WD98: Text from WordBasic.Input Command Truncated After Comma

ID: Q181781

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, the WordBasic.Input macro command truncates text if your input text contains a comma. The text is truncated from the first comma to the end of the input text.

For example, if you input:

   Doe, John

the status bar result will be:

Doe

WORKAROUND

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To correct this problem, replace the commas entered on the status bar with semicolons. If you insert the input text into a document, you can then replace the semicolons with commas.

NOTE: Beginning in Word 97 for Windows and Word 98 Macintosh Edition, there is no Visual Basic for Applications equivalent for the Input command as used in earlier versions of Word. To use this feature in Visual Basic for Applications, use the WordBasic Property as in the following example:

   Sub StausBarInput()
      WordBasic.Input a
      StatusBar = a
   End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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:

Keywords          : kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample macword98 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: April 7, 1999