WD98: No Dialog With WordBasic.Dialog.ToolsOptionsGrammar

ID: Q183306

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to run a macro using the Visual Basic for Applications WordBasic object to display the Spelling And Grammar tab of the Options dialog box, the dialog is not displayed.

CAUSE

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This example converted WordBasic macro duplicates this behavior:

   Public Sub MAIN()
      Dim dlg As Object: Set dlg = _
      WordBasic.DialogRecord.ToolsOptionsGrammar(False)
      WordBasic.CurValues.ToolsOptionsGrammar dlg
      WordBasic.Dialog.ToolsOptionsGrammar dlg
      WordBasic.ToolsOptionsGrammar dlg
   End Sub

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, change the code to use the following functionally equivalent Visual Basic for Applications command.

For example:

   Dialogs(wdDialogToolsOptionsSpellingAndGrammar).Show

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q181058
   TITLE     : OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

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

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications

Additional query words: wordcon vb vba vbe

Keywords          : kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample macword98 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: April 7, 1999