Microsoft KB Archive/85369

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WD: Cannot Trap WordBasic Err=7, &quot;Out of Memory&quot;

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Q85369

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 7.0, 7.0a
 * Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a

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SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word, you cannot trap the following error message using the On Error macro command:

WordBASIC Err=7

Out of memory

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been corrected in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows.

Steps to Reproduce Problem
The following macro demonstrates this problem:

  Sub MAIN On Error Goto Bye Error 7      ' Generates the &quot;Out of memory&quot; error message Bye: MsgBox &quot;Did we get this far?&quot; End Sub When you run this macro, the &quot;Out of memory&quot; error message will be displayed. When you choose the OK button in the error message dialog box, the macro will halt. The MsgBox command will not be executed.

All other WordBasic-generated error messages can be trapped using the On Error statement. For example, if you change the Error 7 statement in the above macro to Error 11 (that is, &quot;Division by zero&quot;), Word for Windows will jump correctly to the Bye: label and execute the MsgBox command. The Error 11 message box will not appear.