Can't save a master word document to a different format with document.saveas

[Reginald Froli]

When I try to save a Word document to a different type with the
"document.saveas" command (for instance to HTML format), the function fails
if the document is a master document and contains subdocuments.

The error code is 0x800a1423.

Is there anything special to do with the subdocuments prior to convert the
master?

-Reginald

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Reginald,

You could integrate the sub documents into the masterdocument file. There's a
command in the UI toolbar named "Remove Subdocument" that does this. (I know,
it sounds as if it would remove the sub-document completely, but what it does
is remove the sub-document functionality while leaving the content.)

Experiment with this, and if it does what you need, you can record a macro to
get the object model code.

When I try to save a Word document to a different type with the
"document.saveas" command (for instance to HTML format), the function fails
if the document is a master document and contains subdocuments.

The error code is 0x800a1423.

Is there anything special to do with the subdocuments prior to convert the
master?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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