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CREATE A LABEL THAT FUNCTIONS AS COUNTER

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I am creating an app to generate documents, and I want it to incrementally number the documents in a specific field in Word. How would I create a label or something that increments the number as I generate new entries in the app?

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,970 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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hi @Gean_ST

its a little difficult to answer because there is not a lot of details on how the app is built which makes a big difference.

Are multiple people using this App and you want to make sure the Counter is different for each person, so a number cannot be used by 2 people?

Are you generating Documents within the app and only 1 at a time ( a loop etc?)

I would simply create a variable Set(Counter, 0);

Then in whatever code you use to generate the document, after its done do: Set(Counter, Counter +1);

Do you really need a label (as in you need to see this counter number on the screen???

If so its not the counter the variable is, and you just set the Text to Counter or Text(Counter) and bingo you see it.

If I have helped you, I would really appreciate if you please Mark my answer as Resolved/Answered, and give it a thumbs up, so it can help others

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@FLMike To be more specific in the label N° FORM, as you can see, there's number 00001, which I input manually. However, I want the counter to increase to 00002 every time I press the "GUARDAR" button. ill be using this app all year so i want it to save the number after i close the app
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@Gean_ST

So some things to take into account. You are showing a 0000, which wasn't mentioned before, so what is the Max number it can be and why do how many digits are you needing?

Because you dont just need a counter, you need a Counter, Conversion, etc. And since you are typing in the starting point (which is the starting always 1????) or will you sometimes type in other numbers? as it impacts the answer.

If I have helped you, I would really appreciate if you please Mark my answer as Resolved/Answered, and give it a thumbs up, so it can help others

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Michael Gernaey MCT | MCSE | MCP | Self-Contractor| Ex-Microsoft
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@FLMikeBasically, I submit around 50,000 files in a year. That's why I use the 00001 format, which consists of 5 digits. And yes, the starting number is always 00001.Every year, we restart the counter to 00001. So, I need last number to persist after I close the app since it's used daily.