Q164234: WD97: How to Break Out of an Infinite Macro Loop

Article: Q164234
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbProgramming kbusage word8 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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To break out of macro execution using Visual Basic for Applications, press
CTRL+BREAK.

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In versions of Word prior to Word 97, the WordBasic macro language allowed you to
break out of macro execution using the ESC key. Beginning with Word 97, Visual
Basic for Applications has replaced WordBasic as the Word for Windows macro
language.

There can be many causes for an infinite loop. For, example an infinite loop will
occur if you create a loop to check the value of a variable that never changes,
as in the following example:

     Sub InfiniteLoop()
        Dim n As Integer
        n = 0
        Msgbox ("WARNING: This macro will cause an infinite loop. Press" & _
        CTRL+BREAK to exit an infinite loop.")
        Do
        ' Because the "Do...Loop" is looking for the value of 'n'
        ' to equal 1, and because there is no code within the loop
        ' to change the value of the variable 'n' from it's initial
        ' value of zero, the "Do...Loop" will continue to loop indefinitely.
        Loop Until n = 1
     End Sub

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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 vb vbe vba

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Keywords          : kbProgramming kbusage word8 word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbinfo

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