WD2000: VBA: Text Placed in Wrong Document Using Hidden Documents

ID: Q220420

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you try to add text to a document that was hidden using the Visible statement, you may receive unexpected results.

For example, the following procedure demonstrates this behavior.

In the following procedure, if you have a document open (MyDoc.doc) before running the procedure, when you run the procedure, a new document is created. Instead of the the text being inserted into the new document as expected, the text is inserted into MyDoc.doc: 


Sub HideDoc()
    Dim lngDoc As Long
    Dim sDocName As String
    Documents.Add
    sName = ActiveDocument.Name
    lngDoc = ActiveWindow.WindowNumber
    ActiveWindow.Visible = False
    Windows(lngDoc).Activate
    Selection.TypeText sName
    ActiveWindow.Visible = True
End Sub


RESOLUTION

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To resolve this problem, you can assign a variable to the Visual Basic for Applications Document object to access and manipulate the hidden document window.

For example: 

Sub HiddenDoc()
   Dim oDoc as Document
   Dim sDocName As String
   Set oDoc = Documents.Add
   sDocName = oDoc.Name
   With oDoc.ActiveWindow
      .Visible = False
      .Selection.TypeText sDocName
      .Visible = True
   End With
End Sub


STATUS

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

Additional query words: vba 


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

Last Reviewed: June 15, 1999