Microsoft KB Archive/97178

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WD: Err Msg: WordBasic Err=52! Bad File Name or Number

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Q97178

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 7.0, 7.0a
 * Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

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SYMPTOMS
When you use the following statement in a macro

"Open...For...As statement:" you may receive the following error message:

WordBasic Err=52! Bad File Name or Number

CAUSE
This error message is displayed if you try to open a file for output using a number larger than 4. For example, the error message occurs if you use the following Open statement:

"OPEN &quot;C:\TEST.DOC&quot; FOR OUTPUT as #5" In WordBasic, you can open only four files at a time for output, input or append. The only acceptable numbers for these files are 1, 2, 3 or 4.

NOTE: The &quot;#&quot; character in the above statement is optional, as shown in the following equivalent statement:

"OPEN &quot;C:\TEST.DOC&quot; FOR OUTPUT as 5"