Microsoft KB Archive/211267

= WD2000: Unable to Show User Form in Other Projects =

Article ID: 211267

Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q211267





SYMPTOMS
When you are compiling a module that attempts to show a User Form contained in another Visual Basic for Applications project, the following error message appears:

Run-time error '424': Object required



CAUSE
Microsoft Word cannot directly show a User Form that is contained in another Visual Basic for Applications project.



WORKAROUND
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 work around this design behavior, you can call a macro in a project containing your User Form. That macro displays the User Form in that project. The following Visual Basic for Applications example demonstrates how to do this and assumes the following:
 * You have two projects and they are called Project1 and Project2.

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 * Project1 contains a module called Module1. This project module contains the commands to call a macro in Project2, Module1.

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 * Project2 contains a module called Module1. This project also contains your User Form. This project module (Module1) contains the commands to show the User Form.

Use the following steps to display the User Form in Project2 from Project1:  Make sure that each project has a unique name (as shown in the Properties window for each project).

To rename a project:  In the Visual Basic Editor, on the View menu click to check Project Explorer. In the Project Explorer window, click to select the project name.

For example, your project may appear as follows:

Project(MyDocument)

 On the Tools menu, click  Properties where  is the current name of your project. In the Project Properties dialog box, type to change the name of your project in the Project Name text box.</li> Click OK to accept your changes.</li></ol> </li> In the Project Explorer window, click to select Project1(<Your Document or Template Name>).</li>  In Module1 of Project1, enter the following macro: Sub RunProject2Macro Application.Run "Project2.Module1.ShowForm" 'call the subroutine in Project2 End Sub </li>  In Module1 of Project2 (the project containing the User Form), enter the following macro: Sub ShowForm UserForm1.Show End Sub </li> Run the RunProject2Macro macro in Module1 of Project1.</li></ol>

The User Form in Project2 now appears without generating the error message as described earlier in this article.

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