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Fumbling first steps (VB)

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From: Scott Hofmann
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 06:23
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OK I took Ole's advice and i'm attempting to understand VB to do some basic scripting for InDesign but i can't seem to even get the "Hello World" to run. I'm sure it is something silly but i need someone to point out to me what i'm missing. Here is what i've done so far:

- Installed the VB5CCE and the Help docs on my system.
- Opened up a new project file(standard exe)
- Added a CommandButton. Double Clicked on the button to see the code.
- Pasted in the text that was in the PDF scripting guide "hello world" example.
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Rem Hello World!
Dim myInDesign As InDesign.Application
Set myInDesign = CreateObject("InDesign.Application.2.0")
Rem Create a new publication and assign it to the variable "myDocument"
Set myDocument = myInDesign.Documents.Add
Rem Create a new text frame and assign it to the variable "myTextFrame"
Set myTextFrame = myDocument.Spreads.Item(1).TextFrames.Add
Rem Specify the size and shape of the text frame.
myTextFrame.GeometricBounds = Array("0p0", "0p0", "18p0", "18p0")
Rem Enter text.
myTextFrame.TextContents = "Hello World!"
End Sub

then i tried to Run/Start from the VB menu and it presents me with the button i made. I click on the button and get a message saying "User-defined type not defined" with the fisrt line of the code highlighted in Yellow.

So can someone kindly explain how i should have defined a type and what this means so i can proceed to the next step and eventually see the "hello World Script functtion?
  - Scott
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