Difference between Address and Name in a Hyperlink Field?

Guessed · #1 12-10-2022, 04:58 PM

It isn't immediately apparent how those three differ and you would probably need to ask an old MS engineer why there was once a need for .Address and .AddressOld. It appears that they all stay aligned but only one is editable via vba - both .AddressOld and .Name are read-only properties which change their values by changing .Address.

Code:

Sub aa()
  Dim aHL As Hyperlink
  Set aHL = ActiveDocument.Hyperlinks(1)
  aHL.Address = "Hi mum"
  Debug.Print aHL.AddressOld    'a read only property
  Debug.Print aHL.Name          'a read only property
End Sub

I am guessing but suspect the .Name property is relevant only saving the Word document to HTML. The Name attribute of an

HTML Code:

<a name="hello">

tag in HTML serves as an anchor (akin to a bookmark in Word) - see Anchor Tags and Name Attributes
By extension, I would hypothesize that .AddressOld comes into play when saving the Word file in a particular file format like RTF.

ChrisGreaves · #2 12-11-2022, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guessed

... changing .Address.

Thank you Andrew.
.Address it is for me then.

I must apologize. I am using Word2003, and since that is so out-of-date (as am I) that might have made a difference.

I appreciate your advice, and rather suspect that some inexplicable parts of Word2003 are due to parts of the product being rushed out of the door.
Cheers, and thanks again.
Chris

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