Hi everybody,

from the help:

Sub test66666()
If MsgBox("Enable Office Assistant?", _
vbYesNo, "Assistant is Off") = vbYes Then
Assistant.On = True
Assistant.Visible = True
Assistant.Animation = msoAnimationGetAttentionMajor
End If
End Sub

results in an runtime-error.

Method 'On' of object 'Assistant' failed.

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Greetings from Bavaria, Germany

Helmut Weber, MVP WordVBA

Win XP, Office 2003
"red.sys" & Chr$(64) & "t-online.de"

Re: Where has the assistant gone? by David

David
Thu Oct 20 11:11:10 CDT 2005

Your code worked fine when I tried it with Word 2003.
Perhaps office assistant was not installed? Have you tried showing it
manually using the Help, Show Office Assistant menu item?

Regards,
David.

"Helmut Weber" <nbhymsjxdgcn@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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> Hi everybody,
>
> from the help:
>
> Sub test66666()
> If MsgBox("Enable Office Assistant?", _
> vbYesNo, "Assistant is Off") = vbYes Then
> Assistant.On = True
> Assistant.Visible = True
> Assistant.Animation = msoAnimationGetAttentionMajor
> End If
> End Sub
>
> results in an runtime-error.
>
> Method 'On' of object 'Assistant' failed.
>
> --
> Greetings from Bavaria, Germany
>
> Helmut Weber, MVP WordVBA
>
> Win XP, Office 2003
> "red.sys" & Chr$(64) & "t-online.de"
>
>



Re: Where has the assistant gone? by Helmut

Helmut
Fri Oct 21 02:13:40 CDT 2005

Indeed, wasn't installed.
I am ashamed, but have never used it.

Thank you David.


Re: Where has the assistant gone? by John

John
Fri Oct 21 02:49:32 CDT 2005

Helmut Weber wrote:

> Indeed, wasn't installed.
> I am ashamed, but have never used it.
>
> Thank you David.
>
MVPs are not supposed to need it, do they?

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John Doue

Re: Where has the assistant gone? by Helmut

Helmut
Fri Oct 21 03:25:25 CDT 2005

Hi John,

> MVPs are not supposed to need it, do they?

indeed, wasn't installed and if I had to install it,
would remove it afterwards again.

Haven't seen an assistant for years.

But when I was testing a beautiful tool by Greg Maxey
for handling bookmarks, I got puzzled at first,
as Greg is using assistant.balloons to display some
messages.

Greetings from Bavaria, Germany
Helmut Weber, MVP WordVBA
"red.sys" & chr(64) & "t-online.de"
Word 2002, Windows 2000


Re: Where has the assistant gone? by Doug

Doug
Fri Oct 21 03:28:22 CDT 2005

The only time I used it was to try out the routine in the article "Let
Clippy dance" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/ShowAllClippitAnimations.htm

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"John Doue" <notwobe@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Helmut Weber wrote:
>
>> Indeed, wasn't installed.
>> I am ashamed, but have never used it.
>>
>> Thank you David.
>>
> MVPs are not supposed to need it, do they?
>
> --
> John Doue