WD2000: "For Each...Next" Loop Gives Wrong Result with Footnotes, Endnotes, or Comments

ID: Q212621

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you use a "For Each...Next" loop in a Visual Basic for Applications macro to return the footnotes, endnotes, or comments for a specified paragraph, the macro returns all footnotes, endnotes, or comments contained in the entire document.

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 work around this problem, use a "For...Next" loop with the Footnotes, Endnotes, or Comments collection instead of the "For Each...Next" loop.

The following Visual Basic for Applications macro example uses a "For...Next" loop to extract the endnotes for a specified paragraph.


Sub ReturnNotesInParagraph()

   Dim iCount As Integer
   Dim oNote As Object
   Dim iParaNum As Integer

   ' Set the paragraph to return notes
   iParaNum = 1

   ' Note: If the specified paragraph does not exist
   ' in the active document, an error will occur.
   If ActiveDocument.Paragraphs.Count >= iParaNum Then
      Set oNote = ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(iParaNum).Range.Endnotes
      For iCount = 1 To oNote.Count
         MsgBox oNote(iCount).Range.Text
      Next
   Else
      MsgBox "The specified paragraph does not exist."
   End If

End Sub

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

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 vbe vba

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