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dlevine54 - 29 Mar 2006 16:58 GMT

We have an application that reads a text file with bookmark names and values
which is merged into a Word document automatically by a VB.NET custom program
which then prints the merged document. Everything works except that when Word
is closing it pops up a message stating that Normal.dot can't be saved
because it is already open elsewhere. It also appears to be saving it in
Document and Settings someplace. The VB app runs on an unattended server and
each time a document is merged and printed another message pops up and I
can't have all these messages hanging around. My question is; is there a way
to prevent Word from trying to save Normal.dot?

Thank you.

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Charles Kenyon - 29 Mar 2006 20:00 GMT

Yes. Change your application so it isn't creating or changing normal.dot.

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> We have an application that reads a text file with bookmark names and
> values
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> Thank you.

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dlevine54 - 29 Mar 2006 20:15 GMT

Thanks for the reply but I'm not creating or changing the normal.dot. I open
a Word object, load a document and merge data into bookmarks, then save and
print it. There are no template changes. That's my poblem. I don't know why
it's asking to save teh normal.dot.

> Yes. Change your application so it isn't creating or changing normal.dot.
> > We have an application that reads a text file with bookmark names and
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> > Thank you.

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Greg - 29 Mar 2006 20:36 GMT

I don't either. It might be considered living dangerously, but if you
feel confident that nothing of consequence is changing in your template
you might try something like:

Sub Test()
Dim oState As String
'Get state at start
oState = ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.Saved
'Substitute the next three lines with your current code that is some
how changing
'the template
NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries.Add Name:="Blue", _
Range:=Selection.Range
MsgBox ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.Saved
'Set state to start state
ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.Saved = oState
End Sub

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dlevine54 - 31 Mar 2006 14:56 GMT

Greg, I tried your suggestion but ' ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.Saved' is
not avialable in my code. That line throws an error. The only function
'ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate' has is getType. What am I missing?

> I don't either. It might be considered living dangerously, but if you
> feel confident that nothing of consequence is changing in your template
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> ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.Saved = oState
> End Sub

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Charles Kenyon - 01 Apr 2006 00:01 GMT

If you have an open document,
ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.Saved
gives a boolean value, True or False

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> Greg, I tried your suggestion but ' ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.Saved'
> is
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>> ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.Saved = oState
>> End Sub

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