WD97: Cancel Action Doesn't Function in Converted Macro

   Sub Main()
      Dim dlg As Object
      Set dlg = WordBasic.DialogRecord.FormatHeadingNumbering(False)
      WordBasic.CurValues.FormatHeadingNumbering dlg
      x = WordBasic.Dialog.FormatHeadingNumbering(dlg)
      ' In WordBasic, if the Cancel button was pressed, x will equal zero.
      If x = 0 Then
         ' Because Visual Basic for Applications WordBasic object returns
         '  -1 for Cancel, any commands in this If...Then...Else statement
         ' will be skipped when Cancel is clicked.
         MsgBox "Cancel was pressed."
      End If
   End Sub
				

WORKAROUND

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   Sub Main()
      Dim dlg As Object
      Set dlg = WordBasic.DialogRecord.FormatHeadingNumbering(False)
      WordBasic.CurValues.FormatHeadingNumbering dlg
      x = WordBasic.Dialog.FormatHeadingNumbering(dlg)
      ' If the Cancel button was pressed, x will equal -1.
      If x = -1 Then
         ' Perform actions based on the Cancel button being clicked.
      End If
   End Sub
				

NOTE: Using Visual Basic for Applications commands without the WordBasic object returns zero for a Cancel button. For example, the following procedure performs the same functionality as the converted WordBasic macro examples described earlier in this article:

   Sub ShowDlg()
      ' Display the Bullets and Numbering Dialog.
      With Dialogs(wdDialogFormatBulletsAndNumbering)
         .DefaultTab = wdDialogFormatBulletsAndNumberingTabOutlineNumbered
         x = .Show
      End With
      ' If x=zero then the Cancel button was clicked.
      If x = 0 Then
         MsgBox "Cancel was pressed."
      End If
   End Sub