Storing Template preferences

[John Marshall, MVP]

Any suggestions on how to remember choices a user makes when he creates a
new document with a template?

The template will give the user a set of choices and I would like the
choices to persist for the next time the uses creates a new document with
that template.

I'm learning towards adding something to Normal.Dot so that the template
remains unchanged. It would also mean that the users preference would remain
if a new version of the template is distributed.

John... Visio MVP

 

[Jonathan West]

Any suggestions on how to remember choices a user makes when he creates a
new document with a template?

The template will give the user a set of choices and I would like the
choices to persist for the next time the uses creates a new document with
that template.

I'm learning towards adding something to Normal.Dot so that the template
remains unchanged. It would also mean that the users preference would
remain if a new version of the template is distributed.

For small quantities of user-specific data, I would suggest using the
registry, via the GetSetting and SaveSetting commands.

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Thanks Jonathan. Time for some more research. At least now I have the
keywords to use.

John... Visio MVP

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Excellent results. Tip #8 on
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa164019(office.10).aspx gives a
good example and also shows what happens if you do a Get on an non existent
registry setting.

John... Visio MVP