template for different versions of Word

[Tony]

I need to create template to work with Word 2000, XP and 2003. It uses
references to Excel Object library which is different for all different
versions of Office. Is it possible to create one template to serve all
different versions of Office or rather I need to create the additional
template which will check the version of office and then call template
suitable for particular version to avoid error resulting from missing
reference to Excel library ?

Thanks for advice.

Tony

 

[Dr. Stephan Kassanke]

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I need to create template to work with Word 2000, XP and 2003. It uses
references to Excel Object library which is different for all
different versions of Office. Is it possible to create one template
to serve all different versions of Office or rather I need to create
the additional template which will check the version of office and
then call template suitable for particular version to avoid error
resulting from missing reference to Excel library ?

Thanks for advice.

Tony

Tony, you can stick to one template if you use late binding for referencing
excel.

Stephan

 

[Jonathan West]

Hi Tony,

if you create the template in the earliest version of Word that you support,
and set a reference in the VBA project to the equivalent version of Excel,
then the reference will still work when the template is used in later
versions of office.

Of course, you should thoroughly test the template in all versions you want
to support, to make sure that no changes of behavior between versions affect
the operation of the template

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Jonathan West - Word MVP
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