Open_event + startup switch

[zSplash]

I have a startup switch with an addin path (/laddinpath)and a Word document
with open document event (with a userform). If I comment out the
userform.show on open, the addin runs fine. If I userform.show on open, the
addin does not run. Is there some trick I'm missing, or what's the deal?

TIA

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi ZSplash,

I have a startup switch with an addin path (/laddinpath)and a Word document
with open document event (with a userform). If I comment out the
userform.show on open, the addin runs fine. If I userform.show on open, the
addin does not run. Is there some trick I'm missing, or what's the deal?

Possibly (just a guess, based on your evidence), displaying the UserForm
pre-empts the addin loading. You could have your addin write to a document
variable, or a text file, or the Registry - do something - to indicate it has
finished loading. Build the Document_Open event to loop until this value has
been written, and only load the userForm then.

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

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[zSplash]

Thanks so much, Cindy. I think you're exactly right. Once again, I have a
case of the code executing too quickly and it's beyond "itself".

I'll try your suggestion using the timer. Thanks again!

st.