WD97: Bad Parameter Error with the AddPicture Method

ID: Q164817

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to set both of the AddPicture properties--LinkToFile and SaveWithDocument--to False, the following error message appears:

Run time error 4120 - Bad Parameter

CAUSE

You cannot set both LinkToFile and SaveWithDocument to False.

The following example Visual Basic for Applications command causes the error described in the "Symptoms" section of this article to occur:


   ChangeFileOpenDirectory _
      "C:\MyPics\"
   Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture FileName:= _
      "My Picture.Gif", LinkToFile:=False, _
         SaveWithDocument:=False

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, set LinkToFile equal to False, or set SaveWithDocument equal to False, but not both. For example:

To link to the picture file


   ChangeFileOpenDirectory _
      "C:\MyPics\"
   Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture FileName:= _
      "My Picture.Gif", LinkToFile:=True, _
         SaveWithDocument:=False

To save the picture file with the document


   ChangeFileOpenDirectory _
      "C:\MyPics\"
   Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture FileName:= _
      "My Picture.Gif", LinkToFile:=False, _
         SaveWithDocument:=True

STATUS

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

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

Additional query words: wordcon vb vbe vba

Keywords : kbgraphic kbprg kbdta word8 kbwordvba word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug