WD97: Run-Time Error '4605': Command Not Available

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you close a document protected for forms, you receive the error:

   Run-time error '4605': Command not available

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you:

• Create a document and protect it for Forms (Protect Document on the Tools menu).

  -and-

• While the protected document is open, create a Web Page using the Web Page Wizard.

This problem occurs because the underlying template add-in, Html.dot, for the Web Page Wizard is still active and all menu commands reflect the menus of the Html.dot template. When you choose one of the menu commands, such as Close on the File menu, a call is made to the Html.wll add-in. Because the Web Page has been closed, the call fails.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, create and run the following macro:

The following macro unprotects the active document, removes the HTML.Dot as an Add-In and then re-protects the active document.

   Sub RestoreMenus()
      ' Unprotect the document.
      If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType <> wdNoProtection Then
         ActiveDocument.Unprotect
      End If
      ' Remove the HTML.Dot as an add-in(To restore the default menus.
      AddIns(Options.DefaultFilePath(wdProgramPath) & _
      "\HTML.Dot").Installed = False
      ' Reprotect the document.
      If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType = wdNoProtection Then
         ActiveDocument.Protect Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset:=True
      End If
   End Sub

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.