Fields.Update Method

Word Developer Reference

Updates the result of the fields object.

Syntax

expression.Update

expression   Required. A variable that represents a Fields collection.

Return Value
Long

Remarks

Returns 0 (zero) if no errors occur when the fields are updated, or returns a Long that represents the index of the first field that contains an error.

Example

This example updates all the fields in the main story (that is, the main body) of the active document. A return value of 0 (zero) indicates that the fields were updated without error.

Visual Basic for Applications
  If ActiveDocument.Fields.Update = 0 Then
    MsgBox "Update Successful"
Else
    MsgBox "Field " & ActiveDocument.Fields.Update & _
        " has an error"
End If

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