or if they would just
> receive a
> warning or both.
>
> Does this all sound correct, and can anyone tell me what would happen with
> the Word file if their security is set high. Is there a way for me to
> still
> help them to run the Word form even if their security is set to high and
> how
> would I need to do that? Or would I need to nstruct them to set their
> securty to medium temporarily so they can complete the form and email it
> back?
>
> Thanks for all your help,
> Mark

Markus
Mon Oct 02 18:41:02 CDT 2006

Doug,

I am embarassed to ask this, but when you say the form will be disabled,
will the formfields still be available for input and only the fields
(checkboxes) which include the VBA code in the on entry will be affected? If
yes, would this mean that the VBA code will not run as designed and the
checkboxes that I had hoped to behave like option boxes will behave like
checkboxes?

Thanks,
Mark


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

> If they have the macro security level to high, the macros in the form will
> be disabled without the user receiving any warning about it.
>
> --
> Hope this helps.
>
> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
> services on a paid consulting basis.
>
> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>
> "Markus" <Markus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5D87FC71-522D-4A39-A8DB-D50159111DB9@microsoft.com...
> >I think I am getting a better understanding of the security issues related
> >to
> > Word forms. Would like to know if I have it correct, tho.
> >
> > I plan to email a .doc file as an attachment that will be a Word form to
> > collect survey info. I will be using basic form fields for most of the
> > questions, tho to make checkboxes behave as option boxes, I will have some
> > vba code in the on enter property of checkboxes. Will not use any acitvex
> > or
> > toolbox controls.
> >
> > As I understand it, this .doc form should get thru and behave as designed
> > provided they do not have their security settings set high. If the
> > recipients do have a high setting, the on enter code for the checkboxes
> > will
> > prevent the form from running. I am not clear on what would actually
> > happen
> > when they attempt to open the form in Word and whether the file itself
> > would
> > be stripeed of the on enter code when opened, or if they would just
> > receive a
> > warning or both.
> >
> > Does this all sound correct, and can anyone tell me what would happen with
> > the Word file if their security is set high. Is there a way for me to
> > still
> > help them to run the Word form even if their security is set to high and
> > how
> > would I need to do that? Or would I need to nstruct them to set their
> > securty to medium temporarily so they can complete the form and email it
> > back?
> >
> > Thanks for all your help,
> > Mark
>
>
>

Doug
Wed Oct 04 06:58:31 CDT 2006

What I said was that the macros in the form will be disabled.

If the macro security level is set to High, when the user opens the
document, they will see the Visual Basic Controls Design toolbars and while
the FormFields will still work, if that Exit or Enter a formfield which
would normally cause a macro to run, they will receive the following
Microsoft Visual Basic message

"The macros in this project are disabled. Please refer to the online help
or documentation of the host application to determine how to enable macros."

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Markus" <Markus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A615644A-32F3-4D8B-AF52-833A1A764A0D@microsoft.com...
> Doug,
>
> I am embarassed to ask this, but when you say the form will be disabled,
> will the formfields still be available for input and only the fields
> (checkboxes) which include the VBA code in the on entry will be affected?
> If
> yes, would this mean that the VBA code will not run as designed and the
> checkboxes that I had hoped to behave like option boxes will behave like
> checkboxes?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
>
> "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:
>
>> If they have the macro security level to high, the macros in the form
>> will
>> be disabled without the user receiving any warning about it.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
>> services on a paid consulting basis.
>>
>> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>>
>> "Markus" <Markus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5D87FC71-522D-4A39-A8DB-D50159111DB9@microsoft.com...
>> >I think I am getting a better understanding of the security issues
>> >related
>> >to
>> > Word forms. Would like to know if I have it correct, tho.
>> >
>> > I plan to email a .doc file as an attachment that will be a Word form
>> > to
>> > collect survey info. I will be using basic form fields for most of the
>> > questions, tho to make checkboxes behave as option boxes, I will have
>> > some
>> > vba code in the on enter property of checkboxes. Will not use any
>> > acitvex
>> > or
>> > toolbox controls.
>> >
>> > As I understand it, this .doc form should get thru and behave as
>> > designed
>> > provided they do not have their security settings set high. If the
>> > recipients do have a high setting, the on enter code for the checkboxes
>> > will
>> > prevent the form from running. I am not clear on what would actually
>> > happen
>> > when they attempt to open the form in Word and whether the file itself
>> > would
>> > be stripeed of the on enter code when opened, or if they would just
>> > receive a
>> > warning or both.
>> >
>> > Does this all sound correct, and can anyone tell me what would happen
>> > with
>> > the Word file if their security is set high. Is there a way for me to
>> > still
>> > help them to run the Word form even if their security is set to high
>> > and
>> > how
>> > would I need to do that? Or would I need to nstruct them to set their
>> > securty to medium temporarily so they can complete the form and email
>> > it
>> > back?
>> >
>> > Thanks for all your help,
>> > Mark
>>
>>
>>