Q165515: WD97: Run-Time Error ‘4605’: Command Not Available

Article: Q165515
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta kbdtacode kbmacroexample word97
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you close a document protected for forms, you receive the error:

  Run-time error '4605': Command not available

After receiving the error, you cannot close or save your document.

CAUSE
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This problem occurs when you:

- Create a document and protect it for Forms (click Protect Document on the
  Tools menu).

  -and-

- While the protected document is open, create a Web page using the Web Page
  Wizard.

If you close the Web page you just created and attempt to save or close the
protected document, the error will occur and you will be unable to save or close
the protected document. Also, the UnProtect menu command is missing from the
Tools menu.

This problem occurs because the underlying template add-in, Html.dot, for the Web
Page Wizard is still active and all menu commands reflect the menus of the
Html.dot template. When you choose one of the menu commands, such as Close on
the File menu, a call is made to the Html.wll add-in. Because the Web Page has
been closed, the call fails.


RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, create and run the following macro:

The following macro unprotects the active document, removes the HTML.Dot as an
Add-In and then re-protects the active document.

     Sub RestoreMenus()
        Dim sDefPath As String
        ' Unprotect the document.
        If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType <> wdNoProtection Then
           ActiveDocument.Unprotect
        End If
        ' Remove the HTML.Dot as an add-in.
        ' (To restore the default menus.)
        sDefPath = Options.DefaultFilePath(Path:=wdProgramPath)
        AddIns(sDefPath & "\HTML.Dot").Installed = False
        ' Reprotect the document preserving form field contents.
        If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType = wdNoProtection Then
           ActiveDocument.Protect Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset:=True
        End If
     End Sub

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the
beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
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For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles


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: vb vba vbe

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

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