Word 2000 macros can no longer create text file

[Greg Smith]

We have been running document processing macros for many years. As part of
this, they do:

Open filename$ for Output as #1
print #1, contents$
Close #1

Recently (in the past few days) this has stopped working. The symptops are
consistent with VBA refusing to create or write to external files. If I
change Output to Input then read, this works, so it is not a problem with the
path. We suspect that a recent security patch from Microsoft is responsible.
We have seen this on two computers, both running XP SP2 and both with all the
latest security patches.

Help!

 

[Word Heretic]

G'day "Greg Smith" <Greg (e-mail address removed)>,

I just ran a test on my up-to-date Win XP, Word 2k machine and it
worked fine.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic

steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment)
Without prejudice

 

[Tony Strazzeri]

Hi Greg,

given that you can read the file, then the path must be Ok. My
suspicions would be that the file or folder has been made read-only.

Cheers
TonyS.

 

[Greg Smith]

I thought about read-only too. If I display the file attributes, the file is
not read only. I also checked the folder read-only attributes. The read only
check box in folder properties is not clear... it has a grey tick. I have
tried clearing it, which perports to work, but when next you open the
properties box it is back as a grey tick.

I am logged on as a member of the administrative group. The folder was on a
local, shared volume, but the problem remains when I stop sharing it.

The security settings for the folder allow me full access.

--------------------- deep though ------------------------

OK ... I have figured it out. We recently installed the latest update to
Kaspersky anti-virus 5.0. If I disable this, the problem goes away. Sorry to
waste everyones time... I'll get on to them.

Thanks for the sensible suggestions.

Greg Smith

We have