Show Method

Applies To

Dialog object.

Description

Displays and carries out actions initiated in the specified built-in Word dialog box. Returns a Long that indicates which button was clicked to close the dialog box.

Return value	Description

–2	The Close button.
–1	The OK button.
0 (zero)	The Cancel button.
> 0 (zero)	A command button: 1 is the first button, 2 is the second button, and so on.

Note Use the Display method to display a dialog box but not have any actions carried out or settings applied when the dialog box is closed.

Syntax

expression.Show(TimeOut)

expression Required. An expression that returns a Dialog object.

TimeOut Optional Variant. The amount of time that Word will wait before closing the dialog box automatically. One unit is approximately 0.001 second. Concurrent system activity may increase the effective time value. If this argument is omitted, the dialog box is closed when the user dismisses it.

See Also

DefaultTab property, Execute method (Dialog, KeyBinding, and MailMerge objects).

Example

This example displays the Find and Replace dialog box with the word "Blue" preset in the Find what text box.

With  Dialogs(wdDialogEditFind)
    .Find = "Blue"
    .Show
End With

This example displays and carries out any action initiated in the Open dialog box. The file name is set to *.* so that all file names are displayed.

With Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen)
    .Name = "*.*"
    .Show
End With

This example displays and carries out any action initiated in the Zoom dialog box. If there are no actions initiated for approximately 9 seconds, the dialog box is closed.

Dialogs(wdDialogViewZoom).Show TimeOut:=9000