Microsoft KB Archive/165714

= WD97: Deleting Hyperlinks from Collection Does Not Delete All =

Article ID: 165714

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 Q165714





SYMPTOMS
When you use the Visual Basic for Applications "For Each...Next" statement to delete Hyperlinks using the Hyperlinks collection, not all members of the collection are deleted.



WORKAROUND
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Instead of using the "For Each...Next" statement to remove the hyperlinks from your document, as in the following example: Sub RemoveHyperLinks For Each h In ActiveDocument.Hyperlinks h.Delete Next MsgBox ActiveDocument.Hyperlinks.Count End Sub use the "Do...Until...Loop" statement to remove the hyperlinks: Sub RemoveHyperLinks With ActiveDocument Do Until .Hyperlinks.Count = 0 .Hyperlinks(1).Delete Loop MsgBox .Hyperlinks.Count End With 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

