WD97: Can't Open Selected Doc Using Dialogs FileFind Constant

Last reviewed: March 2, 1998
Article ID: Q161669

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

The Open button does not open the selected file after you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro using the wdDialogFileFind constant with the Dialogs collection object.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem use the wdDialogFileOpen constant instead of the wdDialogFileFind constant. For example:

   Sub FileOpenExample()
      Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen).Show
   End Sub

For more information about displaying built-in Word dialogs, while in the Visual Basic for Applications Editor, click the Office Assistant, type "dialogs" (without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click to view "Dialog Object."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Visual Basic Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component

For information about how to do this in earlier versions of Word, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q135590
   TITLE     : Can't Open Selected Document Using FileFind Macro

MORE INFORMATION

The following macro demonstrates this behavior:

   Sub FileFindExample()
      Dialogs(wdDialogFileFind).Show
   End Sub

When executed, this macro displays the Open dialog box (File menu). When you select a file and then click Open, the Open dialog box closes and the selected file is not opened.

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for 
               Applications

Additional query words: vba vb vbe
Keywords : kbwordvba kbmacroexample word8 word97 kbmacro kbusage
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbpending

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Last reviewed: March 2, 1998
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