Microsoft KB Archive/234483

= WD97: wdDocumentsPath Constant Returns Current Folder =

Article ID: 234483

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q234483





SYMPTOMS
When you use the Visual Basic for Applications wdDocumentsPath constant to return the default documents folder (on the Tools menu, click Options and then click the File Locations tab), the constant returns the current folder instead of the default document folder.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, you can use the Dialogs collection to return the default documents path.

The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro demonstrates using the Dialogs collection to return the default documents path: Sub GetDefaultDocPath Dim DefDocPath As String DefDocPath = Dialogs(wdDialogToolsOptionsFileLocations).Setting MsgBox DefDocPath End Sub



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
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