InsertTableOfAuthorities Doesn't Write WINWORD6.INI Entries

ID: Q122947

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SYMPTOMS

The InsertTableOfAuthorities command does not add the [Table of Authorities Categories] section to the WINWORD6.INI file. By contrast, this section is added to the WINWORD6.INI file when you choose to add the table of authorities using the Index And Tables command on the Insert menu.

For example, the following macro does not add this section:

   Sub MAIN
      MarkCitation .LongCitation = "Joe v. Bob", .Category=1
      InsertTableOfAuthorities .Category = 1
   End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word versions 6.0, 6.0a, and 6.0c for Windows. This problem was corrected in Word version 6.0 for Windows NT.

WORKAROUND

The EditTOACategory command must be used in the macro for each Table of Authorities Category that needs to be added to the WINWORD6.INI file. The EditTOACategory command precedes the InsertTableofAuthorities command as shown in this example:

   Sub Main
      EditTOACategory .Category = 1, .CategoryName = "Cases"
      MarkCitation .LongCitation = "Joe vs. Jane", .Category = 1
      InsertTableofAuthorities .Category = 1
   End Sub

WARNING: ANY USE BY YOU OF THE CODE PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. Microsoft provides this macro code "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.

MORE INFORMATION

The first time you create a table of authorities (using the Index And Tables command from the Insert menu), the [Table of Authorities Categories] section is added to the WINWORD6.INI file. This section includes 16 default categories. The WordBasic InsertTableofAuthorities command does not add this entry and also does not define the default categories in the WINWORD6.INI file. The result of not having these entries in the WINWORD6.INI file are shown in the following examples:

A table of authorities created using the Index And Tables command from the Insert menu, looks like this:

   CASES
   Joe vs. Jane..........................1

Using the macro from the "Symptoms" section above, a table of authorities will look like this:

   Joe vs. Jane..........................1

Note that the Category title "CASES" (without the quotation marks) is missing. This is because the macro does not create the [Table of Authorities Categories] section in the WINWORD6.INI file.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word Developer's Kit," version 6.0, page 541

KBCategory: kbprg buglist6.0 buglist6.0a buglist6.0c fixlist6.0nt KBSubcategory: kbmacro Additional reference words: 6.0 6.0a 6.0c winword toa table of authorities categories category winword6.ini macro InsertTableofAuthorities

Keywords          : kbmacro
Version           : 6.0 6.0a 6.0c
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 5, 1998