WD: Displaying Array and Dialog Box Variable Values (WordBasic)

• 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 NT, version 6.0
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

SUMMARY

The Show Variables toolbar button and the ShowVars statement in the Word macro editor, display a list of variables and their current values to help you debug the active macro. However, array elements and dialog box variables are not displayed in the Macro Variables dialog box.

MORE INFORMATION

In order to check the value of an array element, you can use a MsgBox statement and specify an array element. The following macro displays the value of the third element in the month$(2) array "MAR" (the array begins at zero).

For example:

   Sub MAIN
      Dim month$(2)
      month$(0) = "JAN"
      month$(1) = "FEB"
      month$(2) = "MAR"
      MsgBox "month$(2)= " + month$(2)
   End Sub

   Sub MAIN
      Begin Dialog UserDialog 230, 130
         Text 16, 12, 136, 24, "&Enter Text:"
         TextBox 16, 30, 124, 20, .TextBox
         OKButton 16, 60, 64, 21
         CancelButton 16, 90, 64, 21
      End Dialog
      Dim dlg As UserDialog
      n = Dialog(dlg)
      If dlg.Textbox <> "" Then
         MsgBox "TextBox Variable = " + dlg.Textbox
      End If
   End Sub

REFERENCES

"Microsoft WordBASIC Primer," by Russell Borland, pages 115-117