Mac OSX VBA bug

[John Korchok]

If you develop in VBA for Macintosh OSX, don't depend on the
Options.DefaultFilePath command to find Office folders. OSX is now a
case-dependent operating system, but Options.DefaultFilePath returns only
lower-case versions of the paths. This didn't matter with earlier Mac OSs
and still doesn't matter with Windows.

We worked around this by using a search for the Normal template to find the
Templates folder.

Attempting to report this to Microsoft got us only a request for $245 for
Advanced Support. Thanks Bill!

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John Korchok

Word Lab Systems
www.wordlab.ca

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Thanks for the info! By the way, you can officially report things by using
Send Feedback under Help in any Office application. Every message sent
there goes directly to the MacBU (Mac arm of MS) and is logged and tracked
to the correct people. Of course, the advantage of using the newsgroups as
well is that the information is then archived in Google Groups for the
benefit of all.

DM

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi John,

Thanks for posting this. I'll escalate it to MS and make sure it gets to
the right place.

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Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/index.htm>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org>

 

[John Korchok]

Thanks!

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John Korchok

Word Lab Systems, Inc.
www.wordlab.ca