WD: Err Msg: WordBasic Err=52! Bad File Name or Number

ID: Q97178

The information in this article applies to:

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
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

SYMPTOMS

When you use the following statement in a macro

Open...For...As statement:

you may receive the following error message:

WordBasic Err=52! Bad File Name or Number

CAUSE

This error message is displayed if you try to open a file for output using a number larger than 4. For example, the error message occurs if you use the following Open statement:

OPEN "C:\TEST.DOC" FOR OUTPUT as #5

In WordBasic, you can open only four files at a time for output, input or append. The only acceptable numbers for these files are 1, 2, 3 or 4.

NOTE: The "#" character in the above statement is optional, as shown in the following equivalent statement:

OPEN "C:\TEST.DOC" FOR OUTPUT as 5

REFERENCES

"Using WordBasic," by WexTech Systems and Microsoft, page 263

Additional query words: wordmacro

Keywords : kberrmsg kbmacro wordnt winword ntword macword word6 winword2 word7 word95
Version : MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1; WINDOWS:2.0,2.0a,2.0a-CD,2.0b,2.0c,6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; winnt:6.0
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbinfo