Article ID: 164623
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q164623
SYMPTOMS
When you use the Visual Basic for Applications Reset property to reset an
OLE Word document object inserted as an inline shape back to the original
size prior to re-scaling, the object is not reset as expected.
CAUSE
Each time the object is resized, the scaling factor is automatically reset
to 100 percent and the new size becomes the original size.
WORKAROUND
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The following example Visual Basic for Applications macro creates a new
Word document, inserts a Word document object, re-scales the document
object, and then resets the document object to its original size:
Sub ResetOleShape()
' Create variables.
Dim sOriginalHeight, sOriginalWidth As Integer
' Add a new blank document.
Documents.Add
ActiveDocument.Content.Collapse wdStart
' Create the document object.
Set oInlineShape = ActiveDocument.InlineShapes.AddOLEObject _
(Range:=ActiveDocument.Content, DisplayAsIcon:=False, _
ClassType:="Word.Document.8", LinkToFile:=False)
' Add text to embedded document.
ActiveDocument.Content.InsertAfter "Text in Embedded Document."
' Close out of embedded document return to source document.
ActiveDocument.Close
' Store the original object size.
sOriginalHeight = ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1).Height
sOriginalWidth = ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1).Width
' Scale the object to a different size(for testing.)
ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1).Height = 100
ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1).Width = 100
' Reset the object to it's original size.
MsgBox "OLE object has been resized. Click OK to reset."
ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1).Height = sOriginalHeight
ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1).Width = sOriginalWidth
End Sub
REFERENCES
For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
163435
VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
Applications
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
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