WD2000: Commands on Web Toolbar Cannot Be Recorded in a Macro

View products that this article applies to.

This article was previously published under Q212642

Expand all | Collapse all

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to record a macro that selects commands from the Go menu on the Web toolbar, the commands are not recorded.

Back to the top

CAUSE

The following Web commands are not part of the Visual Basic for Applications language and cannot be recorded:

Open
Back
Forward
Start Page
Search the Web
Set Start Page
Set Search Page

Back to the top

WORKAROUND

Open the macro in the Visual Basic Editor and add equivalent WordBasic commands in place of the Web commands listed in the "Cause" section of this article.

Web Function	Equivalent WordBasic Command
Back	WordBasic.WebGoBack
Forward	WordBasic.WebGoForward
Start Page	WordBasic.WebOpenStartPage
Search the Web	WordBasic.WebOpenSearchPage

There are no corresponding WordBasic commands for the following three Web commands:

Open
Set Start Page
Set Search Page

Back to the top

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Back to the top

REFERENCES

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212623 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212623/EN-US/ ) WD2000: Macro Programming Resources

226118 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/226118/EN-US/ ) OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Back to the top