Microsoft KB Archive/279675

= WD97: Out-of-Memory Error Message with Macro That Edits Document =

Article ID: 279675

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q279675







SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word, you may receive an out-of-memory error message while you are running a macro that performs a large number of edits to a document.



CAUSE
The out-of-memory error message may indicate that there are too many edits in the document, rather than an insufficient amount of memory.



WORKAROUND
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173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

To prevent an out-of-memory error message, add a Save method to your macro, so that the document is saved periodically.

When you use a macro to search for and replace text in a document, the Save method is often needed after a number of replacements have been made. The Save method clears the Word edit buffer, so that the macro can continue making edits.

The following sample macro replaces all semicolons with tabs in a document. The If statement and count variable are used to save the document after every 30 replacements. Sub UpdateCount

Dim count As Integer

count = 0

Options.AllowFastSave = False Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory Selection.Find.ClearFormatting Selection.Find.Execute findtext:=&quot;;&quot;, Forward:=True

While Selection.Find.Found = True count = count + 1 Selection.TypeText Text:=vbTab

If count = 30 Then ActiveDocument.Save count = 0 End If

Selection.Find.Execute Wend

End Sub

