WD2000: Run-Time Error Using True Parameter on NewTemplate Method

ID: Q212691

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you run a macro that passes True as a parameter to the NewTemplate method of the Dialogs property, the following error message appears:

Run-time error '9118': Parameter value was out of acceptable range.

CAUSE

The NewTemplate method only takes 0 or 1 as a valid parameter. Your macro may be using True for the parameter, and the value for "True" is -1.

The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications code block demonstrates this problem:


   Set dlgDialog = Dialogs(wdDialogFileNew)
   dlgDialog.NewTemplate = True ' <- Attempts to set a value of -1.
   dlgDialog.Show

RESOLUTION

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To resolve this problem, use 1 as the parameter for the NewTemplate method instead of True or -1. For example:


dlgDialog.NewTemplate = 1

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about using the sample code in this article, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

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

Last Reviewed: July 2, 1999