WD: Select Without End Select Error with Goto Statement

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

SYMPTOMS

When you use a Microsoft WordBasic Goto statement within a Case instruction, the following WordBasic error may result:

 "SELECT without END SELECT"

WORKAROUND

To work around this error, add an additional End Select statement below the Goto label or place the Goto statement outside of the Case instruction.

NOTE: Jumping outside of a Select Case control structure with a Goto statement is not recommended. Each control structure should be self-contained.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Word listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Word 97 for Windows and Word 98 Macintosh Edition.

MORE INFORMATION

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Example

The following sample macro includes a Goto statement within the Case instructions and thus results in a "SELECT without END SELECT" error.

   Sub MAIN
      n = 1
      Select Case n
         Case 1
            Goto Bye
         Case Else
      End Select
   Bye:
   End Sub

Example Workarounds

Move the Goto statement outside of the Case instructions, as in the following sample macros:

   Sub MAIN
      n = 1
      If n = 1 then Goto Bye
      Select Case n
         Case 2
            Print "Case 2"
         Case Else
      End Select
   Bye:
   End Sub

   Sub MAIN
      n = 1
      Select Case n
         Case 1
            GotoLoc = 1
         Case Else
      End Select
      If GotoLoc = 1 Then Goto Bye
   Bye:
   End Sub

   Sub MAIN
      n = 1
      Select Case n
         Case 1
            Goto Bye
         Case Else
      End Select
   Bye:
      End Select
   End Sub

REFERENCES

"Using WordBasic" by WexTech Systems, Inc. and Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Press, 1992, page 275.