WD97: Statistics Button Unavailable in File Summary Info Dialog

ID: Q181540

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you use the built-in Summary Info dialog box in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedure or macro, the Statistics button is unavailable (dimmed) when the dialog box is displayed.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, use any of the following methods.

Method 1: Use the BuiltInDocumentProperties property

To work around this problem, you can retrieve a document statistic and store it in a variable using the BuiltInDocumentProperties property with the proper argument. The following sample macro retrieves the number of words in the active document:


   Sub GetDocProperties()
      Dim DP As Object
      Dim nWrds As Integer
      Set DP = ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties
      nWrds = DP("Number Of Words")
      MsgBox "There are " & nWrds & " words."
   End Sub

Method 2: Use the ComputeStatistics Method


   Sub GetNumWords()
      Dim nWrds As Integer
      nWrds = ActiveDocument.ComputeStatistics(Statistic:=wdStatisticWords)
      MsgBox "There are " & nWrds & " words."
   End Sub

For more information about the BuiltInDocumentProperties property, click the Office Assistant while in the Visual Basic Editor, type BuiltInDocumentProperties, click Search, and then click to view "BuiltInDocumentProperties Property."

For more information about the ComputeStatistics method, click the Office Assistant while in the Visual Basic Editor, type ComputeStatistics, click Search, and then click to view "ComputeStatistics Method."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q176476 OFF97: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

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 articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q158768 WD97: Sample VB Code to Set, Retrieve Summary Information

Q170732 WD97: Macro to Count Number of Document Paragraphs and Lines

Q162440 WD97: BuiltInDocumentProperties Returns Incorrect Page Count

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 : kbbug