Odd result when accessing status of primary footer

[John Lott]

I am using word 2003 and the interop layer in .net.

When I ask for the true/false value of the "LinkToPrevious" property of the
primaryfooter in a section, a blank header is added.

Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this

 

[Cindy M.]

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I am using word 2003 and the interop layer in .net.

When I ask for the true/false value of the "LinkToPrevious" property of the
primaryfooter in a section, a blank header is added.

Could you provide a bit more information? I'm mainly thinking about the state
of the document and its headers/footers before this line is executed. Also,
could you please describe how a "blank header" manifests itself (I want to be
sure I understand correctly) and why this is a problem?

As a general rule, as soon as you "address" a header/footer in any way it
becomes visible to the user. But that shouldn't change how the document lays
out...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[John Lott]

It manifest its self as a underdlined blank headers. IE: has the bottom
border enabled.

I don't doubt your answer, but making the header visible because you queried
one of its properties seems bizarre. I wonder what microsoft's rational for
this action is.