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Q177617: WD: Manage Fields Dialog Box Returns Incorrect Values

Article: Q177617
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbcode kbProgramming
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
- Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications code to display the
built-in Microsoft Word dialog box called "Manage Fields," a value of -1 is
returned when you click either OK or Cancel.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft 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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article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being
demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures. Microsoft
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The following sample Visual Basic macro (Sub procedure) demonstrates the problem
described in the "Symptoms" section of this article.

     Sub ShowManageFields()
        ' Show the dialog box.
        x = Dialogs(wdDialogToolsManageFields).Show
        ' The value of x returns -1 when OK or Cancel is clicked.
        Msgbox x
     End Sub

In this example, clicking Cancel should return a value of 0 and clicking OK
should return a value of -1. However, both OK and Cancel return a value of -1.

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 OFF98 vba header record delimiter mail merge

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Keywords          : kbcode kbProgramming 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbWordSearch kbWordMacSearch kbWord98Search kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3 kbWord98
Version           : MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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