Microsoft KB Archive/182014

= WD98: Run-time error '5880' Saving as HTML from VBA =

Article ID: 182014

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q182014





SYMPTOMS
When you run the following line of Visual Basic for Applications code ActiveDocument.SaveAs "My HTML Document.html", _ FileFormat:=Application.FileConverters("HTML").SaveFormat you receive the following error message: Run-time error '5880': No registered converter supports saving files in  this format.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when accessing the "HTML" document format from the FileConverters collection using a string value instead of a numerical value for the index.



WORKAROUND
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The following Visual Basic for Applications code works around this problem. This code also provides a test to see if the converter has been installed. If the HTML converter cannot be found, a message box asks the user to run Setup and install the HTML converter. Sub SaveAsHTML Dim boolHTMLExist As Boolean Dim strMsg As String Dim strFileName As String Dim fcCnv As FileConverter strMsg = "The HTML converter is not installed. Please run setup" strMsg = strMsg + " to install this converter." strFileName = "" For Each fcCnv In Application.FileConverters If fcCnv.ClassName = "HTML" Then ActiveDocument.SaveAs strFileName, FileFormat:=fcCnv.SaveFormat boolHTMLExist = True Exit For End If     Next fcCnv If Not boolHTMLExist Then MsgBox strMsg End Sub



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

