WD2000: Close Method in Macro Fails in Protected Form Field Document

ID: Q212706

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you press TAB to move to another form field, the following error message appears:

Run-time error '4198': Command Failed

CAUSE

The error occurs when you use the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Close method in a macro that runs when you quit a form field in a protected document.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, you can use the OnTime method in one macro to call another macro that then issues the Close method for your protected form.

The OnTime method uses the following syntax:


   expression.OnTime(When, Name, Tolerance)

Because the Name argument requires the name of a macro to run, you must create two macros. The first macro, "MacroToRunOnExit," runs when you quit a form field. It calls the second macro, "CloseDocument," which closes the document.

NOTE: When you use this method, you can only use the wdDoNotSaveChanges constant for the Close Method.


Public Sub MacroToRunOnExit()
      Application.OnTime When:=Now, Name:="CloseDocument"
   End Sub


Public Sub CloseDocument()
      Application.ActiveDocument.Close(wdDoNotSaveChanges)
   End Sub

To save the document before you close it, add the Save command before the Close command:


Public Sub CloseDocument()
      Application.ActiveDocument.Save
      Application.ActiveDocument.Close(wdDoNotSaveChanges)
   End Sub

For more information about OnTime method, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type "OnTime method" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

For information about how to do this in earlier versions of Word with WordBasic, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q126366 WD: FileClose in Macro Doesn't Work with Protected Form

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about using the sample code in this article, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

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

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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbdta kbdtacode kbmacroexample word8 kbwordvba word97 wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: June 15, 1999