It's still not working. I copied the AUTONEW macro to the newmacros module in
my invoice template, saved the template as directed. When I open a new doc
from the template I get the same run-time error. My operating system is
VISTA, could that cause the failure? I've search for the file "Settings.txt"
and can't find it.
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
What you are missing is that Word, by default, always saves macros in
normal.dot. You have to tell it to save them in your template (even if that
template is open for editing). This is illustrated at instruction 2 that you
have quoted. There the macro is saved in normal.dot. You need it to be in
your invoice document template. Cut and paste it to the correct location.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
ddiamondave wrote:
Please explain. The following is instruction 2 pasted from your
idiots guide:
In the field directly beneath the macro names list box, pick which
template or document you wish the macro to be saved in. If you select
'All active templates and documents' - as here - the macro will be
saved in the normal template.
instruction 3 is 'create'
instruction 4 thru 6 cut and paste the macro text... and instruction
7 saves it
I've been in my invoice template throughout this proceedure. What am
I missing???
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
You didn't follow the instructions, which say that you should put the
autonew macro not in normal.dot, but in the document template ie in
your invoice template.
The macro itself is fairly straightforward and shouldn't cause any
problems. You'll find an essentially similar version at
http://www.gmayor.com/automatic_numbering_documents.htm though this
one doesn't use a bookmark to locate the number, but places it in
the header.
Both macros work correctly if you follow the instructions provided.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
ddiamondave wrote:
I'm confused! I followed the instructions and copied the NumberDocs
macro into my normal.dot / newmacros template. I inserted the
bookmark "order" in the space after Invoice# and saved the Invoice
template. But when I open a new document from the template I get a
run-time error that says Method 'PrivateProfileString' of object
'System' failed. The run-time error is numbered '-2147467259
(80004005)'. Can you help me figure out what I did wrong??? I read
all the help files about ERR object properties and tried ON ERROR
RESUME NEXT statement. That produced a document with invoice number
001001, and each successive iteration added another 001 to the
string. ie. 001001001 etc.
Thank you in advance...
ddiamondave
"Jay Freedman" wrote:
Here are instructions for putting the macro into your template:
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
All you need to do is copy the macro from the NumberDocs web page
and paste it into the macro editor the way the installing_macro
article describes. In the body of the template, insert the bookmark
named Order where the number should appear. Then save the template.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Jo wrote:
I have looked at that but am a novice and don't really understand
it - although I have tried to do it!!
Jo
"Jay Freedman" wrote:
Jo wrote:
I have a document template in Word which I use as an Invoice
and I want the numbers to automatically update as I use it. Is
this possible?
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/NumberDocs.htm.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org