Document.CanCheckin Method (Word)
True if Microsoft Word can check in a specified document to a server. Read/write Boolean.
Syntax
expression .CanCheckin
expression Required. A variable that represents a Document object.
Return Value
Boolean
Remarks
To take advantage of the collaboration features built into Word, documents must be stored on a Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server.
Example
This example checks the server to see if the specified document can be checked in and, if it can be, closes the document and checks it back into the server.
Sub CheckInOut(docCheckIn As String)
If Documents(docCheckIn).CanCheckin = True Then
Documents(docCheckIn).CheckIn
MsgBox docCheckIn & " has been checked in."
Else
MsgBox "This file cannot be checked in " & _
"at this time. Please try again later."
End If
End Sub
To call the CheckInOut subroutine above, use the following subroutine and replace the "https://servername/workspace/report.doc" file name with an actual file located on a server mentioned in the Remarks section above.
Sub CheckDocInOut()
Call CheckInOut (docCheckIn:="https://servername/workspace/report.doc")
End Sub