Q109775 - WD: WordBasic Examples: ToolsOptionsCompatibility

WD: WordBasic Examples: ToolsOptionsCompatibility

Q109775

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample macro that demonstrates the use of the following WordBasic statements and functions:

ToolsOptionsCompatibility

This article supplements the information in online Help. To open this Help topic, click Contents on the Help menu and then click the "Programming with Microsoft Word" topic.

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ToolsOptionsCompatibility

Syntax:--

ToolsOptionsCompatibility [.Product - text] [, .Default]
[, .NoTabHangIndent - number] [, .NoSpaceRaiseLower - number]
[, .PrintColBlack - number] [, .WrapTrailSpaces - number]
[, .NoColumnBalance - number] [, .ConvMailMergeEsc - number]
[, .SuppressSpBfAfterPgBrk - number] [, .SuppressTopSpacing - number]
[, .OrigWordTableRules - number] [, .TransparentMetafiles - number]
[, .ShowBreaksInFrames - number] [, .SwapBordersFacingPages - number]
[, .LeaveBackslashAlone - number] [, .ExpandShiftReturn - number]
[, .DontULTrailSpace - number] [, .DontBalanceSbDbWidth - number]
[, .SuppressTopSpacingMac5 - number] [, .SpacingInWholePoints - number]
[, .PrintBodyTextBeforeHeader - number] [, .NoLeading - number]
[, .NoSpaceForUL - number] [, .MWSmallCaps - number]
[, .NoExtraLineSpacing - number] [, .TruncateFontHeight - number]
[, .SubFontBySize - number]

Example:

The following sample macro allows you to set selected options of Tools/Options Compatibility.


   Sub MAIN
      If SelInfo(27) - - 1 Then FileNewDefault
      Begin Dialog UserDialog 327, 176, 370, 74, "Microsoft Word"
         OKButton 183, 46, 88, 21
         CancelButton 277, 46, 88, 21
         CheckBox 9, 25, 349, 16, "Don't blank area behind metafile \ 
         pictures", .CheckBox2
         CheckBox 9, 8, 353, 16, "Print colors as black on noncolor \ 
         printers", .CheckBox1
      End Dialog
      Dim dlg As UserDialog
      GetCurValues dlg
      n - Dialog(dlg)
      If n - 0 Then Goto bye
      If dlg.checkbox1 - 1 Then
         PrnColor - 1
      Else
         PrnColor - 0
      End If
      If dlg.checkbox2 - 1 Then
         Blank - 1
      Else
         Blank - 0
      End If
      ToolsOptionsCompatibility .TransparentMetafiles - Blank, \ 
      .PrintColBlack - PrnColor
   bye:
   End Sub

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