WD97: Run-Tme Error Using True Parameter on NewTemplate Method

ID: Q160757

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you run a macro that passes True as a parameter to the NewTemplate method of the Dialogs property, you receive the following error message:

Run-time error '9118': Parameter value was out of acceptable range.

CAUSE

The NewTemplate method only takes 0 or 1 as valid parameters. Your macro may be using True for the parameter and the value for "True" is -1.

The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications code demonstrates this problem:




Set dlgDialog = Dialogs(wdDialogFileNew)
dlgDialog.NewTemplate = True ' <- Attempts to set a value of -1.
dlgDialog.Show

RESOLUTION

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To resolve this problem, use 1 as the parameter for the NewTemplate method instead of True or -1. For example:



oDialog.NewTemplate = 1

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

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

Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb