Microsoft KB Archive/124531

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WD: Cannot Trap WordBasic Errors Greater Than 1000

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Q124531

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
 * Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a

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SYMPTOMS
You cannot suppress Word error messages using the WordBasic On Error, Err, and Error statements.

NOTE: Error messages that appear in Word for Windows can be classified in two groups: Word errors and WordBasic errors.

STATUS
This problem was corrected in Word 97 for Windows and Word 98 Macintosh Edition.

MORE INFORMATION
Error messages numbered 1001 and higher are Word error messages. An error message box appears when a Word error occurs, regardless of whether your macro contains error-trapping statements. For example:

  Sub MAIN On Error Goto errors FileOpen .Name = "fred.doc" errors: If err = 1078 Then Print "File does not exist" End Sub The WordBasic On Error statement does not keep Word error message number 1078 from appearing. To avoid Word error messages, your macro must prevent the error situation from occurring. In the case of opening a file that doesn't exist, you could change the macro to check whether the file exists before it tries to open the file. For example:

  Sub MAIN a$ = Files$("FRED.DOC") If a$ <> "" Then FileOpen .Name = "fred.doc" End Sub Note: The Files$ command will return a null string ("") if the specified file is not found.