WD2000: Compile Error If VBA Code Doesn't Find Comments

ID: Q212722

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you run a macro to retrieve a property of the Comment object and no comments exist in the document, one of the following error messages appears:

Compile Error:
Method or data member not found.

-or-

Run-Time Error '5941':
The requested member of the collection does not exist.


CAUSE

Your document does not contain comments.


WORKAROUND

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To avoid this error message, you can test for the presence of comments in your document using the following sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro: 


Sub CommentExist()
  If ActiveDocument.Comments.Count > 0 Then
    MsgBox "Word found Comments in your document."
  Else
    MsgBox "Word found no Comments in your document."
  End If
End Sub


MORE INFORMATION

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

Q158854 WD97: Compile Error If VB Code Doesn't Find Comments

Q89653 WD: WordBasic Macros to Test for Annotations and Footnotes

For additional information, 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

Additional query words: vba vb vbe 


Keywords          : kberrmsg word8 word97 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: June 15, 1999