Microsoft KB Archive/212603

= WD2000: Error Msg: "Cyclic References of Projects Not Allowed" =

Article ID: 212603

Article Last Modified on 9/12/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q212603





SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to add a project as a reference in Visual Basic for Applications, following error message appears:

Cyclic references of projects not allowed



CAUSE
You are attempting to reference a project for which a reference already exists.



MORE INFORMATION
For example, the global template Normal.dot is the default underlying template for all new documents. Normal.dot contains the Visual Basic for Applications project "Normal."

When you create a new document based on the Word default template Normal.dot, the new document automatically inherits a reference to the "Normal" project. Also, each document is, in itself, a Visual Basic for Applications project.

Because the document project contains a reference to the normal project, if you attempt to create a reference to the document project from the "Normal" project, the error described earlier in this article occurs.

Also, the cyclic reference error occurs if you have made a reference to a project--for example, Project2 in Project1--and then you try to make a reference to Project1 in Project2.

For example, either project may have a reference to the other:


 * Project1 can reference Project2

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 * Project2 can reference Project1.

But you cannot create a situation in which the projects reference each other. For example, the following will generate the cyclic reference error:


 * Project1 with a reference to Project2

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 * Project2 with a reference to Project1.

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

