Question : MS Word

Whenever I click on a word document that's on my desktop or in an email, I get the following Visual Basic dialog box:

Run-time error '438':
Object doesn't support this property or method

When I click on debug it displays the following:

Sub TmpDDE()

WordBasic.Call "REM_DDE_Direct"
WordBasic.FileOpen "C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\Top10.doc"
End Sub

What could be causing this?  This error does not happen if I open a docment from within MS Word itself.

Answer : MS Word

You probably have a macro in your addins that you will need to remove.
From MS:
WORKAROUND
Word 2000
   To work around this problem, remove the template that contains the macro from the global templates and add-ins:

      1.On the Tools menu, click Templates and Add-ins.

      2.In the Templates and Add-ins dialog box, in the Global Templates and Add-ins box, click to select the
        template that contains your macro, and then click Remove.

      3.Click OK to close the Templates and Add-ins dialog box.

   Then open the template or document that contains your macro before you run the macro in your new template or
   document.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q212/5/60.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=run%20time%20error%20438&rnk=1&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=WRD20

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q237/2/73.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=run%20time%20error%20438&rnk=2&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=WRD20


Word 97:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q175/9/22.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=run%20time%20error%20438&rnk=1&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=WRD97