Microsoft KB Archive/185166

= WD97: EnableCancelKey Fails to Reset After Macro Completion =

Article ID: 185166

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q185166





SYMPTOMS
When you use the Visual Basic for Applications EnableCancelKey Property with the wdCancelDisabled constant to prevent CTRL+BREAK from interrupting a macro, CTRL+BREAK continues to be disabled after the macro has finished executing. This behavior is different from the behavior described in the EnableCancelKey Property Help topic, which states the following:

The EnableCancelKey property is reset to wdCancelInterrupt when your code stops running.

NOTE: The wdCancelInterrupt constant resets the EnableCancelKey Property to allow a macro to be interrupted by CTRL+BREAK.



WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, make sure the EnableCancelKey Property is reset to wdCancelInterrupt at any point before macro termination occurs.

The following example Visual Basic for Applications macro sets an error trap to trap an error that may occur. Note that the EnableCancelKey Property is reset to wdCancelInterrupt at the point where the macro is terminated. Sub IsLastTableRow

' Disable CTRL+BREAK. Application.EnableCancelKey = wdCancelDisabled

' Set error trap. On Error GoTo ErrorHandler

' Check if insertion point is in last row of a table. ' If the insertion point is within a vertically merged ' cell, an error will occur. MsgBox Selection.Rows(1).IsLast

ErrorHandler: If Err.Number <> 0 Then MsgBox Err.Description End If     ' Re-enable CTRL+BREAK. Application.EnableCancelKey = wdCancelInterrupt End Sub For more information about the EnableCancelKey property, in the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type EnableCancelKey, click Search, and then click to view "EnableCancelKey Property."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem does not occur in Word 2000.



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

