Microsoft KB Archive/211242

= WD2000: SaveAs Method Overwrites Existing Documents =

Article ID: 211242

Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q211242





SYMPTOMS
When you use the ActiveDocument.SaveAs method to save a document and you specify the name of a file that already exists for the FileName argument, Microsoft Word overwrites the existing file without warning.



WORKAROUND
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. To work around this problem, you can use the following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications sample macro.

The following macro tests to see whether the file you intend to save already exists in the current folder. If it does, the macro prompts you with a message asking whether you want to overwrite the existing file. Clicking Yes overwrites the file with the new file. Clicking No displays the Save As dialog box (on the File menu), allowing you to enter a different name for the file.

Sub SaveAsExample Dim strSaveAsName As String Dim strMsg As String ' Replace the following document name "MyDoc.Doc" with ' the name you want to use to "Save As." strSaveAsName = "MyDoc.Doc" ' Message to return if file exists. strMsg = "Do you want to replace the existing " & strSaveAsName & "?" ' Check if the file exists. If Dir(strSaveAsName & "*") = "" Then ' If file does not exist, save without prompting. ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:=strSaveAsName Else ' If file does exist, prompt with warning message. ' Check value of button clicked in message box. Select Case MsgBox(strMsg, vbYesNoCancel + vbExclamation) Case vbYes ' If Yes was chosen, save and overwrite existing file. ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:=strSaveAsName Case vbNo ' If No was chosen, prompt for file name ' using the File SaveAs dialog box. With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs) .Name = "" .Show End With Case Else ' If Cancel was chosen, do nothing. End Select End If End Sub



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



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the SaveAs method, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type SaveAs in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

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

