Greg Chapman's File Cataloger" and Word 97

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Jeff Malka

Hi

I discovered Greg Chapman's website and downloaded his "file Cataloger". He
clearly states that all his utilities are for Word 2000, 2002 and Word XP
but I thought I would try it and see if it would work in my Word 97.

Indeed, when I click on its "New File", it correctly opens up the "File
Catalog options" page. But if I make my selections and click on "Start", I
get a Visual Basic error:
"Compile error in hidden module: frmOptions".

Does anyone know how to make this utility work in Word 97 or the existence
of a similar one for Word 97?

Thanks.
 
Hi Jeff...

Sorry, but the REASON why it doesn't mention that it works with 97 is
cos' it doesn't. Word 97 was the first incarnation of VBA into Word.
It is VBA ver 5. Greg creates many of his cool, free utilities using
VBA version 6, which is in Word 2000 and higher. The FSO (file system
object) that he uses to pull off these cool Word tools (at
www.mousetrax.com/downloads.html) wasn't available in VBA ver
5...hence it they won't work in 97. You need at least Word 2000.

Sorry, but there's no way around the error message.

Dian D. Chapman
Technical Consultant,
Microsoft MVP & Instructor

Free Tutorials: www.mousetrax.com/techtrax
Free Word Tips & Tricks eBook: www.mousetrax.com/books.html
Learn VBA the easy way, thru video! www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html
 
Note...just to clarify, I just checked with Greg and it may not have
been the FSO that's the problem, he believes it was a control or
something function he wrote. But the bottom line is that VBA in 97 is
different and he uses ver 6 for these utilities, so none work in 97.

Sorry!

Dian ~
 
I used the Split function which was new to Word 2000. And, of course,
when you click the Start button which is located on frmOptions, that's
when the function is used for the first time.

I'm not really too excited about supporting Word 97 anymore and I no
longer have an installation of it in which to test the rest of the
code (I'm sure there are other 2000 and newer features in use) but the
template is open and can be modified to your own tastes. So don't be
ashamed or afraid to modify it to your own tastes. If you'd like, I'll
gladly correspond via email if you encounter problems as you modify.

Greg Chapman


Hi

I discovered Greg Chapman's website and downloaded his "file Cataloger". He
clearly states that all his utilities are for Word 2000, 2002 and Word XP
but I thought I would try it and see if it would work in my Word 97.

Indeed, when I click on its "New File", it correctly opens up the "File
Catalog options" page. But if I make my selections and click on "Start", I
get a Visual Basic error:
"Compile error in hidden module: frmOptions".

Does anyone know how to make this utility work in Word 97 or the existence
of a similar one for Word 97?

Thanks.
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Greg Chapman
MS-MVP
http://www.mousetrax.com

http://www.mousetrax.com
MouseTrax Computing Solutions
 
but the
template is open and can be modified to your own tastes. So don't be
ashamed or afraid to modify it to your own tastes. If you'd like, I'll
gladly correspond via email if you encounter problems as you modify.
Click to expand...

You are very kind to take the time to reply and I really do not want to take
up any more of your time with this. I can easily understand your not wishing
to mess around with the older Word 97.

However when I followed your advice to modify it I could not even start
because when I tried to edit the macros I could not open them, getting a
message that said "project locked - project is unviewable". So it looks like
I am not permitted to modify it in any way - unless I misunderstood how to
do it or the Word 97 VBA editor is just not upto even viewing them at all.
 
However when I followed your advice to modify it I could not even start
because when I tried to edit the macros I could not open them, getting a
message that said "project locked - project is unviewable". So it looks like
I am not permitted to modify it in any way - unless I misunderstood how to
do it or the Word 97 VBA editor is just not upto even viewing them at all.
Click to expand...

Just as an FYI...all of Greg's apps WERE opened. We realized we had to
lock one/two of them for some reason...which I've now forgotten...but
I believe it had to do with protecting the innocent!<g> I think some
folks were messing with stuff and causing a lot of support issues that
Greg didn't have time to deal with...so he locked some to keep those
who didn't know what they were doing from messing it up and then
emailing him asking for free support.

But I know he would be happy to pass you an open version if you'd
like. Just email him directly or contact him through the Contact Us
link at MouseTrax.com.

Dian D. Chapman
Technical Consultant,
Microsoft MVP & Instructor

Free Tutorials: www.mousetrax.com/techtrax
Free Word Tips & Tricks eBook: www.mousetrax.com/books.html
Learn VBA the easy way, thru video! www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html
 
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