WD2000: Application.WindowState Command Fails in UserForm

ID: Q209561

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you call the Application.WindowState command from a UserForm, the Word window may fail to resize to the specified window state.

CAUSE

The ShowModal property of the UserForm is set to True.

By design, Word cannot be manipulated when a modal form is displayed.
For example, you cannot minimize Word when the Font dialog box is showing.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, set the ShowModal property of the UserForm to False.

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: vba

Keywords : kbdta wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb