ID: Q84697
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In Microsoft Word for Windows, if you write a macro that uses the FileSaveAs macro command and gives the document the same name as an existing file, Word overwrites the existing file without warning.
There is a documentation error on page 208 of "Using WordBasic" by WexTech Systems and Microsoft. The same error appears in the Microsoft Word version 2.0 for Windows Help menu topic titled "FileSaveAs." The following statement is incorrect:
If a file with the same name already exists, a message appears asking
if you want to replace the existing file.
This error does not appear in Word version 6.0 Help menu topic titled,
"FileSaveAs Statement."
The following message DOES appear if you run the FileSaveAs command by choosing Save As from the File menu and you type a filename that already exists:
Do you want to replace the existing <filename>?
If you want this message to appear when you use the FileSaveAs command
in a macro, your macro must call the Save As dialog box from the File
menu, as shown in the following macro:
Sub MAIN
Dim dlg As FileSaveAs
GetCurValues dlg
N = Dialog(dlg)
If N = - 1 Then
FileSaveAs dlg.Name
End If
End Sub
Reference(s):
"Using WordBasic," by WexTech Systems and Microsoft, page 208
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Last Reviewed: July 31, 1997