SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to set both of the AddPicture properties--
LinkToFile and
SaveWithDocument--to False, the following error message appears:
Run time error 4120 - Bad Parameter
CAUSE
You cannot set both
LinkToFile and
SaveWithDocument to False.
The following example Visual Basic for Applications command causes the
error described in the "Symptoms" section of this article to occur:
ChangeFileOpenDirectory _
"C:\MyPics\"
Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture FileName:= _
"My Picture.Gif", LinkToFile:=False, _
SaveWithDocument:=False
WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, set
LinkToFile equal to False, or set
SaveWithDocument equal to False, but not both. For example:
To link to the picture file
ChangeFileOpenDirectory _
"C:\MyPics\"
Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture FileName:= _
"My Picture.Gif", LinkToFile:=True, _
SaveWithDocument:=False
To save the picture file with the document
ChangeFileOpenDirectory _
"C:\MyPics\"
Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture FileName:= _
"My Picture.Gif", LinkToFile:=False, _
SaveWithDocument:=True
REFERENCES
For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications