WD97: Error with Missing FormField Bookmark Names (176865)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q176865

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to access a form field using Visual Basic for Applications commands and the bookmark name for the form field is missing, you may receive the following error message:
Run-time error: "-2147467259" Method Name of Object FormField Failed

or

Run-time error: "5941" The requested member of the collection does not exist.

CAUSE

When you copy and paste a form field to a different location, a new form field will be created. This new form field will not have a bookmark name.

WORKAROUND

Make sure each form field in the active document contains a valid bookmark name. To enter a bookmark name for a form field, follow these steps:

  1. Double-click the form field to display the form field Options dialog box.
  2. In the Bookmark Name box enter a valid bookmark name.

    The following characters are invalid in a bookmark name:
    • Any characters whose ASCII value is less than 29 and greater than 127.

      -or-

    • Characters listed in the following table.
        Character ASCII code      Character ASCII code     Character ASCII code
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    -         Chr(30)         <Space>   Chr(32)         !         Chr(33)
    "         Chr(34)         #         Chr(35)         $         Chr(36)
    %         Chr(37)         &         Chr(38)         '         Chr(39)
    (         Chr(40)         )         Chr(41)         *         Chr(42)
    +         Chr(43)         ,         Chr(44)         -         Chr(45)
    .         Chr(46)         /         Chr(47)         :         Chr(58)
    ;         Chr(59)         <         Chr(60)         =         Chr(61)
    >         Chr(62)         ?         Chr(63)         @         Chr(64)
    [         Chr(91)         \         Chr(92)         ]         Chr(93)
    ^         Chr(94)         `         Chr(96)         {         Chr(123)
    |         Chr(124)        }         Chr(125)        ~         Chr(126)

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/14/2000
Keywords:kbbug kbfield kbprogramming KB176865
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