WD2000: Run-time Error '5892' BreakLink with Shapes Object

ID: Q220524

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SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to use the Visual Basic for Applications ActiveDocument.Shapes(1).LinkFormat.BreakLink command, the following error message appears, even though a linked floating object (Shape, Picture, and so on) exists in the active document:

Run-time error '5892'.
That method is not available on that object.


CAUSE

You may have attempted to break a link on a floating object (Shape, Picture, and so on). In this case, this behavior is by design. You cannot break links on floating objects.


RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, you can only use the BreakLink method on inline shapes. You must edit any Visual Basic for Applications commands similar to the following: 


   ActiveDocument.Shapes(1).LinkFormat.BreakLink
so that the reference to the Shapes property is changed to InlineShapes.

For example: 

   ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1).LinkFormat.BreakLink
Also, if you want to use Visual Basic for Applications commands to break the link for a floating shape, the shape first must be converted to an inline shape. For example:

NOTE: Converting a floating shape to an inline shape or vice versa causes the shape to relocate within the document. 

   ActiveDocument.Shapes(1).ConvertToInlineShape
   ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1).LinkFormat.BreakLink
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MORE INFORMATION

For more information about inline shapes, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type InlineShape in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

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

Last Reviewed: July 19, 1999