Article ID: 177971
Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q177971
SYMPTOMS
When you run a macro that was converted from WordBasic to Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, you receive the following error message:
CAUSE
If you converted a WordBasic macro that contains statements similar to the following:
x = Val(FontSize())
the converted code may appear as:
x = WordBasic.Val(WordBasic.FontSize())
This converted statement causes the macro to halt with the "Type Mismatch" error message.
RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, remove "WordBasic." from the Val function as in the following example:
x = Val(WordBasic.FontSize())
-or-
Convert the statement to the Visual Basic equivalent:
x = Selection.Font.Size
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
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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