WD97: Password Not Saved Calling wdDialogFileSaveAs Dialog Box

ID: Q184984

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications dialogs collection and set a password for a document, the password is not saved with the document.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you use the wdDialogFileSaveAs dialog box constant to display the FileSaveAs dialog box, and set the password for a document, while the File Save As dialog box is displayed.

WORKAROUND

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The command line you normally use to display the File Save As dialog box is as follows:


   Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs).Show

To display the File Save As dialog box and save a password that you set (as if clicking Options in the File Save As dialog box) use the following macro commands instead of Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs).Show:


   Sub SaveDocPasswordWorkAround()

      Dim dlg As Dialog
      Dim dlgParm As String

      ' If no documents are open to save, then exit this routine.
      If Documents.Count = 0 Then Exit Sub

      ' Set object variable to the File Save As dialog box.
      Set dlg = Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)

      ' Display the dialog box.
      dlg.Display
      ' Extract the name to save as (typed into the File Name text box.)
      dlgParm = dlg.Name
      ' Force an update to the dialog box.
      dlg.Update
      ' Reset the file name.
      dlg.Name = dlgParm
      ' Execute the dialog box commands.
      dlg.Execute

   End Sub

STATUS

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

This problem has been corrected in Word 2000.

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

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 vba

Keywords : kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA word8 word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug