Re: serious word template issue in Word 2003
- From: "Michael" <qpb1812@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 20:31:09 +1000
Just for the record, we have also tested with Office 2003 on our SOE and can
confirm that patch KB887979 is the culprit.
"Jim F" <JimF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C8896A0B-F143-4EC3-B8BF-4EC84F6619C1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Michael,
>
> We were on the phone with Microsoft for 2 hours and were esculated to
level
> 3 support. They are supposed to call back in the next few days. I will
let
> you know what they have to say.
>
> Jim F
>
> "Michael" wrote:
>
> > Thanks again for your help Jim - because we are running out of time and
we
> > have a function in our global template to "show form" - ie show the
> > template's dialog box, I'm going to use that to enable a template
> > re-attachment.
> >
> > I note that to set the attached template you need to do BOTH of:
> >
> > ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate = ...path\filename
> > ActiveDocument.BuiltinDocumentProperties(wdPropertyTemplate) = filename
> >
> > If you don't (and only do the first line) the template is only
temporarily
> > attached (save the doc and it is lost).
> >
> > Did you get any joy from MS???
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> >
> > "Jim F" <JimF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:0BD4EE15-98FA-4EBB-A4CE-BE2E735273A7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Good news....bad news.
> > >
> > > Through testing we have determined that Office Patch KB887979 does
infact
> > > cause the problem. Microsofts attempt to close some security holes
and
> > fix
> > > office SP1 casued more problems. The bad news is that the hotfix MS
> > provides
> > > does not work worth a damn and the only way to unistall the office
Patch
> > is
> > > to Unistall office completly...to include removing any office folder
that
> > are
> > > left behind after the install...and then reinstall Office.
> > >
> > > Hope this will save you some time. I will be in contact with MS later
> > today
> > > to see if they can provide a better way to fix this problem.
> > >
> > > "Michael" wrote:
> > >
> > > > We are testing Office 2003 and have encountered the following
serious
> > issue
> > > > with Word templates.
> > > >
> > > > Our current Word version is 2002.
> > > > We have a suite of company templates installed on users' PCs.
> > > > These are used to create numerous standard documents which are also
used
> > as
> > > > templates - e.g. Letter of Offer.doc based on, say, Letter.dot (that
is,
> > > > Letter.dot is the template attached to Letter of Offer.doc).
> > > >
> > > > In Word 2002, when launching a new document from Letter of
Offer.doc,
> > the
> > > > macros, userforms etc in Letter.dot would be available (e.g. a
userform
> > > > fired from Document_New event), and the new document would be
attached
> > to
> > > > Letter.dot.
> > > >
> > > > In Word 2003, the macros, userforms etc in Letter.dot are only
available
> > > > when a new document created from Letter of Offer.doc. After closing
and
> > > > reopening a new document, the attached template is Letter of
Offer.doc,
> > not
> > > > Letter.dot as expected - so no macros, toolbars etc are available.
> > > >
> > > > This is a critical issue for us. Has anyone else run into this one
> > yet????
> > > >
> > > > Any help much appreciated.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
.
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