How to find the content control ID after selection

[Journeyman]

Hi All,

I have a word document with several ActiveX Textbox controls laid out in a form.

I need an event to run on the selection of those controls - specific to the selected control. For some very odd reason Microsoft chose to remove the events for ActiveX controls, so now I'm left trying to code events to trap a change.

This will return true if my selection is within an ActiveX Content Control

Selection.Infomation(wdInformation.wdInContentControl)

Surely you'd think more could be provided by the information than just a Boolean value.

This will return Text within a specific (or known) control

ActiveDocument.ContentControls(strControlName).range.text

Where strControlName is the known title or ID of the control.... except I don't know it until it's selected.

This apparently returns the ID of the selected control - if it is in design mode

Selection.range.ContentControl(1).ID

Although I've never been able to make that work in any way... doesn't exist error.

And I can loop through all control on the document to return all control information.

For i = 1 to ActiveDocument.ContentControls(i).count
     Debug.Print ActiveDocument.ContentControls(i).ID
Next i

All of this is fabulous and wonderful... except not a single method provides for the selection of the control itself.

What is the secret to returning the selected control - and it's corresponding text or information?

Alternatively - and this would be magic sauce - an AfterUpdate event of some kind for the control (doesn't exist in word, i know, but... magic.

All help appreciated.

Cheers