WD2000: VBA Command to Display Version Number of Word

ID: Q212719

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SUMMARY

You can use the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Application.Version command to return the installed version of Word.

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The following Visual Basic for Applications code returns the version number of Word:


Sub GetVersion()
   MsgBox Application.Version
End Sub

This example displays a message box containing the specific release number along with the version number of Word in the format of <version number>.<build number> :


Sub GetBuild()
   MsgBox Application.Build
End Sub

REFERENCES

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

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

Q226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: vb vba vbe

Keywords : kbdta kbdtacode kbmacroexample word8 kbwordvba word97
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto