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WD98: Bad Parameter Error with the AddPicture Method

Article ID: 181972

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q181972

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to set both of the AddPicture properties--LinkToFile and SaveWithDocument--to False, the following error message appears:

Run time error 4120 - Bad Parameter

CAUSE

You cannot set both LinkToFile and SaveWithDocument to False.

The following example Visual Basic for Applications command will cause the error described in the "Symptoms" section of this article to occur:

   ChangeFileOpenDirectory _
      "Macintosh HD:Microsoft Office 98:ClipArt:ClipArt:"
   Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture FileName:= _
      "My Picture", LinkToFile:=False, _
         SaveWithDocument:=False

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, set LinkToFile equal to False, or set SaveWithDocument equal to False. You cannot set both of these values to False.

Code to Link to the Picture File

   ChangeFileOpenDirectory _
      "Macintosh HD:Microsoft Office 98:ClipArt:ClipArt:"
   Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture FileName:= _
      "My Picture", LinkToFile:=True, _
         SaveWithDocument:=False

Code to Save the Picture File with the Document

   ChangeFileOpenDirectory _
      "Macintosh HD:Microsoft Office 98:ClipArt:ClipArt:"
   Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture FileName:= _
      "My Picture", LinkToFile:=False, _
         SaveWithDocument:=True

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

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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