Opening word template as a document

[Job Lot]

How can I programmatically open a template as a document? When I use
Application.Documents.Open method to open and pass FileName parameter as path
to .dot file it opens the it in .dot format and not .doc

Thanks

object source = @"c:\temp\mytemplate.dot";
this.Application.Documents.Open(ref source, ref missing, ref missing, ref
missing,
ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref
missing,
ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref
missing,
ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref
missing);

 

[Jay Freedman]

Although it's possible to open a template "as a document" so that the
template itself can be edited, I don't think that's really what you
want to do. If you want a document _based on_ the template, so that
the document is editable but the template remains unchanged, then use
the Application.Documents.Add method instead, passing the template's
name as the first argument and ref missing for the other three
arguments.

 

[Job Lot]

Thanks

Although it's possible to open a template "as a document" so that the
template itself can be edited, I don't think that's really what you
want to do. If you want a document _based on_ the template, so that
the document is editable but the template remains unchanged, then use
the Application.Documents.Add method instead, passing the template's
name as the first argument and ref missing for the other three
arguments.



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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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