WD98: Deleting Hyperlinks from Collection Does Not Delete All

ID: Q182176

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Visual Basic for Applications "For...Each...Next" statement to delete Hyperlinks using the Hyperlinks collection, not all members of the collection are deleted.

WORKAROUND

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Rather than using the "For...Each...Next" statement to remove the hyperlinks from your document, as in the following example:

   Sub RemoveHyperLinks()
      For Each h In ActiveDocument.Hyperlinks
         h.Delete
      Next
      MsgBox ActiveDocument.Hyperlinks.Count
   End Sub

use the "Do...Until...Loop" statement to remove the hyperlinks:

   Sub RemoveHyperLinks()
      With ActiveDocument
         Do Until .Hyperlinks.Count = 0
            .Hyperlinks(1).Delete
         Loop
         MsgBox .Hyperlinks.Count
      End With
   End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

REFERENCES

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

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications

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

   ARTICLE-ID: Q181058
   TITLE     : OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

Additional query words: wordcon vb vba vbe

Keywords          : kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample macword98 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Hardware          : MAC
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: April 7, 1999