Article ID: 179338
Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q179338
SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to unlink fields in a document footer using the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Unlink Method, Microsoft Word may stop responding.
CAUSE
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The following sample Visual Basic macro causes the problem described in the Symptoms section of this article to occur.
WARNING: Running this macro causes Word to stop responding.
Sub UnlinkFieldsinFooter()
' Switch to document footer.
If ActiveWindow.View.SplitSpecial <> wdPaneNone Then
ActiveWindow.Panes(2).Close
End If
If ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdNormalView Or _
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdOutlineView Or _
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdMasterView Then
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdPageView
End If
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageFooter
' Select all text in the footer.
Selection.WholeStory
' Loop through fields in selection.
For Each afield In Selection.Fields
' If field type is a REF field.
If afield.Type = wdFieldRef Then
' Unlink the field.
afield.Unlink ' <--- Word stops responding at this line.
End If
' Reselect all text in the footer.
Selection.WholeStory
Next afield
Selection.Collapse
End Sub
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use the following sample Visual Basic macro instead.
Sub UnlinkFieldsinFooter()
' Switch to document footer.
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageFooter
' Select all text in the footer.
Selection.WholeStory
' Loop through fields in selection.
For Each afield In Selection.Fields
' If field type is a REF field.
If afield.Type = wdFieldRef Then
' Select the current field.
afield.Select
'Unlink the currently selected field.
Selection.Field(1).Unlink
End If
' Reselect all text in the footer.
Selection.WholeStory
Next afield
' Close footer return to document
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekMainDocument
End Sub
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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