WD98: WithEvents Fails Quit Event with No Documents Open (181790)

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To create sample Visual Basic for Applications code that uses the WithEvents keyword, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, point to Macros, and then click Visual Basic Editor.
2. In the Visual Basic Editor, click to select the Normal module.
3. On the Insert menu, click Class Module.
4. In the General Declarations section of the class module, type the following declaration

         Public WithEvents App As Application
   						

   and the following procedure

         Private Sub App_Quit()
            MsgBox "Exiting Word"
         End Sub
   						

5. In the General Declarations section of a module, for instance the NewMacros module, type the following declaration

         Public cExit As New Class1
   						

   and the following procedure

         Sub AutoExec()
            Set cExit.App = Application
         End Sub
   						

6. Exit and restart Word to initialize the class.

When you exit Word again, the message box containing the Exiting Word prompt is displayed.

NOTE: If no documents are open when you exit Word, the Quit event is not generated, and the message box is not displayed.

For more information about WithEvents, click the Office Assistant while in the Visual Basic Editor, type Public Statement, click Search, and then click to view "Public Statement."

For more information about trapping events, click the Office Assistant, type events, click Search, and then click one of the following topics:

• Using Events with ActiveX Controls
• Using Events with the Application object
• Using Events with the Document Object
• Quit Event
• Open Event
• Auto Macros

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