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MS Office Forum / Word / Programming / December 2004AutoText entry not in Normal.dot
I have a global template (myDot.dot) with following VBA code in it to create a new AutoText entry. This new entry should not be saved in the Normal.dot but in the myDot.dot: CustomizationContext = ThisDocument Selection.CreateAutoTextEntry "AT_Label", "AT_Category" But it seems that the CustomizationContext instruction has no influence! The entry is still saved in Normal.dot. Any hints? Thanks a lot, Luc > I have a global template (myDot.dot) with following VBA code in it to > create a new AutoText entry. This new entry should not be saved in the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Any hints? > Thanks a lot, Luc Hi Luc, "ThisDocument" is the wrong place to point to. Instead, use CustomizationContext = ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/AddMenu.htm for an example.  SignatureRegards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Hi Luc and Jay, Jay, your code works when it is in the attached template and that is where you want to store the AutoText entry. The following (a combination of the two) works for storing in a global template instead: Sub ATTry() CustomizationContext = ThisDocument.AttachedTemplate Selection.CreateAutoTextEntry "AT_Label", "AT_Category" End Sub ThisDocument, by itself, doesn't work because it doesn't describe a template (which is the only object that can hold AutoText), I think. IMHO ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate should never describe a global template, other than normal.dot. Note, I don't know how long the CustomizationContext sticks. I expect at least as long as the procedure is running but suspect that it may be as long as the global is loaded after the procedure is run. You should test this and make sure because otherwise you are likely to end up with stray customizations in your global. Also, you probably want to save your global at the end of the procedure. ThisDocument.Save SignatureCharles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. >> I have a global template (myDot.dot) with following VBA code in it to >> create a new AutoText entry. This new entry should not be saved in the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/AddMenu.htm for an example. Thank you very much for your replies. Unfortunately none of your suggestions seem to work for me. The new AT-entry is still saved in Normal.dot. Does it really work that way at your end? I'm using Word XP. Thanks again Luc > Hi Luc and Jay, > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > ThisDocument.Save Sorry, I should have tested before posting. It still goes into normal.dot even if the attached template is not normal.dot. This tells me that the customization context is irrelevant for purposes of storing AT entries. The codeI wrote puts the customization context in the global template, but doesn't change where AT entries are stored. The AutoTextEntries.Add method lets you specify the template (actually seems to require it) but doesn't let you specify the style. It uses the style of the selection for the category. You may have to actually have and use styles and the AutoTextEntries.Add method to do what you want. Jay has a template "AutoTextLoader.dot" with code for loading ATEntries into a template from a table. You may want to look at it and see if it will help you do what you need. You can get it from my site at http://addbalance.com/word/download.htm#Templates. SignatureCharles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. > Thank you very much for your replies. Unfortunately none of your > suggestions seem to work for me. The new AT-entry is still saved in [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >> >> ThisDocument.Save Thanks Charles, your explanations are very helpful! > Sorry, I should have tested before posting. It still goes into normal.dot > even if the attached template is not normal.dot. This tells me that the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > look at it and see if it will help you do what you need. You can get it from > my site at http://addbalance.com/word/download.htm#Templates.
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