update a word-bookmark with the win32.com extension

[Steve Coates]

docelm at web.de (Christian Lehmann) wrote in message news:<48bafd6d.0311180542.5f7582ea at posting.google.com>...
> Hello,
> 
> I want to update a bookmark in a word file.
> My code looks like this:
> 
> def UpdateBookmark(BookmarkToUpdate, TextToUse):
>     FieldRange = Document.Bookmarks(BookmarkToUpdate).Range 
>     FieldRange.Text = TextToUse        # error message
>     ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Add(BookmarkToUpdate,FieldRange)
> 
> 
> UpdateBookmark ("Bookmarkname","newString")
> 
> 
> when i assign the new string an error message occurs.
> I m using Office XP...
> 
> Thanks
> Christian

I've used the following in Word97. It isn't very pretty, but
it does work:-

def UpdateBookmark(App, Doc, Bookmark, Value):
    Doc.Bookmarks(Bookmark).Select()
    s = App.Selection
    s.Cut()
    s.InsertBefore(Value)
    Doc.Bookmarks.Add(Bookmark)

Steve Coates
Also somewhere in the West of England