WD97: Error "Word cannot edit the Microsoft Excel Chart" When Using DoVerb to Open Excel Chart Object

ID: Q235661

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

After you insert a Microsoft Excel Chart object into a Word 97 document and group it with an object such as a text box, the following error messages appear when you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro that uses the DoVerb method to open the Excel chart:

Word cannot edit the Microsoft Excel Chart
Run-time error "16389" Internal Error


WORKAROUND

Use the Open method instead of the DoVerb method to open the Excel object. For example, change the following code: 


ActiveDocument.Shapes(1).GroupItems(1).OleFormat.DoVerb 2
to 

ActiveDocument.Shapes(1).GroupItems(1).OleFormat.Open


STATUS

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


MORE INFORMATION

Additional query words: vba word97 wd97 oleformat doverb open object excel97 xl97 


Keywords          : kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA KbVBA 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 13, 1999