WD97: Inserting OLE Object in Header Opens OLE Application

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you use Visual Basic for Applications to insert an OLE object, such as a Microsoft Excel Worksheet object, into the header or footer of a document, the object opens the application for editing instead of providing in-place editing within Word for Windows.

CAUSE

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   Sub Main()
     ' Set up object variables.
     Dim oDoc1 As Object
     Dim oRange1 As Object
     Dim oInlineShape As Object
     Set oDoc1 = Documents.Add
     Set oRange1 = oDoc1.Content
     Set oRange2 = oDoc1.Sections(1).Headers(1).Range
     ' Insert the OLE object
     Set oInlineShape1 = oDoc1.InlineShapes.AddOLEObject(Range:=oRange2, _
     ClassType:="Excel.Sheet.8", LinkToFile:=False, DisplayAsIcon:=False)
   End Sub

WORKAROUND

To provide in-place editing, the OLE object needs to know where it will be inserted on the screen. When this position is unknown, the OLE server, in this case, Microsoft Excel, operates in Open Mode.

To ensure that the OLE server is activated "in-place," view the header before you insert the object. The following example Visual Basic for Applications macro includes the commands for viewing the header prior to inserting the OLE object:

   Sub Main()
      ' Set up object variables.
      Dim oDoc1 As Object
      Dim oRange1 As Object
      Dim oInlineShape As Object
      Set oDoc1 = Documents.Add
      Set oRange1 = oDoc1.Content
      Set oRange2 = oDoc1.Sections(1).Headers(1).Range
      ' Must be in page layout to view header.
      If ActiveWindow.View.SplitSpecial <> wdPaneNone Then
         ActiveWindow.Panes(2).Close
      End If
      If ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = _
          wdNormalView Or ActiveWindow. _
          ActivePane.View.Type = wdOutlineView Or _
          ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdMasterView Then
          ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdPageView
       End If
       ' View the header.
      ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageHeader
      ' Insert the OLE object
      Set oInlineShape1 = _
      oDoc1.InlineShapes.AddOLEObject(Range:=oRange2, _
      ClassType:="Excel.Sheet.8", LinkToFile:=False, DisplayAsIcon:=False)
   End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft 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.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q173707
   TITLE     : OFF97: 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:

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