WD2000: WordBasic.FormatPicture Resizes Picture Incorrectly Using Cropping

ID: Q209937

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you use the WordBasic.FormatPicture commands in Visual Basic for Applications to crop a picture, the resulting size is incorrect.

For example, the following commands insert an image into a new document. The resulting size should be a height and width of 2 inches (144 points), and ScaleX and Y should be 400 percent.

However, the resulting height and width are 3.5 inches, and ScaleX and Y are 700 percent. 


Sub CropPicture()
    With WordBasic
        .FileNewDefault
        .InsertPicture New:=1
        .CharLeft 1, 1
        .FormatPicture CropLeft:=18, CropRight:=18, CropTop:=18, _
            CropBottom:=18, SizeX:=144, SizeY:=144, SetSize:=1, _
            ScaleX:=200, ScaleY:=200
    End With
End Sub


CAUSE

The scale percent is ignored in Visual Basic for Applications.


RESOLUTION

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To resolve this problem, use the equivalent Visual Basic for Applications commands, as in the following example:

The following example Visual Basic for Applications macro creates an empty image 2-inches square, cropped .25 inch on all sides.

Sub CropPicture()
    Documents.Add
    Set myPic = ActiveDocument.InlineShapes.New _
        (Range:=Selection.Range)
    With myPic
        .Height = 144
        .Width = 144
        With .PictureFormat
            .CropLeft = 18
            .CropRight = 18
            .CropTop = 18
            .CropBottom = 18
        End With
    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 kbwordvba wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 28, 1999