Propose save file name

[Anatoli Rejditsch]

Hi.

I'm developing an applicaiton, that starts the word, opens a document based
on a template and fill some information in it. Then the user can modify this
document.
If the user wants to save it, the file name in the SaveAs-dialog is
"document.doc"

The question is: how can I set the proposed name of document by my
application?

Thanks a lot.
Anatoli Rejditsch.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi.

I'm developing an applicaiton, that starts the word, opens a document
based on a template and fill some information in it. Then the user
can modify this document.
If the user wants to save it, the file name in the SaveAs-dialog is
"document.doc"

The question is: how can I set the proposed name of document by my
application?

Thanks a lot.
Anatoli Rejditsch.

Set the Title document property, which will then appear as the suggested
file name. There's a workaround for a bug in this:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/SetDefFilename.htm

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[Anatoli Rejditsch]

Thank you very much!
I've spent 4 hours for this issue, until you gave me this hint.
What a f**k.
And it is nearly impossible to find the solution at web, because everyone
just reading the title or just set the title and not the proposed file name.

Greetings,
Anatoli Rejditsch.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Also answered in the other group to which you posted. Please do not post
the same question separately to multiple newsgroups. It wastes everybody's
time answering questions that have already been answered.

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Hope this helps.

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[Tony Jollans]

An easier workaround would seem to be that good old fallback ...

WordBasic.SetDocumentProperty "Title", 0, "My Title"

 

[Bret Thompson]

The work-around posted here dosen't sem to work in Word 2007. I am
attempting to suggest a file name that includes dashes in the name, and it is
not working. The suggested name is trucated at the first dash.