Microsoft KB Archive/167879

= WD97: Can't Run OCX Control After Converting to Inline Object =

Article ID: 167879

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q167879



SYMPTOMS
When you convert an OCX control (for example, a command button) that has

Visual Basic for Applications code attached to the control event procedure, from a floating object to an inline object, you cannot run, edit, or view the code.

NOTE: To convert an object from a floating object to an inline object, select the object. On the Edit menu, point to " Object," click Convert, and then click to clear or select the Float Over Text check box.



CAUSE
When you convert the OCX control from a floating object to an inline object, the Name property of the OCX control changes. As a result, the Visual Basic for Applications code is no longer associated with the event procedure.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use these steps:
 * 1) On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and click Control Toolbox.
 * 2) Select the control. Click the Properties button on the Control Toolbox.
 * 3) In the Properties window, change the Name property to its original name.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: wordcon 8.0 vb vbe vba

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