Microsoft KB Archive/158854

= WD97: Compile Error If VB Code Doesn't Find Comments =

Article ID: 158854

Article Last Modified on 8/10/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q158854





SYMPTOMS
When you run a macro to retrieve a property of the Comment object, and if no comments exist in the document, you get the following error message:

Compile Error:

Method or data member not found.



CAUSE
Your document does not contain comments.



WORKAROUND
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To avoid this error message, you can test for the presence of comments in your document using the following sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro: Sub CommentExist If ActiveDocument.Comments.Count > 0 Then MsgBox "Word found Comments in your document." Else MsgBox "Word found no Comments in your document." End If  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

