Word 2010 Dialog Box Parameters – Comprehensive Resource?

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Hi Loungers!

I dabble in VBA and VB.net (Visual Basic Express 2010). I am trying to learn how to – or if I can – use code to invoke the EditLinks dialog box in Word 2010.

I managed to locate the list of parameters, but not how to use them or what values they accept.

I also know that I can use something called hidden dialogs, where code is used to set up the parameters and an execute command is used to update the related settings.

If you know where I can find this information, I would be grateful.

These links were the only ones I could find:
Built-in Dialog Box Argument Lists (Word)
How to Use Word Dialog Boxes in Hidden Mode
Enumerations

Cheers,

Mitch

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This MVP resource page might help.

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Hi Charles!

Thanks for your speedy response. I was excited to see the link to the wordbasic help file. Alas, that link is no longer any good.

Not to worry, I Googled and found another download from the same site. this one is Wrdbasic.exe, which is a setup file for the same resource.

Note to intrepid spelunkers – you will need a reader, since modern versions of Windows no longer support .hlp files.

So, again, thanks!

Cheers,

Mitch

[edit] WOW! I thought Word95 would have been outdated, but it seems EditLinks has been around at least that long. Here is the help file syntax:

EditLinks [.UpdateMode = number,] [.Locked = number,] [.SavePictureInDoc = number,] [.UpdateNow,] [.OpenSource,] [.KillLink,] .Link = text, .Application = text, .Item = text, .FileName = text

I don’t want to be accused of copyright infringement, so I just posted that. The help file includes detailed explanations for each parameter.

You made my day, Charles

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Note to intrepid spelunkers – you will need a reader, since modern versions of Windows no longer support .hlp files.

Try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607

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Thanks for supplying that link, Berton.

Update on question: I now understand the parameters and values for EditLinks. But as was mentioned in the WordBasic article (Charles’ link), some dialogs just don’t work programmatically. I don’t see how to select all of the links to kill them in one go.

Cheers,

Mitch

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Ctrl-6 will unlink any fields selected. If you record a macro doing this, you should get the command.

Take a look, also, at http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm for code manipulating fields. You can restrict such a procedure to a single type of field.

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Hi Charles,

You have the right idea. I did wind up recording a macro, but it was an external 3rd-party product.
Word 2010 EditLinks dialog box gives a blank macro when recorded.

Still, your advice about WrdBasic has given me a valuable resource for other dialog boxes.

Thanks!

Cheers,

Mitch

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