Error Running Macro with Recorded Next Window Command
  
PSS ID Number: Q113818
Article last modified on 11-16-1994
 
4.00
 
WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Project for Windows, version 4.0
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SYMPTOMS
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In Microsoft Project, if you turn on the macro recorder, and choose
Next Window from the Document Control menu, when you run the macro,
one of the following happens:
 
 - The wrong project window is selected
 
   -or-
 
 - You receive the following error message:
 
      Run-time error '1004':
 
      Command could not be completed successfully.
 
CAUSE
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When you turn on the macro recorder, and choose Next Window from the
Document Control menu, the command that is recorded in the macro is
WindowActivate with the WindowName argument equal to the name of the window
that you activated. Because of this behavior, when you run the macro again,
the macro either activates the window that was activated when you recorded
the macro, or returns an error stating that the window could not be found.
 
WORKAROUND
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To correct this behavior, edit the recorded macro: enter the WindowNext
command in place of the WindowActivate command.
 
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft
products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching
this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. In a new project (Project1), choose New from the File menu to open a new
   project (Project2).
 
2. From the Tools menu, choose Record Macro.
 
3. In the Macro Name box, type "Next_Window" (without the quotation marks).
   Choose the Options button, and under Store Macro In, select the Current
   Project File option. Choose OK.
 
4. From the Document Control menu, choose Next Window.
 
5. From the Tools menu, choose Stop Recorder.
 
6. From the Tools menu, choose Macros. From the Macro Name list, select
   Next_Window and choose Edit.
 
The macro contains the WindowActivate command with the WindowName argument
equal to the name of the window that was activated (Project1).
 
REFERENCES
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For more information about the WindowNext Method, choose the Search button
in the Visual Basic Reference and type:
 
    WindowNext
 
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.
