Write a string to a field in a protected word doc

[scobiej]

I've coded up a routine that opens up a protected word document containing text entry fields. The problem is when i try to write a string to the entry field. At the moment i move to the bookmark then try to enter text to the current selection.

I get an error saying that the program is trying to write to a protected area of the document.

<vb>
wSourceDoc.GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark,name:="CompanyProfile"

wApp.Selection.TypeText Text:="my string"
</vb>

I just want to set focus to the field then populate the field with the text string.

any ideas

[scobiej]

figured it out, however, my field is limited to 750 chars in the receiving document. When i try to assign a string of length 700 chars i get a message saying 'string too long' error: 4609

i'm doing a trim and even a left(<var>,750) etc and its not helping. If i simply hard-code a value, i.e. "test value" it works ok.

completely puzzled by this, has anyone seen this behaviour before?]

thanks

john