WD98: Unexpected Name in "File Name" Box After Macro Change

ID: Q183831

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Visual Basic for Applications BuiltInDocumentProperties property and the wdPropertyTitle constant in a macro to alter the title of a document, as in the following example,

   ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropertyTitle) = "My Title"

and you then save the document, you may not receive the results you expect. Specifically, the name suggested in the Save As dialog box (in the File Name box) will reflect a name other than the name in the Title box in the Properties dialog box (on the File menu, click Properties).

NOTE: This problem does not occur if you manually change the value in the Title box in the Properties dialog box. In this case, the Save As dialog box suggests the title of the document for the file name.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the document you are working with is based on a custom template that has a title.

WORKAROUND

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The following example Visual Basic for Applications routine uses the Dialogs Collection to work around this problem:

   Sub SetDocTitle()
      With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSummaryInfo)
         .Title = "My Title"
         .Execute
      End With
   End Sub

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

When you save a new document, Word checks to see if the document has a title. If it does, Word will suggest that title for the file name. By default, Word sets the title for a document equal to the title of the template that the document is based on. So, if the template has a title, Word uses that title for the suggested file name.

If you programmatically change the title of the new document, the change will occur as expected in the Properties dialog box; however, when you choose either Save or Save As (on the File Menu), Word continues to suggest the title of the template.

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 
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: April 8, 1999