Microsoft KB Archive/183582

= WD97: Run-time Error '6008' Using the AppendToSpike Method =

Article ID: 183582

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q183582





SYMPTOMS
When you use the Visual Basic for Applications AppendToSpike method example found in the AppendToSpike Method Help topic, you may receive the following error message:

Run-time error '6008':

The AppendToSpike method is only valid for the AutoTextEntries in the NormalTemplate.



CAUSE
By design, the Visual Basic for Applications AppendToSpike method can only be used with the Word default Normal template. The AppendToSpike Help example is misleading in that it uses the following Visual Basic for Applications command set: Set myTemplate = ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate Using this command set when the active document is attached to any template other than the Normal template will result in a run-time error.



RESOLUTION
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For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

To resolve this issue, change the code copied from the AppendToSpike Method Help example.

In the following AppendToSpike Method example, the command set, NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries,

replaces

ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate found in the original AppendToSpike Help example.

Using NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries assures the example will work regardless of the template that is currently attached to the active document. Sub MyAppendToSpike

Dim atEntry As AutoTextEntry

Selection.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart

For Each atEntry In NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries If atEntry.Name = "Spike" Then atEntry.Delete Next atEntry

With NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries .AppendToSpike Range:=ActiveDocument.Words(3) .AppendToSpike Range:=ActiveDocument.Words(1) .Item("Spike").Insert Where:=Selection.Range End With

End Sub For more information about the AppendToSpike method, from the Visual Basic Editor, click Contents and Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Microsoft Visual Basic Help, type the following text

autotextentries collection object

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "AppendToSpike Method" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 2000.

