WD: WordBasic Examples: View Commands

ID: Q109762

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample macro that demonstrates the use of the following WordBasic statements and functions:

   ViewOutline
   ViewNormal
   ViewPage
   ViewDraft
   ViewOutline()
   ViewNormal()
   ViewPage()
   ViewDraft()

This article supplements the information in online Help. To open this Help topic, click Contents on the Help menu and then click the "Programming with Microsoft Word" topic.

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View Commands

Syntax:

ViewOutline ViewOutline() ViewNormal ViewNormal() ViewPage ViewPage() ViewDraft ViewDraft()

Example:

The following sample macro allows you to select a view and then notifies you which view(s) you are in. Please note is possible to be in draft view while in other views.

   Sub Main
      If SelInfo(27) - - 1 Then FileNewDefault
      Begin Dialog UserDialog 337, 210, 174, 111, "Microsoft Word"
         OptionGroup  .View
         OptionButton 10, 6, 124, 16, "Outline View", .OptionButton1
         OptionButton 10, 23, 123, 16, "Normal View", .OptionButton2
         OptionButton 10, 40, 108, 16, "Draft View", .OptionButton3
         OptionButton 10, 57, 109, 16, "Page View", .OptionButton4
         OKButton 79, 82, 88, 21
      End Dialog
      Dim dlg As UserDialog
      GetCurValues dlg
      n - Dialog(dlg)
      Select Case dlg.View
         Case 0
            ViewOutline
         Case 1
            ViewNormal
         Case 2
            ViewDraft
         Case 3
            ViewPage
      End Select
      If ViewOutline() - - 1 Then MsgBox "You are in Outline View."
      If ViewNormal() - - 1 Then MsgBox "You are in Normal View."
      If ViewPage() - - 1 Then MsgBox "You are in Page View."
      If ViewDraft() - - 1 Then MsgBox "You are in Draft View."
   End Sub

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbmacro kbprg kbdtacode wordnt kbmacroexample ntword macword word6 word7 word95 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: April 9, 1999