VBA change Word2002 (or PPT) background texture not working 1

[eman6]

I am trying to set a background texture programmatically in Word 2002, but it's not working.

Well, after many failed attempts, I am just trying a bare hard-code. Yet, it is still not working.

    myFile = "C:\myBackgrounds\myPatternImage.jpg"
    ActiveDocument.Background.Fill.UserTextured myFile

I tried the same thing to change Word background from VB, but failed.
Actually a similar attempt with PowerPoint also failed.
When I change the background manually using the same picture as user texture, it works perfectly.

What am I missing here?

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[Remou]

Hi
I tried your code above, and it work when I viewed the page as a web page.

 

[eman6]

I get a system error at whatever view :-(

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[Remou]

Hi
I am using Word 2000, so it must be some 'improvement' specific to W2002, I guess. When I put in a non-existent file name, I managed an out-of-memory error, but that's the best I could do for errors.

 

[eman6]

Have you tried it with PowerPoint?
Microsoft almost always sucks with Word when they upgrade.

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[Remou]

Hi
I tried this in Powerpoint:
ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Background.Fill.UserTextured myfile

I am not familiar with coding Powerpoint, and I found your code did not seem to suit it.

 

[eman6]

Well, yes of course, with PowerPoint it's not ActiveDocument, etc.

Anyway, I'll try your code.
If it did not work, I'll probably downgrade to Office 2000 )

Thanks for helping.

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[eman6]

I finally had a good guess that solved the problem.
I just need to save a document with a background already set.
After that, changing the backgound programmatically would work using

ActiveDocument.Background.Fill.UserTextured myFile

Same routine on a fresh document (no background) would not work (at least with Word 2002).

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