Using Scripts to Manage Publisher's User Assistance Options

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Sample VBScript scripts that demonstrate how you can both retrieve and configure the Microsoft Publisher 2003 User Assistance options.

Mapping the Dialog Box to the Publisher Object Model

The options referenced in the following scripts correspond to the options found on the User Assistance tab of the Options dialog box. To access these options in Microsoft Publisher 2003, click Tools, click Options, and then click the User Assistance tab. A mapping between the options available in this dialog box and the Microsoft Publisher object model is shown below.

User Assistance Options

The scripts shown on this page were tested using Microsoft Publisher 2003. At least some of the functionality is likely to work on any version of Microsoft Publisher that supports Visual Basic for Applications (VBA); however, the scripts have not been tested using any of these other versions.

Sample Code for Retrieving Values

Sample script that retrieves the configuration information found on the User Assistance tab in the Options dialog box in Microsoft Publisher 2003.

Set objPublisher = CreateObject("Publisher.Application")
Set objDoc = objPublisher.NewDocument

Set objOptions = objPublisher.Options

Wscript.Echo "Update personal information when saving: " & _
    objOptions.UpdatePersonalInfoOnSave
Wscript.Echo "Show tip pages: " & objOptions.ShowTipPages
Wscript.Echo "Show ScreenTips on objects: " & objOptions.ShowScreenTipsOnObjects
Wscript.Echo "Use helpful mouse pointers: " & objOptions.UseHelpfulMousePointers

objPublisher.Quit

Sample Code for Modifying Values

Sample script that enables the update personal information on save option in Microsoft Publisher..

Set objPublisher = CreateObject("Publisher.Application")
Set objDoc = objPublisher.NewDocument

Set objOptions = objPublisher.Options

objOptions.UpdatePersonalInfoOnSave = TRUE
objPublisher.Quit

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