Microsoft KB Archive/162132

= WD97: Run-time error '5880': No Registered Converter Supports Saving Files in This Format =

Article ID: 162132

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q162132





SYMPTOMS
When you run the following line of Visual Basic for Applications code ActiveDocument.SaveAs "My HTML Document.html", _ FileFormat:=Application.FileConverters("HTML").SaveFormat you receive the following error message:

Run-time error '5880': No registered converter supports saving files in this format.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when accessing the "HTML" document format from the FileConverters collection using a string value instead of a numerical value for the index.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word 97. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



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

