WD2000: ConfirmConversions Property in Macro Changes "Confirm Conversion at Open" Option (280741)

SYMPTOMS

When you use the ConfirmConversions property in a Visual Basic for Applications macro, the command may change the setting of the Confirm conversion at Open option.

For example, if the Confirm conversion at Open option is turned on (selected), and you run the following example macro code

Sub MyDocumentOpenMacro()

   Documents.Open "C:\My Documents\Address.txt", ConfirmConversions:=False

End Sub

the ConfirmConversions property turns the Confirm conversion at Open option off (clears the check box).

As a result, when you open documents (on the File menu, click Open) that are not in the Word Document format, Word does not prompt you to select which converter to use to open the document.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, store the condition of the Confirm conversion at Open option before you open your file in Word, and then reset the option back to its original setting after your macro opens your file.

Sub MyDocumentOpenMacro() 

   Dim x As Boolean 
   ' Set x equal to the current setting of the Confirm conversion at Open
   ' option before opening your file. 

   x = Application.Options.ConfirmConversions 

   ' Open your file. 
   Documents.Open "C:\My Documents\Address.txt", ConfirmConversions:=False

   ' Use the previously saved variable x to reset the Confirm conversion
   ' at Open option back to its setting (value of x) before opening your
   ' file. 
   Application.Options.ConfirmConversions = x

End Sub

For more information about the ConfirmConversions property, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type confirmconversions in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

MORE INFORMATION

The Confirm conversion at Open option is a global setting in Word that applies to all documents that you open. If you want to manually select which converter that Word uses to open a file, click to select this option. If you want Word to select the correct converter automatically and open the document, click to clear this option.

To change the setting of the Confirm conversion at Open option, click Options on the Tools menu. Then click to select the General tab.

REFERENCES

For additional information about available resources for creating custom solutions using Visual Basic for Applications and Microsoft Word 2000, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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