Microsoft KB Archive/212589

= WD2000: Incorrect Value Returned Using ToolsCalculate Command =

Article ID: 212589

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q212589





SYMPTOMS
When you use the WordBasic.ToolsCalculate command in a Visual Basic for Applications macro, the result returned may be incorrect.

For example, the following WordBasic.ToolsCalculate command returns an incorrect value of 342999999999.999 to the variable Result$. Sub Result Result$ = WordBasic.ToolsCalculate("7000 ^ 3") MsgBox Result$ End Sub



RESOLUTION
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For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

When you use Visual Basic for Applications, you do not need to use the ToolsCalculate command to perform exponential calculations. The following function performs the same calculation but returns the correct result of 343000000000 to the integer variable iResult. Sub Result Dim iResult As Double iResult = 7000 ^ 3 End Sub



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

