Prompt for Summary Info Doesn't Display After Installing IA

ID: Q129610

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Assistant for Word, versions 1.0, 1.0z
Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

After you install Internet Assistant, the Prompt For Summary Info dialog box does not appear when you save a document based on the Normal template.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Internet Assistant for Word, versions 1.0 and 1.0z. This problem was corrected in Internet Assistant version 2.0 for Word for Windows 95.

WORKAROUNDS

Method 1: Before you save the document, choose Summary Info from the File

          menu. After typing your summary information, choose OK, and then
          save your document.

Method 2: Create the following macro, which will prompt you to fill in the

          Summary Info and will then save the document. If you name the
          macro FileSaveAs and store it in your Normal template, it will
          run instead of Word's FileSaveAs command.

          Sub Main
            Dim dlg As FileSummaryInfo
            GetCurValues dlg
            n = Dialog(dlg)
            If n = - 1 Then FileSummaryInfo dlg
            FileSaveAs
          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.

Method 3: Start Word with the /a switch. To do this, in Program Manager,

          modify the command line properties of the Microsoft Word icon
          so that the command line looks something like this:

             c:\winword\winword.exe /a

          The drawback to this method is that your default NORMAL.DOT
          template will not be loaded, and you will not have access to the
          following items that you created: macros, toolbars, shortcut key
          assignments, styles, AutoText, and AutoCorrect entries.

          Note: Disabling the WORDHTML.WLL file (by choosing Templates from
          the File menu) does not restore the Prompt For Summary Info
          dialog box. To restore normal Word functionality, quit Word,
          remove the /a switch from the command line of the Word icon, and
          then restart Word.

Method 4: Temporarily remove the WORDHTML.WLL file from the

          <WINWORD>\STARTUP subdirectory. This does not have the same
          drawback as Method 3; however, to use Internet Assistant, you
          must return the WORDHTML.WLL file to the <WINWORD>\STARTUP
          directory and restart Word.

KBCategory: kbusage buglist1.0 buglist1.0z KBSubcategory: kbmacroexample Additional query words: 6.0a 6.0c winword 1.0 1.0z iaword internet assistant summary info information title subject author keywords comments ia html word6 statistics word7 word95 word6

Keywords          : kbmacroexample kbwdinternet 
Version           : 1.0 1.0z
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 6, 1998