Open rtf read only cannot close without save

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www.cdxp.com - 27 Dec 2003 08:00 GMT

I am trying to create a VBA routine to open .doc documents
read only. In testing on my PC everything works ok except
for two docs created by microsoft !. Debugref.doc and
debug.doc which are part of the visual studio collection.
These have a doc extension but in the properties say they
are RTF. When i try and close these documents under VBA
they insist on bringing up a "save as" box even though
they are opened read only. I have tried setting "saved=
true" but still the same problem. I think it may be a bug
in word 2003 because sometimes manaully i can save them
without the box and sometimes cant. I dont care about
these two docs but am worried that when i roll out i will
see the same problem with other docs. I have created other
RTF docs and they seem to open OK.

So 2 questions

Is there a way to open RTF docs read only without the save
as box. ?

Is there a way to compare all properties between two
documents so i can see what the difference is ?

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACTERS FROM EMAIL ADDRESS - 27 Dec 2003 09:46 GMT

What command are you using to close the documents?

[DocumentObject].Close wdDoNotSaveChanges

should close a document without prompting for it to be saved.

Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

> I am trying to create a VBA routine to open .doc documents
> read only. In testing on my PC everything works ok except
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> Is there a way to compare all properties between two
> documents so i can see what the difference is ?

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cdxp - 28 Dec 2003 04:50 GMT

Thank you this worked. I had assumed do not save was a
requirement of read only.

For others looking this is the actual string in VB

doc.close(Word.WdSaveOptions.wdDoNotSaveChanges)

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