Attaching a template to word programmatically

[guido]

Hi,

is it possible to attach a template to a document, after it has been
created? I have the following code in JavaScript (it's for a web
application):

<script>
function openWord() {
var wordApp = new ActiveXObject("Word.Application");
wordApp.Visible = true;
wordApp.Documents.Open("http://localhost/dev/test1.doc");
//this alert shows "Normal.dot":
alert(wordApp.ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate);
//and this also shows "Normal.dot":
alert(wordApp.Documents(1).AttachedTemplate);
//but this doesn't attach the template (i've tried putting the
template in other folders as well:
wordApp.Documents(1).AttachedTemplate =
"C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\dev\test1.dot"
}
</script>

....should this work? what should the code look like?

Thanks in advance.

 

[guido]

Ok - found out how to do this - i needed to put the template in the
startup folder.

....however...the template i am trying to attach has a footer which i
want to apply to the word .doc. I can see from the alert:
"alert(wordApp.Documents(1).Att­achedTemplate); " that the test1.dot
template has been attached, but i cannot see the footer in my document
- any ideas?

thanks.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Guido,

Ok - found out how to do this - i needed to put the template in the
startup folder.

Actually, you probably don't want to do that. It won't attach the
template to a document, it will just slow down the Word startup process.
Templates in the Startup folder are just there to provide toolbars,
AutoText and macros.

There's no way to have a template automatically add content to a
document, once that document has been created. You'd need to actually
automate the document. Building on your bit of sample code, in pseudo
Java (VBA to look like Java), I'd create a footer like this:

wordDoc = wordApp.Documents.Open("http://localhost/dev/test1.doc");
footerRng = wordDoc.Sections(1).Footers(1);
footerRng.Text = "content for the Footer" + Chr(9) + "including Tabs to
position" + Chr(9) + "right-aligned, last";

....however...the template i am trying to attach has a footer which i
want to apply to the word .doc. I can see from the alert:
"alert(wordApp.Documents(1).Att­achedTemplate); " that the test1.dot
template has been attached, but i cannot see the footer in my document
- any ideas?

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

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[guido]

Thanks alot Cindy. The code worked very well.
Any suggestions for a good word automation reference website?

Thanks again,
Guy.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

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Hi Guido,

Any suggestions for a good word automation reference website?

There's some code on word.mvps.org...

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

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