WD98: Error - Cyclic References Of Projects Not Allowed

ID: Q181789

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to add a project as a reference in Visual Basic for Applications, you receive the following error message:

   Cyclic references of projects not allowed

CAUSE

You are attempting to reference a project for which a reference already exists.

MORE INFORMATION

For example, the global template Normal.dot is the default underlying template for all new documents. Normal.dot contains the Visual Basic for Applications project, "Normal."

When you create a new document based on the Word default template Normal.dot, the new document automatically inherits a reference to the "Normal" project. Also, each document is, in itself, a Visual Basic for Applications project.

Because the document project contains a reference to the normal project, if you attempt to create a reference to the document project from the "Normal" project, the error described earlier in this article will occur.

Also, the cyclic reference error will occur if you have made a reference to a project, for example, Project2 in Project1, and you then try to make a reference to Project1 in Project2.

For example, either project may have a reference to the other:

Project1 can reference Project2
```
    -or-
```
Project2 can reference Project1

But you cannot create a situation in which the projects reference each other. For example, the following will generate the cyclic reference error:

Project1 with a reference to Project2
```
    -and-
```
Project2 with a reference to Project1

For more information about references, click the Office Assistant while in the Visual Basic Editor, type "references," click Search, and then click to view "Check or Add an Object Library Reference."

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 vbe vba

Keywords          : kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample macword98 
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: February 15, 1999