Section - Page Break changes to Section

donaldadams1951 · #1 03-19-2014, 07:45 PM

Word 2010

I hope I can describe this well enough for you to follow.

The Word application I am enhancing is used to create reports. The user can tell Word to "protect" the existing document which it appears it does by by adding a Section Break(Next Page) to the end of the document, then protecting the document, preserving all the existing content and puts the cursor on Page 2 for instance. Then anything that is added goes on Page 2. If the cursor is put in page 1 it jumps to Page 2. This is all being done automatically, the user does not manually insert the Section Break(Next Page). After the section is protected the section now says "end of Protected Section". This is being done by the add-in I did not write.

If I add another section(CreateSection) to page 2 of the "protected document" it works fine. I can put whatever I want in the newly added section. If I now choose to unprotect(UnProtectFORM)) the document and delete the section(GetAndRemoveSectionByInstanceNumber) I added with the code listed below and protect document(ProtectFORM), the Section Break(Next Page) that was on Page 1 seems to convert to Section Break(Continuous) so now my cursor can be on Page 1 which is undesirable.

I have put in parentheses all the code names I used. They are listed below.

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Code:

 
 Sub CreateSection()
   ' Called by InsertSelectedSynopticReportAtCursor
   Dim strImageTag
   System.Cursor = wdCursorWait
  
  ' Step #0, test
 ' Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdSectionBreakContinuous
  
  
  strImageTag = "<ImageTable: efrm" & ReportInstance & ">[EmbeddedReport]efrm goes here[/EmbeddedReport]"
   ' Step #1
  Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdSectionBreakContinuous
  
  ' Step #2
  Selection.Font.Hidden = True
  Selection.TypeText (strImageTag)
  Selection.Font.Hidden = False
  
  ' Step #3
  Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdSectionBreakContinuous
    
End Sub

Code:

 
 Sub UnProtecteFRM()
   Application.ScreenUpdating = False
  ActiveWindow.View.ShowHiddenText = True
   System.Cursor = wdCursorWait
    
  Set aDoc = ActiveDocument
   If aDoc.ProtectionType <> wdNoProtection Then
   ' MsgBox ("UnProtecteFRM -Get Password")
    aDoc.Unprotect Password:="PwrMcW3pzf6"
  End If
   With Selection.Find
    
    .ClearFormatting
    .Text = "ImageTable: efrm"
    .Replacement.ClearFormatting
    .Replacement.Text = "ImageTable efrm"
    .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll, Forward:=True, Wrap:=wdFindContinue
    
  End With
    
  ActiveWindow.View.ShowHiddenText = False
  Application.ScreenUpdating = True
    
End Sub

Code:

 
 Sub GetAndRemoveSectionByInstanceNumber()
   ' done with Macropod's help on vba express forum
  ' http://www.vbaexpress.com/forum/show...ins-my-keyword
  
  ' 12/01/2013, dla
  ' 12/03/2013, dla
   ' there is an assumption that the document is unprotected.
  ' we need to see if this works if the document is protected.
   Dim strSearchString As String
  
  intSectionCount = -1
  
  
  ' these 2 lines are not necessary(?)
  Application.ScreenUpdating = False
  ActiveWindow.View.ShowHiddenText = True
  
  strSearchString = "Inst#: " & ReportInstance
  
  System.Cursor = wdCursorWait
   ' start at top of document
  Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
  
  '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
  With ActiveDocument.Range
  
    With .Find
      .ClearFormatting
      .Replacement.ClearFormatting
      .Text = strSearchString
      .Replacement.Text = ""
      .Forward = True
      .Wrap = wdFindStop
      .Format = False
      .MatchWildcards = True
      .Execute
    End With
    
    If .Find.Found = True Then
      .End = .Duplicate.Sections(1).Range.End
      .Start = .Duplicate.Sections(1).Range.Start - 1
      .Duplicate.Text = vbNullString
    End If
    
  End With
 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
  
  ActiveWindow.View.ShowHiddenText = False
  Application.ScreenUpdating = True
  
  Application.ScreenRefresh
 End Sub

Code:

 
 Sub UnProtectFORM()
   Application.ScreenUpdating = False
  ActiveWindow.View.ShowHiddenText = True
   System.Cursor = wdCursorWait
    
  Set aDoc = ActiveDocument
   If aDoc.ProtectionType <> wdNoProtection Then

    aDoc.Unprotect Password:="PwrMcW3pzf6"
  End If
   With Selection.Find
    
    .ClearFormatting
    .Text = "ImageTable: efrm"
    .Replacement.ClearFormatting
    .Replacement.Text = "ImageTable efrm"
    .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll, Forward:=True, Wrap:=wdFindContinue
    
  End With
    
  ActiveWindow.View.ShowHiddenText = False
  Application.ScreenUpdating = True
    
End Sub

Code:

 
 Sub ProtectFORM()
 
  Application.ScreenUpdating = False
  ActiveWindow.View.ShowHiddenText = True
  
  
  Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
    
  With Selection.Find
    
    .ClearFormatting
    .Text = "ImageTable efrm"
    .Replacement.ClearFormatting
    .Replacement.Text = "ImageTable: efrm"
    .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll, Forward:=True, Wrap:=wdFindContinue
        
  End With
  
  'If OriginalProtection <> wdNoProtection Then
   ActiveDocument.Protect Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset:=True, Password:="PwrMcW3pzf6"
  '  MsgBox ("ProtecteFRM")
 ' End If
  
  ActiveWindow.View.ShowHiddenText = False
  Application.ScreenUpdating = True
 End Sub

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