Microsoft KB Archive/182679

= WD98: Inserting OLE Object in Header Opens OLE Application =

Article ID: 182679

Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q182679





SYMPTOMS
When you use Visual Basic for Applications to insert an OLE object, such as a Microsoft Excel Worksheet object, into the header or footer of a document, the object opens the application for editing instead of providing in-place editing within Word.



CAUSE
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. The following example Visual Basic for Applications macro replicates this behavior: Sub Main ' Set up object variables. Dim oDoc1 As Object Dim oRange1 As Object Dim oInlineShape As Object Set oDoc1 = Documents.Add Set oRange1 = oDoc1.Content Set oRange2 = oDoc1.Sections(1).Headers(1).Range ' Insert the OLE object Set oInlineShape1 = oDoc1.InlineShapes.AddOLEObject(Range:=oRange2, _    ClassType:="Excel.Sheet.8", LinkToFile:=False, DisplayAsIcon:=False) End Sub



WORKAROUND
To provide in-place editing, the OLE object needs to know where it will be inserted on the screen. When this position is unknown, the OLE server, in this case, Microsoft Excel, operates in Open Mode.

To ensure that the OLE server is activated "in-place," view the header before you insert the object. The following example Visual Basic for Applications macro includes the commands for viewing the header prior to inserting the OLE object: Sub Main ' Set up object variables. Dim oDoc1 As Object Dim oRange1 As Object Dim oInlineShape As Object Set oDoc1 = Documents.Add Set oRange1 = oDoc1.Content Set oRange2 = oDoc1.Sections(1).Headers(1).Range ' Must be in page layout to view header. If ActiveWindow.View.SplitSpecial <> wdPaneNone Then ActiveWindow.Panes(2).Close End If     If ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = _ wdNormalView Or ActiveWindow. _         ActivePane.View.Type = wdOutlineView Or _ ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdMasterView Then ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdPageView End If      ' View the header. ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageHeader ' Insert the OLE object Set oInlineShape1 = _ oDoc1.InlineShapes.AddOLEObject(Range:=oRange2, _     ClassType:="Excel.Sheet.8", LinkToFile:=False, DisplayAsIcon:=False) End Sub



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



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

181058 OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

