ERROR when declaring "WITHEVENTS \ EVENT"

[_YOSHI_]

Hello,

I am trying to create an application in MS Word VBA but i get a error message when i have a decleration my test code is below:

Thanks in advance.

Private Sub test()
Public Event DetailsChanged(sField As String)

End Sub

[westconn1]

i believe an event has to be declared in a class module in the general section

from vba help

Event Statement Example
The following example uses events to count off seconds during a demonstration of the fastest 100 meter race. The code illustrates all of the event-related methods, properties, and statements, including the Event statement.

The class that raises an event is the event source, and the classes that implement the event are the sinks. An event source can have multiple sinks for the events it generates. When the class raises the event, that event is fired on every class that has elected to sink events for that instance of the object.

The example also uses a form (Form1) with a button (Command1), a label (Label1), and two text boxes (Text1 and Text2). When you click the button, the first text box displays "From Now" and the second starts to count seconds. When the full time (9.84 seconds) has elapsed, the first text box displays "Until Now" and the second displays "9.84"

The code for Form1 specifies the initial and terminal states of the form. It also contains the code executed when events are raised.

Option Explicit

Private WithEvents mText As TimerState

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Text1.Text = "From Now"
Text1.Refresh
Text2.Text = "0"
Text2.Refresh
Call mText.TimerTask(9.84)
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
Command1.Caption = "Click to Start Timer"
Text1.Text = ""
Text2.Text = ""
Label1.Caption = "The fastest 100 meter run took this long:"
Set mText = New TimerState
End Sub

Private Sub mText_ChangeText()
Text1.Text = "Until Now"
Text2.Text = "9.84"
End Sub

Private Sub mText_UpdateTime(ByVal dblJump As Double)
Text2.Text = Str(Format(dblJump, "0"))
DoEvents
End Sub

The remaining code is in a class module named TimerState. The Event statements declare the procedures initiated when events are raised.

Option Explicit
Public Event UpdateTime(ByVal dblJump As Double)
Public Event ChangeText()

Public Sub TimerTask(ByVal Duration As Double)
Dim dblStart As Double
Dim dblSecond As Double
Dim dblSoFar As Double
dblStart = Timer
dblSoFar = dblStart

Do While Timer < dblStart + Duration
If Timer - dblSoFar >= 1 Then
dblSoFar = dblSoFar + 1
RaiseEvent UpdateTime(Timer - dblStart)
End If
Loop

RaiseEvent ChangeText

End Sub

this was actually taken from excel but i am sure it will be about the same in word

[_YOSHI_]

Thanks

This has been very helpful.

_YOSHI_