WD: WordBasic FilePrint Command Does Not Update Entire TOC

ID: Q121103

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

With the Update Fields printing option selected, when you use the FilePrint WordBasic command to print a document that contains a table of contents created with the TOC field, Word updates only the page numbers in the table of contents, not the entire table.

If you added table of contents entries since the last time you updated the TOC field, Word updates the page numbers in the table of contents but does not add the new entries. (To select the Update Fields option, choose Options from the Tools menu, select the Print tab, and then select the Update Fields option so an X appears in the box next to it.)

For example, the following macro does not update the entire table of contents, nor does it display the Update Table Of Contents dialog box:

   Sub Main
    FilePrint
   End Sub

By contrast, when you print by choosing the Print button on the Standard toolbar or by choosing Print from the File menu, Word displays the Update Table Of Contents dialog box from which you can select an update option. Word then updates the table accordingly before printing.

WORKAROUND

Add the InsertTableOfContents WordBasic command to your macro before the FilePrint command, as shown in the following sample macro:

   Sub Main
    InsertTableOfContents .Replace = 1
    FilePrint
   End Sub

When you run this macro, Word updates the entire table of contents before printing.

STATUS

We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

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Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbmacro kbprint wordnt kbmacroexample kbfield winword ntword macword word6 word7 word95 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: April 9, 1999