WD97: Compile Error Passing Function Call (162937)

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to run a macro converted from WordBasic to Visual Basic for Applications that contains code using the Open statement in combination with a function call to retrieve the value for the file name argument, you receive the following error:

Compile error: Syntax error

See the "More Information" section of this article for an example of a WordBasic macro that converts incorrectly.

WORKAROUND

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Edit the converted macro and change the procedure call back to a function call. For example, change this line of code:

   Open WordBasic.Call "Library.OutputFile$", Arg1$ For Append As 2

to this:

   Open WordBasic.Call("Library.OutputFile$", Arg1$) For Random As 2

MORE INFORMATION

WordBasic Example Prior to Conversion

   Sub MAIN()
      Dim Arg1$
      Arg1$ = "A"
      ' This line contains a Function Call.
      Open Call("Library.OutputFile$", Arg1$) For Append As 2
      Close 2
   End Sub

WordBasic Macro Example After Conversion

WARNING: After conversion, this code produces the error message described in the "Symptoms" section.

    Public Sub MAIN()
      Dim Arg1$
      Arg1$ = "A"

      ' This line has been converted to a procedure Call and will cause
      ' the error mentioned earlier in this article.
      Open WordBasic.Call "Library.OutputFile$", Arg1$ For Append As 2

      Close 2
   End Sub

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles