Article: Q146922
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s):
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbdta word97
Last Modified: 08-JUL-2002
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
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SYMPTOMS
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When you select multiple file names from the Open dialog box and then click the
Open button, the following error message appears:
Run-time error '5174'
This file could not be found.
CAUSE
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The Open dialog box from which you selected the file names is being displayed by
a macro using the wdDialogFileOpen built-in Word dialog box.
Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen).Show
You can select a single file and open it, but selecting multiple files at one
time causes the error message.
MORE INFORMATION
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You cannot select multiple files form the built-in Open dialog box in Word when
displayed programmatically. This lack of functionality is by design in the
previous and present versions of Word.
When you record a macro in Microsoft Word of opening multiple files form the Open
dialog box the result is a series of statments:
Documents.Open FileName:=<filename1>
Documents.Open FileName:=<filename2>
Documents.Open FileName:=<filename3>
This is the functionality of the Word Visual Basic for Applications constant
wdDialogFileOpen which is different from Microsoft Excel Open dialog box
functionality.
Additional query words: runtime
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Keywords : kbdta word97
Technology : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version : :
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbnofix
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