WD: Cannot Trap WordBasic Err=7, "Out of Memory"

• 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, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Word, you cannot trap the following error message using the On Error macro command:

   WordBASIC Err=7
   Out of memory

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been corrected in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

The following macro demonstrates this problem:

   Sub MAIN
   On Error Goto Bye
   Error 7       ' Generates the "Out of memory" error message
   Bye:
   MsgBox "Did we get this far?"
   End Sub

All other WordBasic-generated error messages can be trapped using the On Error statement. For example, if you change the Error 7 statement in the above macro to Error 11 (that is, "Division by zero"), Word for Windows will jump correctly to the Bye: label and execute the MsgBox command. The Error 11 message box will not appear.

REFERENCES

"Using WordBasic," by WexTech Systems and Microsoft, page 341