Microsoft KB Archive/166214

= WD97: Sample VB Code To Determine Text Box (or Text Frame) Link =

Article ID: 166214

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q166214





SUMMARY
This article describes a Visual Basic for Applications macro that determines if one text box (or text frame) is linked to another text box (or text frame).



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To determine and compare text box links, create a macro that uses the Parent, Name, and Previous properties to compare the text boxes. The following macro creates two text boxes, links the first text box to the second text box, and then displays a message indicating the link status. Sub CompareTextBoxLinks Dim TBox1, TBox2 As TextFrame

' Create the first text box. Set TBox1 = ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddTextbox _ (Orientation:=msoTextOrientationHorizontal, _     Left:=50, Top:=50, Width:=100, Height:=100).TextFrame

' Create the second text box. Set TBox2 = ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddTextbox _ (Orientation:=msoTextOrientationHorizontal, _     Left:=50, Top:=200, Width:=100, Height:=100).TextFrame

' Link the first text box to the second text box. TBox1.Next = TBox2

' Determine if the second text box is linked to the first. ' TBox2.Previous.Parent.Name returns the name of the linked ' text box. If Tbox2 matches Tbox1, then they are linked. If TBox2.Previous.Parent.Name = TBox1.Parent.Name Then MsgBox TBox2.Parent.Name & " is linked to" & TBox1.Parent.Name End If  End Sub For more information about the Parent property, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type Parent Property, click Search, and then click to view "Parent Property."

For more information about the TextFrames object, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type TextFramesObject, click Search, and then click to view "TextFrames Object."

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

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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

