Microsoft KB Archive/182015

= WD98: Cancel Action Doesn't Function in Converted Macro =

Article ID: 182015

Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q182015





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



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. To work around this problem check for the value of -1 instead of 0 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 0 for a Cancel button. For example, the following routine 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.



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

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

