WD97: WithEvents Fails Quit Event with No Documents Open

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you use the WithEvents keyword to trap application events in Microsoft Word, you cannot trap the Quit event.

CAUSE

If no documents are open when Word exits, Word does not generate the Quit event.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, have your Visual Basic for Applications macro create at least one document prior to exiting Word. The document can be a blank, empty document.

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

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To create sample Visual Basic for Applications code that uses the WithEvents keyword, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, point to Macros and then click Visual Basic Editor.

2. In the Visual Basic Editor, click to select the Normal module.

3. On the Insert menu, click Class Module.

4. In the General Declarations section of the class module, type the following declaration

         Public WithEvents App As Application
   

   and the following procedure

         Private Sub App_Quit()
            MsgBox "Exiting Word"
         End Sub
   
   

5. In the General Declarations section of a module, for instance the NewMacros module, type the following declaration

         Public cExit As New Class1
   

   and the following procedure

         Sub AutoExec()
            Set cExit.App = Application
         End Sub
   
   

6. Exit and restart Word to initialize the class.

NOTE: If no documents are open when you exit Word, the Quit event is not generated, and the message box is not displayed.

For more information about WithEvents, from the Visual Basic for Applications Editor, click the Office Assistant, type "Public Statement," click Search, and then click to view "Public Statement."

For more information about trapping events, click the Office Assistant, type "events," click Search, and then click one of the following topics:

• Using Events with ActiveX Controls
• Using Events with the Application object
• Using Events with the Document Object
• Quit Event
• Open Event
• Auto Macros

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REFERENCES

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

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   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for 
               Applications