Determining if a Text Selection Has Been Made in WordBasic

Summary: Sometimes your macro needs to know if the user made a selection before starting the macro. Here's how to figure it out. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 6, and Word 95.)

There are numerous times when you are writing macros when you will need to determine if the user has made a selection. The following WordBasic code will let you know if a selection has been made. It sets the value of a flag, InSelection, to -1 (True) if there is currently a selection. Otherwise InSelection is set to 0 (False).

InSelection = 0
If SelType() = 2 or SelType() = 6 Then InSelection = -1

Tip #126 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95

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Determining if a Text Selection Has Been Made in WordBasic