WD98: Close Method in Macro Fails in Protected Form

ID: Q182095

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

You receive the following error message when you press TAB to move to another form field:

   Run-time error '4198': Command Failed

CAUSE

The error occurs when you use the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Close method in a macro that runs when you exit a form field in a protected document.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem you can use the OnTime method in one macro to call another macro that then issues the Close method for your protected form.

The OnTime method uses the following syntax:

   expression.OnTime(When, Name, Tolerance)

Because the Name argument requires the name of a macro to run, you must create two macros. The first macro, "MacroToRunOnExit," runs when you exit a form field. It calls the second macro, "CloseDocument," which closes the document.

NOTE: When you use this method, you can only use the wdDoNotSaveChanges constant for the Close Method.

   Public Sub MacroToRunOnExit()
   Application.OnTime When:=Now, Name:="CloseDocument"
   End Sub

   Public Sub CloseDocument()
      Application.ActiveDocument.Close(wdDoNotSaveChanges)
   End Sub

To save the document before you close it, add the Save command before the Close command:

   Public Sub CloseDocument()
      Application.ActiveDocument.Save
      Application.ActiveDocument.Close(wdDoNotSaveChanges)
   End Sub

For more information about the OnTime method, while in the Visual Basic for Applications Editor click the Office Assistant, type "OnTime Method" (without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click to view "OnTime Method."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q176476
   TITLE     : OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

For information about how to do this in earlier versions of Word, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q126366
   TITLE     : WD: FileClose in Macro Doesn't Work with Protected Form

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          : kberrmsg kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA macword98 
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: April 7, 1999