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Hi =?Utf-8?B?Qm9i?=,

I tried contacting PSS. Was transferred 3 times and was still told I'd have
to pay $245 to talk to somebody about this. Because I use Text To Layout
Converter in a MACRO, they're convinced I need to talk to developer support.
All I need is to know if they can provide the converter for me. I'd rather not
rewrite the macro...


Do you have a case number for this? I don't think there's any way to suppress
the message you're getting (although if there are enough complaints/feedback on
microsoft.com they might get someone to re-write the converter and sign it so
that it's "safe"). But someone I talked to would dearly love to straighten out
PSS providing correct support when someone requests the converter pack (IOW they
shouldn't charge anything)

As to the prompt, about the only thing I can imagine, at this point in time,
would be trying to get around it using SendKeys. There's a Knowledge Base article
on microsoft.com for VB that deals with dismissing dialog boxes that might pop up
and "stall" automation. It uses a timer, and sends "{ENTER}" via SendKeys after a
certain amount of time has elapsed and the code isn't proceeding.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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As to the prompt, about the only thing I can imagine, at this
point in time, would be trying to get around it using SendKeys.


Hi Samster,

I think you can temporarily suppress alerts in your macro:

Dim tmpDisplayAlerts As Long

tmpDisplayAlerts = Application.DisplayAlerts
Application.DisplayAlerts = wdAlertsNone
ActiveDocument.SaveAs ...
Application.DisplayAlerts = tmpDisplayAlerts

Regards,
Klaus