Re: Linking to Word

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I'm not challenging your intention; just trying to explain why it won't
work. Your network may well be an isolated intranet, but neither Word nor
the Browser knows that. If what you're attempting were possible, then
virus-writers would do it too.




"Michaelg1205" <michaelg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I am not arguing that doing what I want to do on the Internet would not
> be wise but there is no Internet access to my webpages. We are using
> web pages on a closed network for document management. I can replace
> dozens of form masters with one template using VBA to write the
> variations into a document at point of use. The nature of the use will
> require dozens of links going back to this same file. It makes more
> sense to have dozens of links than dozens of files.
>
> My work-around is to let the file load dead, and then have the user
> start the VBA code with an Alt-R. I think it stupid that a document
> has an Open event that will not work when it is Opened. The document
> management is too important to give up on this just because Microsoft's
> stuff does not work, as usual. If I open the document in the browser
> the Open event works but some essential commands will not work, like
> copying the completed document into a separate file so it can be saved
> without the VBA code in every file. Even though Microsoft wants us to
> think it is Word the error message says the document can't copied into
> another application.
>
> It shouldn't be this difficult.
>


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