Article ID: 280742
Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q280742
SYMPTOMS
When you use the ConfirmConversions property in a Visual Basic for Applications macro, the command may change the setting of the Confirm conversion at Open option.
For example, if the Confirm conversion at Open option is turned on (selected), and you run the following sample macro code
Sub MyDocumentOpenMacro()
Documents.Open "C:\My Documents\Address.txt", ConfirmConversions:=False
End Sub
the ConfirmConversions property turns off the Confirm conversion at Open option (clears the check box).
As a result, when you open documents (on the File menu, click Open) that are not in the Word Document format, Word does not prompt you to select the converter to use to open the document.
WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, test the condition of the Confirm conversion at Open option before you open your file in Word, and then reset the option back to its original setting after your macro opens your file.
Sub MyDocumentOpenMacro()
Dim x As Integer
' Set x equal to the current setting of the Confirm conversion at Open
' option before opening your file.
x = Application.Options.ConfirmConversions
' Open your file.
Documents.Open "C:\My Documents\Address.txt", ConfirmConversions:=False
' Use a conditional statement to set the Confirm conversion at Open
' option back to its setting (value of x) before opening your file.
If x = "0" Then
Application.Options.ConfirmConversions = False
Else
Application.Options.ConfirmConversions = True
End If
End Sub
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
The Confirm conversion at Open option is a global setting in Word that applies to all documents that you open. If you want to manually select the converter that Word will use to open a file, click to select this option. If you want Word to select the correct converter automatically and open the document, click to clear this option.
To change the setting of the Confirm conversion at Open option, click Options on the Tools menu. Then click to select the General tab.
REFERENCES
For additional information about available resources for creating custom solutions by using Visual Basic for Applications and Microsoft Word 2000, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
163425 WD97: Macro Programming Resources
173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles
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