WD2000: ActiveMovieControl Object Fails to Prompt Macro Security (220355)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2000
This article was previously published under Q220355

SYMPTOMS

When you open a document containing the ActiveMovieControl object, if you have macro security set to Medium (on the Tools menu, point to Macro and then click Security), you are not prompted to turn macros on or off in the document, even though the ActiveMovieControl object contains Visual Basic for Applications procedures.

CAUSE

You have inserted the ActiveMovieControl object into your document but have not placed any Visual Basic for Applications commands in the ActiveMovieControl object's underlying procedures.

To insert the ActiveMovieControl Object into a document, do the following:
  1. On the View menu, point to Toolbars and then click Control Toolbox.
  2. On the Control Toolbox, click More Controls.
  3. From the list of controls, click to select ActiveMovieControl Object.

WORKAROUND

Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements.
For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

To work around this problem, you can place any passive Visual Basic for Applications command in one of the ActiveMovieControl object's underlying procedures.

For example, you can use the following command line in the ActiveMovie StateChange event procedure: 
Private Sub ActiveMovie1_StateChange(ByVal oldState As Long, ByVal NewState As Long) ' NOTE: Do not attempt to alter this line.

Dim x As Integer
x=0

End Sub
To place this code in the ActiveMovie StateChange event procedure, do the following:
  1. Open the document containing the ActiveMovieControl object.
  2. Press ALT+F11 to view the Visual Basic Editor.
  3. The Visual Basic for Applications code window appears with the current procedure set to StateChange.
  4. Click between the following lines of Visual Basic for Applications code:
    Private Sub ActiveMovie1_StateChange(ByVal oldState As Long, ByVal NewState As Long)
' Place your insertion point here.
End Sub
  5. Type the following commands:
    Dim x As Integer
x=0
  6. On the File menu, click Close and Return to Microsoft Word.
  7. On the File menu, click Save to save the changes you made.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.   This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office XP.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/12/2006
Keywords:kbbug kbfix KB220355
©2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.