dLSoft Application Note 02981

Barcode Macros for Office give errors in Word 97

Problem
When the Barcode Macros for Office are used with Word 97, 
two specific problems have been reported:
1. Selecting text in a header or footer then calling a 
	macro generates a "wrong length" error.
2. Slecting text in a text box and calling a macro produces 
	a barcode of the wrong size.

Explanation
The first of these errors arises becuase the macros for 
Word are written in Word Basic and get translated by Word 97 
when imported from the template. Unfortunately Word 97 does 
not appear to pick up selected text correctly from headers 
and footers when using the translated Basic. The modification 
below will oversome this problem.

The second problem arises because the Text Boxes of Word 97 
do not seem to like having a metafile picture as the first 
item within them.

Resolution
1. The dBarcode Macro may be edited as follows:
Choose the Visual Basic Editor from the Tools menu, Macro item.
From the template open the dBarcode macro.
Change the line
  St$=WordBasic.[GetText$](WordBasic.GetSelStartPos(), WordBasic.GetSelEndPos())
to
  St$=Selection.Text
From the File menu choose SAVE .....
The barcode macros will now function in headers and footers.

2. To generate barcode images within text boxes (including 
within headers and footers), ensure that at least on character 
(which may be a space) appears before the text which will 
be selected to create the barcode image.

Note
When updated macros are available these will be announced 
in the users newsletter.

DL Technology
02/98