WD2000: Paragraph.Border.LineStyle Is Incorrect After You Apply Shadow (212609)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2000
This article was previously published under Q212609

SYMPTOMS

When you use the LineStyle property to return the value of a border that is applied to a paragraph, an incorrect value may be returned for the bottom and right sides of the border if you also applied the Shadow property.

For example, when you apply both a border of wdLineStyleEmboss3D and shadowing to a paragraph and then use the LineStyle property to return the type of borders applied for top, bottom, left, and right sides of the border for that paragraph, the returned values for bottom and right borders are wdLineStyleEngrave3D (or 22).

NOTE: The expected returned values for all sides of the bordered paragraph would be wdLineStyleEmboss3D (or 21).

This problem is known to occur with the following LineStyle properties: 
   LineStyle Property               Expected Return Value
   ------------------------------------------------------

   wdLineStyleEmboss3D                      21
   wdLineStyleEngrave3D                     22
   wdLineStyleInset                         24
   wdLineStyleOutset                        23
   wdLineStyleThickThinLargeGap             16
   wdLineStyleThickThinMedGap               13
   wdLineStyleThickThinSmallGap             10
   wdLineStyleThinThickLargeGap             15
   wdLineStyleThinThickMedGap               12
   wdLineStyleThinThickSmallGap              9

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, do not use the Shadow property to format the border object. Or, use one of the following LineStyle properties instead: 
   LineStyle Property
   --------------------------------

   wdLineStyleDashDot 
   wdLineStyleDashDotDot
   wdLineStyleDashDotStroked
   wdLineStyleDashLargeGap
   wdLineStyleDashSmallGap
   wdLineStyleDot
   wdLineStyleDouble
   wdLineStyleDoubleWavy
   wdLineStyleNone
   wdLineStyleSingle 
   wdLineStyleSingleWavy
   wdLineStyleThinThickThinLargeGap
   wdLineStyleThinThickThinMedGap
   wdLineStyleThinThickThinSmallGap
   wdLineStyleTriple

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

REFERENCES

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212623 WD2000: Macro Programming Resources

226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/11/2006
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