WD97: Deleting Hyperlinks from Collection Does Not Delete All

Last reviewed: March 4, 1998
Article ID: Q165714
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Visual Basic for Applications "For Each...Next" statement to delete Hyperlinks using the Hyperlinks collection, not all members of the collection are deleted.

WORKAROUND

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Instead of using the "For Each...Next" statement to remove the hyperlinks from your document, as in the following example:

   Sub RemoveHyperLinks()
      For Each h In ActiveDocument.Hyperlinks
         h.Delete
      Next
      MsgBox ActiveDocument.Hyperlinks.Count
   End Sub

use the "Do...Until...Loop" statement to remove the hyperlinks:

   Sub RemoveHyperLinks()
      With ActiveDocument
         Do Until .Hyperlinks.Count = 0
            .Hyperlinks(1).Delete
         Loop
         MsgBox .Hyperlinks.Count
      End With
   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


Additional query words: vb vba vbe
Keywords : kbmacro kbprg kbwordvba word8 word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug kbhowto
Solution Type : kbnofix


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Last reviewed: March 4, 1998
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