WD2000: Unable to Show User Form in Other Projects

ID: Q211267

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you are compiling a module that attempts to show a User Form contained in another Visual Basic for Applications project, the following error message appears:

Run-time error '424': Object required

CAUSE

Microsoft Word cannot directly show a User Form that is contained in another Visual Basic for Applications project.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this design behavior, you can call a macro in a project containing your User Form. That macro displays the User Form in that project. The following Visual Basic for Applications example demonstrates how to do this and assumes the following:

You have two projects and they are called Project1 and Project2.

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Project1 contains a module called Module1. This project module contains the commands to call a macro in Project2, Module1.

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Project2 contains a module called Module1. This project also contains your User Form. This project module (Module1) contains the commands to show the User Form.

Use the following steps to display the User Form in Project2 from Project1:

Make sure that each project has a unique name (as shown in the Properties window for each project).

To rename a project:
1. In the Visual Basic Editor, on the View menu click to check Project Explorer.
2. In the Project Explorer window, click to select the project name.
  
  For example, your project may appear as follows:
  Project(MyDocument)
3. On the Tools menu, click <YourProjectName> Properties where <YourProjectName> is the current name of your project.
4. In the Project Properties dialog box, type to change the name of your project in the Project Name text box.
5. Click OK to accept your changes.

In the Project Explorer window, click to select Project1(<Your Document or Template Name>).

In Module1 of Project1, enter the following macro:


Sub RunProject2Macro()
   Application.Run "Project2.Module1.ShowForm"
   'call the subroutine in Project2
End Sub

In Module1 of Project2 (the project containing the User Form), enter the following macro:
```
Sub ShowForm()
   UserForm1.Show
End Sub 
```

Run the RunProject2Macro macro in Module1 of Project1.

The User Form in Project2 now appears without generating the error message as described earlier in this article.

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

Q226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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

Additional query words: vb vba vbe


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

Last Reviewed: August 2, 1999