WD97: Selecting Multiple Files Names Results in Run-time Error 5174 (146922)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q146922

SYMPTOMS

When you select multiple file names from the Open dialog box and then click the Open button, the following error message appears:
Run-time error '5174'

This file could not be found.

CAUSE

The Open dialog box from which you selected the file names is being displayed by a macro using the wdDialogFileOpen built-in Word dialog box.

Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen).Show

You can select a single file and open it, but selecting multiple files at one time causes the error message.

MORE INFORMATION

You cannot select multiple files form the built-in Open dialog box in Word when displayed programmatically. This lack of functionality is by design in the previous and present versions of Word.

When you record a macro in Microsoft Word of opening multiple files form the Open dialog box the result is a series of statments:

Documents.Open FileName:=<filename1>
Documents.Open FileName:=<filename2>
Documents.Open FileName:=<filename3>

This is the functionality of the Word Visual Basic for Applications constant wdDialogFileOpen which is different from Microsoft Excel Open dialog box functionality.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:7/8/2002
Keywords:kbbug KB146922
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