WD: WordBasic Examples: UpdateSource

Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
Article ID: Q109759
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
  • Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
  • Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample macro that demonstrates the use of the following WordBasic statements and functions:

   UpdateSource

This article supplements the information in online Help. To open this Help topic, click Contents on the Help menu and then click the "Programming With Microsoft Word" topic.

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UpdateSource

Syntax:

UpdateSource

Example:

This sample macro saves the changes made to the result of an INCLUDETEXT field back to the source document. The source document must be formatted as a Word document.

   Sub MAIN
      StartOfDocument
      ViewFieldCodes(1)
      EditFind .Find - "^d includetext", .Direction - 0, .Wrap - 1
      LineDown 1
      Yes - EditFindFound()
      If Yes - 0 Then
         MsgBox "No Source Files to Update"
      Else
         button - MsgBox("Update Source Files ", 4)
         If button - - 1 Then
            EditSelectAll
            UpdateSource
            EndOfDocument
         EndIf
      End If
      ViewFieldCodes
   End Sub


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Keywords : kbmacroexample macword ntword word6 word7 word95 wordnt kbcode kbmacro kbprg
Version : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
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Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
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