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WD97: WithEvents Fails Quit Event with No Documents Open

Article ID: 172181

Article Last Modified on 1/20/2007

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q172181

SYMPTOMS

When you use the WithEvents keyword to trap application events in Microsoft Word, you cannot trap the Quit event.

CAUSE

If no documents are open when Word exits, Word does not generate the Quit event.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, have your Visual Basic for Applications macro create at least one document prior to exiting Word. The document can be a blank, empty document.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

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WithEvents is an optional keyword for the Dim, Private and Public declaration statements. It is used to trap specific Application or ActiveX object events, and is valid only in class modules.

To create sample Visual Basic for Applications code that uses the WithEvents keyword, follow these steps:

On the Tools menu, point to Macros and then click Visual Basic Editor.
In the Visual Basic Editor, click to select the Normal module.
On the Insert menu, click Class Module.
In the General Declarations section of the class module, type the following declaration

Public WithEvents App As Application

and the following procedure
```
      Private Sub App_Quit()
         MsgBox "Exiting Word"
      End Sub
                        
```
In the General Declarations section of a module, for instance the NewMacros module, type the following declaration

Public cExit As New Class1

and the following procedure
```
      Sub AutoExec()
         Set cExit.App = Application
      End Sub
                        
```
Exit and restart Word to initialize the class.

When you exit Word again, the message box containing the Exiting Word prompt is displayed.

NOTE: If no documents are open when you exit Word, the Quit event is not generated, and the message box is not displayed.

For more information about WithEvents, from the Visual Basic for Applications Editor, click the Office Assistant, type Public Statement, click Search, and then click to view "Public Statement."

For more information about trapping events, click the Office Assistant, type events, click Search, and then click one of the following topics:

Using Events with ActiveX Controls
Using Events with the Application object
Using Events with the Document Object
Quit Event
Open Event
Auto Macros

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component

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

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

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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