WD: "Illegal Function Call" Error When Using a Dialog Box

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

The following are possible causes of an "Illegal function call" (Err=5) in a macro that includes a dialog box:

1. The location or size of the dialog box causes the box or some portion of the box to be off the screen. This can be identified by the error occurring at the "Begin Dialog" statement.

2. The dialog box definition does not include an OK and/or Cancel button. This error can be identified by the error occurring at the "Dialog" statement.

3. The dialog box is larger than the maximum size of a dialog box. For example:

         Begin Dialog UserDialog 5000, 5000
   

   The above coordinates exceed the maximum size.

4. Specifying more than one OK or Cancel button in a Microsoft WordBasic custom dialog box causes the error message.

   Note: You can specify a single OK or Cancel button and rename the buttons.

5. No buttons (OK, cancel, etc.) will cause the "illegal function call" error message. The dialog has to have a way to exit.

6. In Word 7.0, the error can be caused by a corrupt wordwiz.ini file. The

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