VBA Makros compile in Documents but not in Templates

[Hagen von Eitzen]

Hi all,

I wanted to use a well-known method to read the windows registry from
within a Word (Word 2003) makro per
System.PrivateProfileString(...)

If I create a new (empty!) document TEST.DOC and place the makro
there, the thing works as expected.
However, I wanted to add this makro to an existing NORMAL.DOT (which
was not written by me) and if I put the makro there (identical code!),
it won't compile.

In fact, I found out that the list of suggested continuations
displayed after entering "System." and hitting "Ctrl+Space" does not
include PrivateProfileString and differs completely from the
corresponding list when doing the same in TEST.DOC
I suspected that the existing NORMAL.DOT might define something named
System somewhere and this something might hide the usual system, but I
can#t find
anything like that.

I suspect that I'm missing something very stupid here, but who can
tell me what?

Thanks in advance,
Hagen

 

[Tom Winter]

Try qualifying it a little bit more:

Application.System.PrivateProfileString ....