Persistent variables in a template?

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ML - 26 Feb 2005 18:22 GMT

Is it possible to create a variable within a template that will store data
between sessions? I need to store some info for a document that will be
created by the user. I have been using custom properties but these have a
limited length and I need to store longer text.

Is there a way to do this with a variable?

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Charles Kenyon - 26 Feb 2005 22:59 GMT

Document variables certainly can be stored in templates. Have you considered
using AutoText, though?

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> Is it possible to create a variable within a template that will store data
> between sessions? I need to store some info for a document that will be
> created by the user. I have been using custom properties but these have a
> limited length and I need to store longer text.
>
> Is there a way to do this with a variable?

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Doug Robbins - 26 Feb 2005 23:07 GMT

You can use:

ActiveDocument.Variables("varname").Value = "Some long string"

to store information in a document variable. It can be retrieved using

ActiveDocument.Variables("varname").Value

and displayed in the document by way of a { DOCVARIABLE varname" } field

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