Article ID: 182676
Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q182676
SYMPTOMS
When you use the Visual Basic for Applications Reset property to reset an OLE Word document object inserted as an inline shape back to the original size prior to re-scaling, the object is not reset as expected.
CAUSE
Each time the object is resized, the scaling factor is automatically reset to 100 percent and the new size becomes the original size.
WORKAROUND
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. The following example Visual Basic for Applications macro creates a new Word document, inserts a Word document object, re-scales the document object, and then resets the document object to its original size:
Sub ResetOleShape()
' Create variables.
Dim sOriginalHeight, sOriginalWidth As Integer
' Add a new blank document.
Documents.Add
ActiveDocument.Content.Collapse wdStart
' Create the document object.
Set oInlineShape = ActiveDocument.InlineShapes.AddOLEObject _
(Range:=ActiveDocument.Content, DisplayAsIcon:=False, _
ClassType:="Word.Document.8", LinkToFile:=False)
' Add text to embedded document.
ActiveDocument.Content.InsertAfter "Text in Embedded Document."
' Close out of embedded document return to source document.
ActiveDocument.Close
' Store the original object size.
sOriginalHeight = ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1).Height
sOriginalWidth = ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1).Width
' Scale the object to a different size(for testing.)
ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1).Height = 100
ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1).Width = 100
' Reset the object to it's original size.
MsgBox "OLE object has been resized. Click OK to reset."
ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1).Height = sOriginalHeight
ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1).Width = sOriginalWidth
End Sub
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
181058 OFF98: 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
Additional query words: wordcon vb vba vbe
Keywords: kbbug kbmacroexample kbdtacode kbpending KB182676
