WD2000: ActiveMovie Control Fails to Prompt Macro Security

• Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you open a document containing the ActiveMovieControl object, if you have macro security set to Medium (on the Tools menu, point to Macro and then click Security), you are not prompted to turn macros on or off in the document, even though the ActiveMovieControl object contains Visual Basic for Applications procedures.

CAUSE

You have inserted the ActiveMovieControl object into your document but have not placed any Visual Basic for Applications commands in the ActiveMovieControl object's underlying procedures.

To insert the ActiveMovieControl object into a document, do the following:

1. On the View menu, point to Toolbars and then click Control Toolbox.



2. On the Control Toolbox, click More Controls.



3. From the list of controls, click to select ActiveMovieControl Object.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, you can place any passive Visual Basic for Applications command in one of the ActiveMovieControl object's underlying procedures.

For example, you can use the following command line in the ActiveMovie StateChange event procedure:

Private Sub ActiveMovie1_StateChange(ByVal oldState As Long, ByVal NewState As Long) ' NOTE: Do not attempt to alter this line.

Dim x As Integer
x=0

End Sub 

1. Open the document containing the ActiveMovieControl object.



2. Press ALT+F11 to view the Visual Basic Editor.



3. The Visual Basic for Applications code window appears with the current procedure set to StateChange.



4. Click between the following lines of Visual Basic for Applications code:

   
   Private Sub ActiveMovie1_StateChange(ByVal oldState As Long, ByVal NewState As Long)
   ' Place your insertion point here.
   End Sub 




5. Type the following commands:
   
   

   
   Dim x As Integer
   x=0 




6. On the File menu, click Close and Return to Microsoft Word.



7. On the File menu, click Save to save the changes you made.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. This 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 Solution Provider or the Microsoft fee-based consulting line at (800) 936-5200. For more information about Microsoft Certified Solution Providers, please see the following page on the World Wide Web:

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Additional query words: vba form virus safe protect

Keywords          : kbdta kbwordvba wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: June 15, 1999