error 5854 String Parameter too Long in VB6

[nandini_net_in]

Hi,
I need to replace text more than 255 characters in word using word application in VB6. It gives me an error 5854 String parameter too long... Please help....

[westconn1]

find (without replace) and select the text, then input the new string into the selection

if you want exact code do a search as i put it in 2 posts very recently

pete

[penagate]

Pass a pointer to the string instead?

Is this VBA?

[westconn1]

yes it is vba

find and replace can only handle 255 characters in the replace string

pete

[penagate]

Anything wrong with using the VBA Replace$? I just did a 100,000-char replace in about half a second.

[westconn1]

i am sure there are many ways to do it, but the .find.replacement.text in word 2000 is max lenght of 255 characters on my machine, over that it gives an error, same problem a few others have been having

With Selection.Find
                          .Text = "mytest"
                          .Replacement.Text = ""
                          .Forward = True
                          .Wrap = wdFindContinue
                          .Execute
                          
                    End With
                    Selection = mytext1 ' where mytext1 can be in excess off 255 characters

is one way to replace the selection with a longer string

pete