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Hi Ray,

You should put that line before the Open call -- afterward is too late, as
any AutoXX macros would already have run then.

The WordBasic object is global, being a member of the Word.Application
object.

Ray C wrote:
> Thanks Jay, but I had already found this solution and somehow it's
> still not working. Where exactly am I supposed to place the following
> line?:
>
> WordBasic.DisableAutoMacros 1
>
> 1) Immediately after I call the Open method on my document object?
> 2) Before?
> 3) Is this WordBasic object global? because I open a Word object in
> my code, then I leave it in memory while I open and close document
> objects. At the end I close my Word object.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Ray
>
>
> "Jay Freedman" wrote:
>
>> Ray C wrote:
>>> I have VBA code that opens a word document using:
>>>
>>> objDocument.Open("C:\...")
>>>
>>> however, some documents have macros that auto start when the
>>> document opens, how can I tell Word to open the document and ignoe
>>> or disable the auto macros?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance
>>>
>>> Ray
>>
>> You need one of the few old WordBasic commands that aren't available
>> in VBA outside the WordBasic object, the DisableAutoMacros command.
>> It's documented at
>> http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/WordBasicCommands.htm.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Jay Freedman
>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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