Microsoft KB Archive/183583

= WD98: Run-time Error '6008' Using the AppendToSpike Method =

Article ID: 183583

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 Q183583





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 be used only 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
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. 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. 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 For more information about the AppendToSpike method, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type AppendToSpike Method, click Search, and then click to view "AppendToSpike Method."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions



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

