WD97: Statistics Button Unavailable in File Summary Info Dialog

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you use the built-in Summary Info dialog box in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedure or macro, the Statistics button is unavailable (dimmed) when the dialog box is displayed.

WORKAROUND

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Method 1: Use the BuiltInDocumentProperties property

To work around this problem, you can retrieve a document statistic and store it in a variable using the BuiltInDocumentProperties property with the proper argument. The following sample macro retrieves the number of words in the active document:

   Sub GetDocProperties()
      Dim DP As Object
      Dim nWrds As Integer
      Set DP = ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties
      nWrds = DP("Number Of Words")
      MsgBox "There are " & nWrds & " words."
   End Sub

Method 2: Use the ComputeStatistics Method

   Sub GetNumWords()
      Dim nWrds As Integer
      nWrds = ActiveDocument.ComputeStatistics(Statistic:=wdStatisticWords)
      MsgBox "There are " & nWrds & " words."
   End Sub

For more information about the ComputeStatistics method, click the Office Assistant while in the Visual Basic Editor, type "ComputeStatistics," click Search, and then click to view "ComputeStatistics Method."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    ARTICLE-ID: Q176476
    TITLE     : OFF97: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic
                Questions

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 articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q158768
   TITLE     : WD97: Sample VB Code to Set, Retrieve Summary Information

   ARTICLE-ID: Q170732
   TITLE     : WD97: Macro to Count Number of Document Paragraphs and Lines

   ARTICLE-ID: Q162440
   TITLE     : WD97: BuiltInDocumentProperties Returns Incorrect Page Count

   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