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brinded - 26 Jun 2007 21:45 GMT

I had a macro setup to open new word documents in 'online view' with a
few other settings. It's worked fine for years. Now it seems to have
been corrupted. When I hit cmd-n I get a box saying, "compile error:
invlaid outside procedure."

The same message comes up when I try to delete or edit macros.

Any ideas/thoughts?

Thanks, dg

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John McGhie - 27 Jun 2007 04:37 GMT

Where's the yellow line?

The compiler will stop with the error highlighted (in this case, it will
highlight the name of the procedure). The error should be obvious if you
examine the code.

Pay particular attention to the nesting of Sub... And End Sub statements,
and make sure you have not inadvertently commented one out.

Are you translating from a different language? I have never seen that
SPECIFIC error, and I do a lot of VBA...

Cheers

On 27/6/07 6:45 AM, in article
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> I had a macro setup to open new word documents in 'online view' with a
> few other settings. It's worked fine for years. Now it seems to have
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>
> Thanks, dg

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brinded - 27 Jun 2007 04:50 GMT

John, thanks for the response. Trouble is, I can't open the editor. It
will allow me to create a new macro, in fact I have made a couple of
test macros in an effort to troubleshoot. However, if I list macros,
and then select 'edit' (or 'delete'), it gives the pop-up message
"compile error: invalid outside procedure." Same as I get when I hit
cmd-n.

Could this be a virus? It seemed to happen spontaneously, I hadn't
been doing anything unusual at the time, i.e. I wasn't in the process
of creating a macro (I haven't done that in about a year). Maybe I
inadvertently hit a combination of keys? (My typing is lousy). I don't
know.

> Where's the yellow line?
>
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> Sydney, Australia. S33?53'34.20 E151?14'54.50
> +61 4 1209 1410, mailto:j...@mcghie.name

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brinded - 27 Jun 2007 04:59 GMT

I think I've found it - I restarted and the application opened in VBE.
At the top of the list of my macros was some stray text - I deleted it
- and now it seems to be working fine. Thanks again for your effort -
much appreciated.

> John, thanks for the response. Trouble is, I can't open the editor. It
> will allow me to create a new macro, in fact I have made a couple of
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> > Sydney, Australia. S33?53'34.20 E151?14'54.50
> > +61 4 1209 1410, mailto:j...@mcghie.name

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John McGhie - 28 Jun 2007 01:12 GMT

Yep: You've got it :-)

I'm a crap typist too, but that's one I have never done to myself.

I could give you a long list of the ones I HAVE done.... :-)

Cheers

On 27/6/07 1:59 PM, in article
1182916749.529504.322320@x35g2000prf.googlegroups.com, "brinded"
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> I think I've found it - I restarted and the application opened in VBE.
> At the top of the list of my macros was some stray text - I deleted it
[quoted text clipped - 52 lines]
>>> Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
>>> +61 4 1209 1410, mailto:j...@mcghie.name

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