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donbowyer - 26 Nov 2005 23:22 GMT

Is there any way to store a numeric variable value somewhere in Word, so that
the value remains after Word is closed, and is available next time Word is
opened?

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Greg Maxey - 26 Nov 2005 23:53 GMT

You can store variable information in a .txt file or the windows registry.
See PrivateProfileString in VBA Help.

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> Is there any way to store a numeric variable value somewhere in Word,
> so that the value remains after Word is closed, and is available next
> time Word is opened?

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ML - 27 Nov 2005 00:25 GMT

If you want it to be associated with a specific Word document then you can
save it in a custom document property.

> Is there any way to store a numeric variable value somewhere in Word, so
> that
> the value remains after Word is closed, and is available next time Word is
> opened?

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Jezebel - 27 Nov 2005 00:49 GMT

In addition to the methods suggested by the other posters, you can use a
customproperty stored in normal.dot --

templates("normal.dot").CustomDocumentProperties("MyProperty") = ...

> Is there any way to store a numeric variable value somewhere in Word, so
> that
> the value remains after Word is closed, and is available next time Word is
> opened?

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 27 Nov 2005 07:46 GMT

See the article "Creating sequentially numbered documents (such as
invoices)" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/NumberDocs.htm

or "Sequentially numbering multiple copies of single document using a macro"
at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/NumberCopiesOf1Doc.htm

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> Is there any way to store a numeric variable value somewhere in Word, so
> that
> the value remains after Word is closed, and is available next time Word is
> opened?

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donbowyer - 27 Nov 2005 23:03 GMT

Many thanks to all who contributed to my Enduring Variable question.
From a combination of your inputs, I have a solution, based largely on the
creation of an "external" *.txt file.

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> See the article "Creating sequentially numbered documents (such as
> invoices)" at:
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> > the value remains after Word is closed, and is available next time Word is
> > opened?

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