Different methods in different versions

[BarryG]

I'm writing a macro in Word that needs to be able to run in Word 97 and Word 2000. However, when it's run in 2000, I need to add a statement that 97 doesn't require. The problem is that the method I need in 2000 doesn't exist in 97 so when I run it in 97 it gives me a compile error "Method or data member not found". My statement looks like this:

If Application.Version = "9.0" Then Selection.NoProofing = False

The Selection.NoProofing is not available in 97. I've tried On Error Resume Next and On Error GoTo 0 but neither work.

 

[DCCoolBreeze]

Sure...error handling will not work for methods that do not exist. If I understand your question correctly...check for the version of word...

example:

if (application == word2000) then
...
else
...
endif

Hope this helps...

 

[BarryG]

DC,

Thanks for your reply. This is what I tried, but the then portion of this statement needs to include the .NoProofing method, which is valid in Word2000 but not in Word97.

What I decided to do is to break this statement out into a function that I call from my main procedure. This way the code doesn't try to compile until the if statement evaluates to true.

Sub main()
if application.version = "9.0" then
temp = NoProof()
end if
End Sub

NoProof()
Selection.NoProofing = False
End Function

This seemed to work.

Thanks for your suggestion.