Macro Window Closes While the Macro Is Running

 Last reviewed: July 30, 1997
Article ID: Q106070
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

In Word for Windows, while a macro is running in a macro editing window, you can close that macro editing window. If you have not saved the macro, Word prompts you to save it. If the macro is unsaved and contains the "FileClose 2" statement, Word closes the macro window without saving the macro, and the macro is lost.

STATUS

This is a design feature of Word 6.0 and 7.0. To avoid losing a macro that contains the "FileClose 2" statement, be sure to save your macro before you run it.

This functionality is different from that of Word 1.x or 2.x, in which a running macro cannot close its own macro editing window.

REFERENCES

WordBasic Help, "FileClose" topic

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Version : 6.0 6.0a 6.0c 7.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: July 30, 1997
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