Word 2003 Attached Templates

[Jeff Hall]

I have a problem that only affects Word 2003 VBA.

I want to close and re-open file that has macro running in its attached
template.

In all previous versions of Word (97+) I simply saved the file under a
temporary name and opened the original file again. Then I closed and
deleted the temporary file. Because the original file has the template
attached, the macro continues.

Under Word 2003, when the original file is re-opened, the macro fails with
Word error 1220 "Word cannot find or run the application"

Please help ... this is a fatal problem for any Word 2003 users!

 

[Jeff]

Anyone got any idea?

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Jeff,

Note that your posting is dated January 1, 1970, and may be the reason you
haven't gotten a response before. Many people sort messages with most recent
at the top...

Anyone got any idea?

Well, first off, I'd say that the macro originally ought not to have worked;
convenient that it did. But I get the impression someone closed a
programming loophole.

As a solution, you might have to move at least part of the macro (the one
that deals with "document management") into a global template. But you could
have the original macro load this; and call a macro in the attached template
to unload it.

Another possibility, seeing as how this is Word 2003, could be to pick up as
a string, using Document.Range.XML and write this into a plain text file.
Open it again in Word 2003 and it will be the same Word document; save that
as *.doc and you've got your copy, without having closed the original.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Jeff]

Thanks for the ideas Cindy.

Note that your posting is dated January 1, 1970,

I don't know why: this is what my mail reader shows:
NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 20:27:13 +0000 (UTC)

Another possibility, seeing as how this is Word 2003, could be to pick up
as a string, using Document.Range.XML and write this into a plain text
file. Open it again in Word 2003 and it will be the same Word document;
save that as *.doc and you've got your copy, without having closed the
original.

Will this XML file still contain all the embedded and floating pictures and
internal structure (sections) and formatting?

I guess the same result would be achieved by opening a new blank document
and copying the whole story into it?

Jeff

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Jeff,

I don't know why: this is what my mail reader shows:
NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 20:27:13 +0000 (UTC)

Must have something to do with my newsreader... When I look at the header
informtion, I see the same as you do. But when I look at the "bar" where the
date is posted nice a black and bold, I see January 1, 1970. Ah, well, my
newsreader doesn't list in order of date, anyway

Will this XML file still contain all the embedded and floating pictures and
internal structure (sections) and formatting?

It certainly ought to, yes. For fun, try saving a test file as XML and take a

I guess the same result would be achieved by opening a new blank document
and copying the whole story into it?

Yes-and-no. If all you want is the main document story (as in the VBA meaning
of the term), then you could use doc.Range.FormattedText =
doc.Range.FormattedText. The problem comes if you want the entire document
(headers, footers, footnotes, etc.). Then, you can only get it by emulating
the user's Ctrl+A, Copy actions. This is also a bit risky, because you and the
user might conflict about who has what on the Clipboard

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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