WD2000: Err Msg: "No registered converter supports reading files in this format."

ID: Q224057

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

ERROR MESSAGE

When you try to save a Word document in a particular file format using a Visual Basic for Applications macro, the following error message may appear:

Run-time error '5880':

No registered converter supports reading files in this format.

For example, this error message appears when you run the following macro code:


Sub MyFileSave

ActiveDocument.SaveAs "My Document File.doc", _
FileFormat:=Application.FileConverters("Text with Layout").SaveFormat

End Sub

NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000 has built-in functionality that allows you to get more information about difficult-to-troubleshoot alerts or error messages. If you want to enable this functionality for this and other error messages in Microsoft Office 2000, please download the Microsoft Office 2000 Customizable Alerts file from the Microsoft Office Update Web site at the following address:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/downloadDetails/alerts.htm

NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.

CAUSE

The correct external converter name was not used.

The correct internal converter constant was not used.

WHAT TO TRY

The correct external converter name was not used.

The following Visual Basic for Applications macro code checks for each of the converters in the FileConverters collection. If the converter is found, the macro saves the document in the specified file format. Otherwise, a message box appears indicating the converter was not found.


Sub UseClassName

Dim boolClassNameExist As Boolean
Dim strMsg As String
Dim strFileName As String
Dim fcCnv As FileConverter

strMsg = "The converter was not found."
strFileName = "<filename>"

For Each fcCnv In Application.FileConverters
   If fcCnv.ClassName = "<ClassConverterName>" Then
      ActiveDocument.SaveAs strFileName, FileFormat:=fcCnv.SaveFormat
      boolClassNameExist = True
      Exit For
   End If
Next fcCnv

If Not boolClassNameExist Then MsgBox strMsg

End Sub

NOTE: You must specify the converter correctly by its proper class name. To determine the proper class name of an external converter (a converter that is not built into the Winword.exe executable), use the following example macro:


Sub FindClassName

For Each aFile In FileConverters
   MsgBox aFile
Next aFile

End Sub

The correct internal converter constant was not used.

To save a file using an internal converter (a converter that is built into the Winword.exe executable), you must use a wdSaveFormat constant, as in the following example macro:


Sub UseWdSaveFormatConstantName()

ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:="My Web Page.htm", _
FileFormat:=wdFormatHTML

End Sub

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

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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

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Additional query words: OFF2000


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