Microsoft KB Archive/184627

= WD97: CALL Statement Cannot Accept Variable Argument =

Article ID: 184627

Article Last Modified on 7/16/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q184627





SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word, you can use the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications CALL statement to run another subroutine; however, you cannot specify the name of the subroutine by using a string variable or concatenated strings. Attempting to do so may result in the following error:

Compile Error: Syntax error



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. If the variable strMacroName contains the name of the macro, use this statement: Application.Run strMacroName Or, if you are using literal strings: Application.Run "Normal.Module1.MAIN" Application.Run "MyProject.MyModule.MyProcedure" Application.Run "'My Document.doc'!ThisModule.ThisProcedure" If you specify the document or template name, your code can run macros only in documents or templates related to the current context; it cannot run any macro in any document or template.

Although Visual Basic code can call a macro directly (without using this method), this method is useful when the macro name is stored in a variable. The following two statements are functionally equivalent: .. Application.Run MacroName:=".." In cases where you call a literal string such as "AutoExec.Main", you must remove the quotation marks, as shown in the following example: CALL AutoExec.Main NOTE: You cannot pass parameters to a macro by using the Run method.



MORE INFORMATION
The CALL statement uses the following syntax to call another subroutine CALL where is the name of the subroutine.

In Visual Basic for Applications, you can use the following command Call [].[]. where  is the name of the template or document,  is the name of the module, and <Macro_or_ProcedureName> is the name of the macro or procedure.

In all cases, the argument for the CALL statement must be explicitly defined. For example, both CALL strMacroName

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CALL "AutoExec.main"

cause the error:

Compile Error: Syntax error

For more information about the Call Statement, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type Call, click Search, and then click to view "Call Statement."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

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