WD97: Run-Time Error Using Macro to Save File with Name

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you run a macro that saves a file with a file name that uses a character outside of the range 32-255, based on the Unicode standard, the following Microsoft Visual Basic message appears:

   Run-time error '5152
   This is not a valid file name. Try one or more of the following:

   *Check the path to make sure it was typed correctly.
   *Select a file from the list of files and folders.
   <path>\<file name>.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because Microsoft Windows 95 is not aware of the Unicode standard.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use characters from the standard American National Standards Institute (ANSI) character set when naming files with a macro.

MORE INFORMATION

The Unicode standard is a world-wide, 16-bit character encoding system. It is a fixed-width, uniform text and character encoding scheme that includes characters from the world's scripts, as well as technical symbols in common use. It is maintained by the Unicode Consortium and corresponds with international standard ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993.

One use for characters outside the range is to represent accented characters in foreign languages.