WD97: Text from WordBasic.Input Command Truncated After CommaLast reviewed: March 3, 1998Article ID: Q181780 |
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SYMPTOMSIn Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, the WordBasic.Input macro command truncates text if your input text contains a comma. The text is truncated from the first comma to the end of the input text. For example, if you input:
Doe, Johnthe status bar result will be:
Doe WORKAROUNDMicrosoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific needs. If you have limited programming experience, you may want to contact the Microsoft fee-based consulting line at (800) 936-5200. For more information about the support options available from Microsoft, please see the following page on the World Wide Web:
http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/refguide/default.aspTo correct this problem, replace the commas entered on the status bar with semicolons. If you insert the input text into a document, you can then replace the semicolons with commas. NOTE: Beginning in Word 97 for Windows and Word 98 Macintosh Edition, there is no Visual Basic for Applications equivalent for the Input command as used in earlier versions of Word. To use this feature in Visual Basic for Applications, use the WordBasic Property as in the following example:
Sub StausBarInput() WordBasic.Input a StatusBar = a End Sub STATUSMicrosoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
REFERENCESFor 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 |
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