Why doesn't the Table object have an Index property

Hi,

I'm wondering why the Table object does not have an Index property?
This object belongs to a collection (Tables), so it should have one.

What is the reason this object, just like Document or Paragraph does
not have that property?

Thanks in advance.

Raph

Peter
Thu Aug 26 09:29:56 CDT 2004

Hi Raphael Goubet

Strangely tables and numerous other objects don't have an index property. However, there
is a standard word around to this problem:

Public Function TableIndex() As Long
Dim rngToTable As Word.Range

' No table in selection then nothing to return
If Selection.Tables.Count > 0 Then

' Set range to first table of selection
Set rngToTable = Selection.Tables(1).Range
rngToTable.MoveStart wdStory, -1

' Return the tables effective document index
TableIndex = rngToTable.Tables.Count
End If
End Function

HTH + Cheers - Peter


rgoubet@yahoo.fr (Raphael Goubet), said:

>Hi,
>
>I'm wondering why the Table object does not have an Index property?
>This object belongs to a collection (Tables), so it should have one.
>
>What is the reason this object, just like Document or Paragraph does
>not have that property?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Raph

Jezebel
Thu Aug 26 17:10:38 CDT 2004

It's a result of the standard way Collections are managed in VB and VBA.
Each member of a collection has an Index and optionally a Key; however these
are properties of the *Collection* not of the item. The index is determined
by the item's current position in the collection, and changes if preceding
items are added or removed -- as you see happening with most of Word's
collections, like Tables(), Paragraphs(), Words().

The Index is not a property of the item itself because the item has no
control over its storage. You can have multiple collections containing the
same type of object; and one object can be a member of more than one
collection. In the case of a Table, if it had an Index property how would
you know if the index referred to its position within

ActiveDocument.Tables
ActiveDocument.Bookmark("MyBookMark").Tables
ActiveDocument.Application.Selection.Tables
Activedocument.Sections(2).Range.Tables

etc? The same table might be a member of all of these, with a different
index in each case.



"Raphael Goubet" <rgoubet@yahoo.fr> wrote in message
news:da59d264.0408260512.f40bf9a@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering why the Table object does not have an Index property?
> This object belongs to a collection (Tables), so it should have one.
>
> What is the reason this object, just like Document or Paragraph does
> not have that property?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Raph

rgoubet
Fri Aug 27 00:55:36 CDT 2004

OK, I get it.

Thanks for this very clear explanation.

Raphael

rgoubet
Fri Aug 27 00:56:54 CDT 2004

That's a good trick to know, thanks.

Although I don't have a clue how it works! :-)

Raphael

Peter Hewett <nospam@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message news:<gasri0dkgorj95hjgo32pbjvpehhhdqigr@4ax.com>...
> Hi Raphael Goubet
>
> Strangely tables and numerous other objects don't have an index property. However, there
> is a standard word around to this problem: