xft form – Getting ActiveDocument is undefined

[russurquhart1]

Hi,

I'm trying to debug someone else's code. They have the following macro:

// Note must be in tags on view for this to work.
nonmodalDlg = null;
      var XftCtrl = new ActiveXObject(“XF.XFTForm”);
      nonmodalDlg = XftCtrl.StartForm(“C:\Doczone\Forms\xRefErrs.xft”, 0);
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When they go to run it, and i can duplicate this, they get a dialog with stating the ActiveDocument is undefined.

I've never used this, and didn't write this, but am pretty sure it did work at one time. Can anyone suggest what i should check to look at this?

thanks,

Russ

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[Derek Read]

I think you will need to look at the code inside the XFT itself to see what's going on.

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[XMetaLOldTimer]

This macro is using the “advanced” way of running an XFT form versus the simply way via Application.CreateFormDlg API.  When using the advance way, you need to inject all top-level objects referenced by the script contained within the .xft form.  The simply way automatically injects Application, ActiveDocument, Selection, Documents, and ResourceManager for you.  Try changing the macro like this:

        var XftCtrl = new ActiveXObject(“XF.XFTForm”);
        XftCtrl.AddTopLevelObject(“ActiveDocument”, ActiveDocument);
        nonmodalDlg = XftCtrl.StartForm(“C:\Doczone\Forms\xRefErrs.xft”, 0);

Regards,
Addam

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[russurquhart1]

Hi,

I gave that a shot but, at least on my machine, it didn't make a difference. The issue is that on some machines in our group, this macro is working, on others, like mine, it is not. I can't help but think that this might be a Windows 7/MS Office upgrade issue. But i need to find out more info!

Thanks for the suggestions.

Russ

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