Microsoft KB Archive/164817

= WD97: Bad Parameter Error with the AddPicture Method =

Article ID: 164817

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 Q164817





SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to set both of the AddPicture properties--LinkToFile and SaveWithDocument--to False, the following error message appears:

Run time error 4120 - Bad Parameter



CAUSE
You cannot set both LinkToFile and SaveWithDocument to False.

The following example Visual Basic for Applications command causes the error described in the "Symptoms" section of this article to occur: ChangeFileOpenDirectory _ "C:\MyPics\" Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture FileName:= _ "My Picture.Gif", LinkToFile:=False, _ SaveWithDocument:=False



WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, set LinkToFile equal to False, or set SaveWithDocument equal to False, but not both. For example:

To link to the picture file
ChangeFileOpenDirectory _ "C:\MyPics\" Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture FileName:= _ "My Picture.Gif", LinkToFile:=True, _ SaveWithDocument:=False

To save the picture file with the document
ChangeFileOpenDirectory _ "C:\MyPics\" Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture FileName:= _ "My Picture.Gif", LinkToFile:=False, _ SaveWithDocument:=True



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are 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

