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Q161669: WD97: Can’t Open Selected Doc Using Dialogs FileFind Constant

Article: Q161669
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbmacroexample word8 kbwordvba word97
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SUMMARY
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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
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All functionality using the wdDialogFileFind constant does not work as expected.

STATUS
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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"
(without the quotation marks), 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
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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
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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

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Keywords          : kbmacroexample word8 kbwordvba word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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