Microsoft KB Archive/80465

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WordBasic Error 504: Window Does Not Exist...Read-Only File

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Q80465

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a

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SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word for Windows, if you open a document with the Read Only option selected and attempt to access that document's window using the Activate WordBasic command, Word for Windows may display the following error message:

WordBasic Err=504: Window does not exist.

For example, the following macro example results in the WordBasic error message. The error message does not occur if you open the file as a read- write file.

  Sub Main Document$=&quot;readme.doc&quot; Activate Document$,1 End Sub

Resolution
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Use one of the following macro examples to activate the window that contains Readme.doc that is opened as read-only:

  Sub Main Document$=&quot;Readme.doc (read-only)&quot; Activate Document$,1 End Sub "-or-"   Sub Main totalWindows = CountWindows If totalWindows &gt;=1 then For i = 1 To totalWindows If InStr(1, WindowName$(i), &quot;Readme.doc&quot;) &gt;= 1 Then \ document$ = WindowName$(i) End If        Next i      End If      Activate Document$, 1 End Sub