Microsoft KB Archive/62297

Pasting Text into Custom Dialog Boxes in WordBASIC

PSS ID Number: Q62297 Article last modified on 05-13-1991

1.00 MS-DOS

Summary: WordBASIC custom dialog boxes are “App Modal,” meaning that when you are presented with a custom dialog box you must finish with it before you can do anything else inside the application. You do have the choice of pressing ALT+TAB to get out of Word for Windows. However, when you come back you still have to finish and close the dialog box before you can do anything else. If you want to copy document text into a text box or combo box, you can do the following: 1. Select and copy the text before you run the macro that generates the dialog box. 2. Once in the dialog box, position the cursor in the destination text box and use SHIFT+INS to paste the text.

additional keywords: w4wmacro