Article ID: 216554
Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005
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- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
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SUMMARY
To perform an action based on how many days it has been since the active document was last saved, using Visual Basic for Applications, you can subtract today's date from the last saved date and then compare that number to a predetermined age.
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Sub CompareDates()
Dim aDocSaved
Dim intNumDays
On Error GoTo errHandler
'Assigns date and time document last saved to a variable.
aDocSaved= ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties _
(wdPropertyTimeLastSaved)
'Compares variable to now then assigns the integer
'difference to another variable.
intNumDays = CInt(Now() - aDocSaved)
'Compares difference in days to 7 and branches based on result.
If intNumDays > 7 Then
MsgBox ("This file is overdue")
Else
MsgBox ("This file is still current")
End If
errHandler:
If Err <> 0 Then MsgBox ("Please save the active document.")
End Sub
For more information about date calculations, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type now, click Search, and then click to view "DateDiff Function."
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
181058 OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles
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