WD97: Cannot Reference HeadingStyles Index with String Value

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to reference a heading style used to compile a table of figures or table of contents, you receive the following error:

   Run-time error '13': Type mismatch

CAUSE

You will receive this error message if you attempt to reference the HeadingStyle object with a string value. For example, you will receive this message if you attempt to reference HeadingStyle by using the name of the style.

WORKAROUND

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• Reference the style with an integer value

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• Create a macro that allows you to reference the style by name

  The following example Visual Basic for Applications macro demonstrates how you can reference the style by name without receiving the error message:

        Sub AddRemoveHeadingStyleExample()
           Dim oTOCStyle As Object
           ' Add a user defined style to the document.
           ActiveDocument.Styles.Add Name:="UserDefined Para Style", _
           Type:=wdStyleTypeParagraph
           ' Insert a table of contents
           ActiveDocument.TablesOfContents.Add ActiveDocument.Content
           ' Add User Defined style to TOC HeadingStyles.
           ActiveDocument.TablesOfContents(1).HeadingStyles.Add _
           "UserDefined Para Style", 1
           ' Loop through HeadingStyle collection.
           For Each oTOCStyle In _
              ActiveDocument.TablesOfContents(1).HeadingStyles
              ' Perform conditional on style name to find.
              If oTOCStyle.Style = "UserDefined Para Style" Then
                 ' Remove the style from the TOC HeadingStyle collection.
                 oTOCStyle.Delete
              End If
           Next
        End Sub
  
  

STATUS

Microsoft is 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