Hi: I worked on that before I found the thread with the link. Not sure why I did not see your post??



The code from the link - Sub UpdateBookmark - It seem as though a custom document property would be the best, but I don't see how it ties into the code from the link?

Reviewing your link I was hoping this would work

Still not working though I would like to think my thought process is correct based on what you have done in the prior link.

On the bright side my error code is now 13 so at least that is going down.

I set up a DOCPROPERTY called MyProp as the placeholder in the word document

Well, given that the code in the link is for updating a bookmark, which is what your initial post was apparently trying to do, one shouldn't expect it to work with a custom document property. Have you even looked at any code samples dealing with writing to custom document properties or variables? For example, to add and update :
• Custom Document Properties, see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212618/
• Document Variables, see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306281/
I can't see how you could think the code you've posted has anything to do with what's in the link, or with updating a custom document property.

I think you need to spend a little time working out how one uses the various methods available for populating a document. When you decide what you want to work with, be that a bookmark, a content control, a custom document property, a table cell, a specified paragraph (via its index #), etc., then stick with code related to that method rather than trying to use code designed for something else.

As for:
That suggests you don't understand what error codes are about...

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