Visio2000: Sample Macro to Disable Modal and Alert Dialog Boxes (279710)

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Sample Macro

When you perform certain actions, Visio displays a message that requires you to click a response, such as OK, Yes, No, or Cancel. For example, when you close a document that contains unsaved changes, Visio prompts you to save the changes.

To prevent Visio from displaying such messages, you can set the AlertResponse property to a default value for all responses. Visio then does not display the messages, but continues as if you responded with the value of the AlertResponse property.

The following sample macro uses the AlertResponse property to automatically respond to all Visio alerts and modal dialog boxes:

Public Sub KillDialogs()

   Application.AlertResponse = 1

End Sub

If you set the AlertResponse property to 0 (its default value), all messages are displayed.

The values that you supply for the AlertResponse property correspond to the following standard Microsoft Windows constants:

Constant	Value
IDOK	1
IDCANCEL	2
IDABORT	3
IDRETRY	4
IDIGNORE	5
IDYES	6
IDNO	7