WD: Err Msg: WordBasic Err=52! Bad File Name or Number

ID: Q97178

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

SYMPTOMS

when you use the following statement in a macro

   Open...For...As statement:

may receive the following error message:

   WordBasic Err=52! Bad File Name or Number

CAUSE

This error message is displayed if you try to open a file for output using a number larger than 4. For example, the error message occurs if you use the following Open statement:

   OPEN "C:\TEST.DOC" FOR OUTPUT as #5

In WordBasic, you can open only four files at a time for output, input or append. The only acceptable numbers for these files are 1, 2, 3 or 4.

NOTE: The "#" character in the above statement is optional, as shown in the following equivalent statement:

   OPEN "C:\TEST.DOC" FOR OUTPUT as 5

REFERENCES

"Using WordBasic," by WexTech Systems and Microsoft, page 263

Additional query words: wordmacro

Keywords          : kberrmsg kbmacro wordnt winword ntword macword word6 winword2 word7 word95 
Version           : WINDOWS:2.0,2.0a,2.0a-CD,2.0b,2.0c,6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a
Platform          : MACINTOSH Win95 WINDOWS winnt
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: February 3, 1998