WD97: Can't Open Selected Doc Using Dialogs FileFind Constant

ID: Q161669

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

The Open button does not open the selected file after you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro using the wdDialogFileFind constant with the Dialogs collection object.

CAUSE

All functionality using the wdDialogFileFind constant does not work as expected.

STATUS

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

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem you can use the wdDialogFileOpen constant instead of the wdDialogFileFind constant. The following example will attempt to open a file using the path and filename you specify. The FileOpen dialog box will not display. To display the FileOpen dialog box replace dlg.Execute with dlg.Show:

Note: Functionality is extremely limited searching for a file using wdDialogFileOpen versus wdDialogFileFind.


     Sub FindFileWorkAround()
      Dim strFilePath As String
      Dim strFileName As String
      Dim dlg As Dialog
      
      ' Change the following values to
      ' match your criteria.
      strFilePath = "D:\My Documents\"
      strFileName = "MyDoc.Doc"
      
      ' Set the FileOpen dialog to display
      ' the criteria.
      Set dlg = Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen)
      dlg.Name = strFilePath & strFileName

      ' If the file is not found, trap the
      ' error that will occur.
      On Error Resume Next

      ' Execute the dialog without displaying.
      ' If the file exists, the dlg.Execute
      ' command will open the file.
      dlg.Execute

      ' If the file does not exist, display
      ' Word default error.
      If Err = 5174 Then
         MsgBox Err.Description
      End If
      
   End Sub

For more information about displaying built-in Word dialogs, while in the Visual Basic for Applications Editor, click the Office Assistant, type dialogs, click Search, and then click to view "Dialog Object."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Visual Basic Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component

For information about how to do this in earlier versions of Word, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q135590 Can't Open Selected Document Using FileFind Macro

MORE INFORMATION

The following macro demonstrates this behavior:


   Sub FileFindExample()
      Dialogs(wdDialogFileFind).Show
   End Sub

When executed, this macro displays the Open dialog box (File menu). When you select a file and then click Open, the Open dialog box closes and the selected file is not opened.

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

Additional query words: wordcon vba vb vbe

Keywords : kbmacroexample word8 kbwordvba word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug