WD2000: BreakLink Method Deletes Object Reference

ID: Q212570

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you have a Visual Basic for Applications macro that uses the BreakLink method in combination with an object reference, the following error message may appear:

Run-time error '5825':
Object has been deleted

For more information about the BreakLink Method, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type breaklink in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

CAUSE

The link the object variable referred to no longer exists.

You receive the "Object has been deleted" message if the macro has attempted to access an object that has been deleted. The object may have been deleted deliberately, such as with the Delete method, or it may have been deleted as a side effect of another operation, such as when a frame is added around an inline shape, which deletes the original inline shape and creates a copy of it in the frame.

WORKAROUND

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For more information about using the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

To verify that an object still exists, use the IsObjectValid method.

This example adds a picture to the active document and assigns it to the variable sPIC. If the variable sPIC is true and the object exists, a message box containing True is returned. The macro then deletes the inserted picture object. If the variable sPIC is False and the object does not exist, a message box containing False is returned.


Sub testObject()

   Dim sPIC As InlineShape
   Set sPIC = ActiveDocument.InlineShapes.AddPicture _
     ("C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Bitmaps\Dbwiz\ledger.gif")
   MsgBox IsObjectValid(sPIC)     ' This will display True
   sPIC.Delete
   MsgBox IsObjectValid(sPIC)     ' This will display False

End Sub

For more information about the IsObjectValid property, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type IsObjectValid in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

REFERENCES

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212623 WD2000: Macro Programming Resources

Q226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: vb vba vbe

Keywords : kberrmsg kbmacroexample kbwordvba wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug