WD: WordBasic: No Result with Custom Dialog Boxes

ID: Q140100

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
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

SYMPTOMS

A custom dialog box does not give you the results you expected. For example, if the custom dialog box prompts you for information, the information may not be inserted in your document, even though all of the WordBasic code appears to be correct.

CAUSE

You used 1 instead of -1 to represent the value of the button for the dialog function. By design, the OK button returns a value of -1 and Cancel returns a value of 0 (zero). Any other number, such as 1, returns the default value, which is equivalent to 0 (zero).

RESOLUTION

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Edit your macro so that the button choice value equals -1 instead of 1. The following sample macro demonstrates this:

   Sub MAIN
      Begin Dialog UserDialog 504, 238, "Microsoft Word"
      Text 10, 6, 44, 13, "&Name", .Text1
      TextBox 10, 22, 160, 18, .Name
      OKButton 10, 123, 88, 21
      CancelButton 10, 147, 88, 21
      End Dialog
      Dim dlg As UserDialog      ' Dimensionize the dialog record
      ButtonChoice = Dialog(dlg) ' Display the dialog box. ButtonChoice
      If ButtonChoice = - 1 Then '   is the value returned by the dialog.
         Insert dlg.Name
      EndIf
   End Sub

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word Developer's Kit," version 6.0, 2nd Edition, page 635

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Keywords          : kbmacro kbui kbdtacode kbmacroexample winword 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 Win95 WINDOWS winnt
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: April 9, 1999