i am trying to write a c# Word addin to insert cross references to figure captions within the document.

whenever i try to use the selection.intsertCrossReference command i get an error : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x800A1066): Command Failed

the code:

Document doc = WordApp.ActiveDocument;
oCRItems = doc.GetCrossReferenceItems(ref reftyp);
Array items = ((Array)(oCrossReferenceItems));

object refitem = items.GetValue(1);
object oRefType = Word.WdCaptionLabelID.wdCaptionFigure;
object oRefKind = Word.WdReferenceKind.wdEntireCaption;

WordApp.Selection.InsertCrossReference(ref oRefType,Word.WdReferenceKind.wdEntireCaption,ref refitem,ref nullobj,ref nullobj,ref nullobj,ref nullobj);

any suggestions on what i am doing wrong?

thanks

Hi Bessie

thanks for the help. What I was doing wrong was trying to insert the wrong kind of reference for the reference type. I needed to match the the allowable kinds to the type, ie a figure type can have 'only labal and number' but not 'Content text'. when I was inserting the wrong kind i got the error reported above.

cheers

Hi,

According tothe partialcode,I still cannot reproduce this issue. Showing more code here may be helpful.

Afterresearching a lot, here is a useful resource about Selection.InsertCrossReference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.office.tools.word.bookmark.insertcrossreference(VS.80).aspx.

Hope this helps,
Bessie

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Hi Bessie

thanks for the help. What I was doing wrong was trying to insert the wrong kind of reference for the reference type. I needed to match the the allowable kinds to the type, ie a figure type can have 'only labal and number' but not 'Content text'. when I was inserting the wrong kind i got the error reported above.

cheers