Hi folks. Has anyone seen this problem or know a solution?
1. Hit F9.
2. Type the following field code:
{ TIME \@ "hh:mm:ss" }
3. Save the document (if in Word 2007, save it in the 97-2003 format).
4. Close the document.
5. Re-open the document.
6. Notice the time has correctly updated.
7. Do it again if you want (steps 4 & 5) - the time keeps updating, as it 
should. So far, so good.
8. Now select View > Toolbars > Control Toolbox (in Word 2003) or Developer 
tab > Controls group > Legacy Tools button > ActiveX Controls > Check Box 
(in Word 2007). You will see Checkbox1.
9. Save the changes.
10 . Close the document.
11. Re-open the document.
12. The time field is now frozen and will only update if I hit F9.
Is this a known bug? Is there any workaround without coding a macro that 
would call Field.Update?
(Incidentally, I'm in Print Layout mode. I do NOT have "Update Fields when 
printing" options set.)
TIA,
David
-- 
David Horowitz
Lead Technologist
Soundside Inc.
david@soundside.biz
 

It happens here too - use a legacy form field check box instead..



"David Horowitz" <david@soundsidesoftware.com> wrote in message 
news:ubUPdybsKHA.3800@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi folks. Has anyone seen this problem or know a solution?
> 1. Hit F9.
> 2. Type the following field code:
> { TIME \@ "hh:mm:ss" }
> 3. Save the document (if in Word 2007, save it in the 97-2003 format).
> 4. Close the document.
> 5. Re-open the document.
> 6. Notice the time has correctly updated.
> 7. Do it again if you want (steps 4 & 5) - the time keeps updating, as it 
> should. So far, so good.
> 8. Now select View > Toolbars > Control Toolbox (in Word 2003) or 
> Developer tab > Controls group > Legacy Tools button > ActiveX Controls > 
> Check Box (in Word 2007). You will see Checkbox1.
> 9. Save the changes.
> 10 . Close the document.
> 11. Re-open the document.
> 12. The time field is now frozen and will only update if I hit F9.
> Is this a known bug? Is there any workaround without coding a macro that 
> would call Field.Update?
> (Incidentally, I'm in Print Layout mode. I do NOT have "Update Fields when 
> printing" options set.)
> TIA,
> David
> -- 
> David Horowitz
> Lead Technologist
> Soundside Inc.
> david@soundside.biz
>
> 

By default, any document with ActiveX controls will be forced into Design 
mode (which, among other things, prevents the automatic updating of fields). 
This is not a bug but a macro security feature.

-- 
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"David Horowitz" <david@soundsidesoftware.com> wrote in message
news:ubUPdybsKHA.3800@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi folks. Has anyone seen this problem or know a solution?
> 1. Hit F9.
> 2. Type the following field code:
> { TIME \@ "hh:mm:ss" }
> 3. Save the document (if in Word 2007, save it in the 97-2003 format).
> 4. Close the document.
> 5. Re-open the document.
> 6. Notice the time has correctly updated.
> 7. Do it again if you want (steps 4 & 5) - the time keeps updating, as it
> should. So far, so good.
> 8. Now select View > Toolbars > Control Toolbox (in Word 2003) or
> Developer tab > Controls group > Legacy Tools button > ActiveX Controls >
> Check Box (in Word 2007). You will see Checkbox1.
> 9. Save the changes.
> 10 . Close the document.
> 11. Re-open the document.
> 12. The time field is now frozen and will only update if I hit F9.
> Is this a known bug? Is there any workaround without coding a macro that
> would call Field.Update?
> (Incidentally, I'm in Print Layout mode. I do NOT have "Update Fields when
> printing" options set.)
> TIA,
> David
> -- 
> David Horowitz
> Lead Technologist
> Soundside Inc.
> david@soundside.biz
>
>