WD97: Cancel Action Doesn't Function in Converted Macro (162939)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q162939 SYMPTOMS
When you click Cancel in the Bullets And Numbering dialog box that appears
when you run a WordBasic macro that has been converted to a Visual Basic
for Applications macro that uses the FormatHeadingNumbering commands to
display the Bullets And Numbering dialog box, the macro skips the check
for the action of pressing Cancel.
CAUSE
In Microsoft WordBasic you can check for a user clicking Cancel in a dialog
box by testing for a return value of zero. When the WordBasic object is
used in conjunction with a converted WordBasic macro, the value returned is
-1 instead of 0 when you click Cancel.
For example, the following code sample was converted from WordBasic to
Visual Basic for Applications:
Sub Main()
Dim dlg As Object
Set dlg = WordBasic.DialogRecord.FormatHeadingNumbering(False)
WordBasic.CurValues.FormatHeadingNumbering dlg
x = WordBasic.Dialog.FormatHeadingNumbering(dlg)
' In WordBasic, if the Cancel button was pressed, x will equal zero.
If x = 0 Then
' Because Visual Basic for Applications WordBasic object returns
' -1 for Cancel, any commands in this If...Then...Else statement
' will be skipped when Cancel is clicked.
MsgBox "Cancel was pressed."
End If
End Sub
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To work around this problem, check for the value of -1 instead of zero as
in the following example:
Sub Main()
Dim dlg As Object
Set dlg = WordBasic.DialogRecord.FormatHeadingNumbering(False)
WordBasic.CurValues.FormatHeadingNumbering dlg
x = WordBasic.Dialog.FormatHeadingNumbering(dlg)
' If the Cancel button was pressed, x will equal -1.
If x = -1 Then
' Perform actions based on the Cancel button being clicked.
End If
End Sub
NOTE: Using Visual Basic for Applications commands without the WordBasic
object returns zero for a Cancel button. For example, the following
procedure performs the same functionality as the converted WordBasic macro
examples described earlier in this article:
Sub ShowDlg()
' Display the Bullets and Numbering Dialog.
With Dialogs(wdDialogFormatBulletsAndNumbering)
.DefaultTab = wdDialogFormatBulletsAndNumberingTabOutlineNumbered
x = .Show
End With
' If x=zero then the Cancel button was clicked.
If x = 0 Then
MsgBox "Cancel was pressed."
End If
End Sub
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 6/17/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbmacroexample kbnofix KB162939 |
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