WordVBA - Document.Save throws Run-time Error 4198

[jschenke]

For our administrative dept, I'm working on a simple document management tool that will save backup copies of Word files in a pre-determined path, if a user-property has been set.

Since Word doesn't have a Document.SaveCopyAs method, I have to first Save the current document, then SaveAs to the backup location.

The problem is that when the file hasn't been saved before, the Save method will show a standard 'PutFile' dialog -- which is good, but if the user clicks 'Cancel' in this dialog, VBA will throw a run-time error '4198' and point at the Document.Save line when I try to debug it.

Does anybody have an idea of how to avoid this error ?

TIA,

Jan Schenkel.

 

[PHV]

Take a look at the On Error instruction.

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[jschenke]

It did help, as it made me track the 'on error' lines in the script ; a bit more googling gave me the complete solution when it came down to handling the user clicking 'Cancel' :

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/PseudoBeforeClose.htm

Thanks again,

Jan Schenkel.