WD: How to Find the Name of a Subdocument Without Opening It

ID: Q114282

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

In a master document, there is no way to display the name of a subdocument without opening it. (To open a subdocument, double-click its subdocument icon in the master document, or click Open on the File menu.)

WORKAROUND

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The following sample macro displays the full path and file name of a subdocument in the Word status bar without opening the subdocument. Before you run the macro, open the master document and position the insertion point in the subdocument; it doesn't matter what view Word is in.

   Sub Main
      Print SelectionFileName$()
   End Sub

The following sample macro displays a message box for each subdocument in the master document:

   Sub MAIN
      StartOfDocument
      On Error Goto Bye
      While CmpBookmarks("\Sel", "\EndOfDoc")
         GoToNextSubdocument
         MsgBox SelectionFileName$()
      Wend
   Bye:
   End Sub

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, pages 529-532

Additional query words: current

Keywords          : wordnt kbmacroexample winword ntword macword word6 word7 word95 kbformat 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a
Platform          : MACINTOSH Win95 WINDOWS winnt
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: April 9, 1999