Article ID: 212719
Article Last Modified on 9/12/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q212719
SUMMARY
You can use the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Application.Version command to return the installed version of Word.
MORE INFORMATION
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The following Visual Basic for Applications code returns the version number of Word:
Sub GetVersion()
MsgBox Application.Version
End Sub
This example displays a message box containing the specific release number along with the version number of Word in the format of <version number>.<build number> :
Sub GetBuild()
MsgBox Application.Build
End Sub
REFERENCES
For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles
For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
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