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Q176582: WD97: Recording AutoMark Index Causes Word to Stop Responding

Article: Q176582
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kbdta kbdtacode kbmacroexample 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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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to record a macro that uses the AutoMark feature for indexing a
document, the following error message may appear:

  This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the
  problem persists, contact the program vendor.

If you click Details, the following error message appears:

  WINWORD caused an invalid page fault in module WINWORD.EXE at 0137:30080f6c.

WORKAROUND
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Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty
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article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being
demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures. Microsoft
support professionals can help explain the functionality of a particular
procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added
functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific needs. If you have
limited programming experience, you may want to contact a Microsoft Certified
Partner or the Microsoft fee-based consulting line at (800) 936-5200. For more
information about Microsoft Certified Partners, please visit the following
Microsoft Web site:

  http://www.microsoft.com/partner/referral/

For more information about the support options that are available and about how
to contact Microsoft, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

To work around this problem, use the following sample Visual Basic for
Applications macro, which performs the functionality of recording AutoMarking
indexes:

     Sub MarkIndex()
        Dim sConDoc As String
        sConDoc = "C:\My Documents\My Concordance Document.Doc"
        ActiveDocument.Indexes.AutoMarkEntries sConDoc
     End Sub

Note that "C:\My Documents\My Concordance Document.Doc" should be your
concordance document path and file name.

For more information about concordance documents, click Contents And Index on the
Help menu, click the Index tab in Word Help, type the following text

  concordance

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Mark index entries" topic.
If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

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

This problem has been corrected in Word 2000.

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

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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbdta kbdtacode kbmacroexample kbwordvba word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbbug

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