WordBasic Error 504: Window Does Not Exist...Read-Only File

 Last reviewed: August 4, 1997
Article ID: Q80465
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 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

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Word for Windows, if you open a document with the Read Only option selected and attempt to access that document's window using the Activate WordBasic command, Word for Windows generates the following error message: 

   WordBasic Error 504: Window does not exist.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Word listed above. We are researching this problem, and will post more information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

The following macro results in the above WordBasic error message, if you open README.DOC as a read-only file. The error message does not occur if you open the file as a read-write file. 

   Sub Main
   Document$="readme.doc"
   Activate Document$,1
   End Sub
For more information on the Activate command, search for "WordBasic Programming Language" and "Activate" using the Help.

REFERENCES

"Using WordBasic," by WexTech Systems and Microsoft, page 150

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word7 6.0c
Version : 1.x 2.x 6.0 6.0a 6.0c 7.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: August 4, 1997
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