WD2000: ActiveWindow.DisplayVerticalRuler Returns False When True Is Expected

ID: Q209826

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SYMPTOMS

When you use the ActiveWindow.DisplayVerticalRuler command in a Visual Basic for Applications procedure as a function to return the display state of the vertical ruler, you may receive False as a return value instead of True as expected.


CAUSE

The current view of the active window is not set to print layout.

This behavior is by design. To view the vertical ruler, the current view setting for the active window must be print layout. Because print layout is the only view in which the vertical ruler is available, the return value of False is correct.


WORKAROUND

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To work around this behavior, you can check the current view state before setting or checking the display state of the vertical ruler, as in the following example:


Sub CheckVerticalRulerDisplayState()
   With ActiveWindow
      If .View = wdPrintView Then
         .DisplayVerticalRuler = True
         MsgBox .DisplayVerticalRuler
      End If
   End With
End Sub


REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: vba 


Keywords          : kbdta kbwordvba wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: June 15, 1999