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Can I configure a hyperlink to create new doc from template on ser
Hi: Without using a macro, I'd like to configure a Word 2003 hyperlink to
point to a template at a server location and use it to create a new document. In other words, to do the same thing that would happen if we double-clicked on the file.dot in Windows Explorer. Can this be done? If not, is there a macro or javascript function I can use that I can send by Outlook 2003 e-mail message? |
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Can I configure a hyperlink to create new doc from templateon ser
Didn't we have that question last week? I know we did, because I answered
it :-) Now I can't find the damn answer, which is probably why you're asking the question :-) Anyway: "No", you cannot easily do this, because a browser performs a "Get" from the Server. To produce a document from a template, we need to hand Word an "Open" command with a "New document from" parameter. There are a variety of ways you can script your way around this, depending on what you want to do. But before we go much further, let's ask the first question: "Why do you need it to be a 'TEMPLATE'"? You need a template only if you intend to link documents to it. Everything else you can do with the "Document" file type. So if you were to store a ..doc instead of a .dot on the server, you wouldn't have to provide any more than a standard link. So: Why do you need a template? Cheers On 29/3/06 10:41 AM, in article , "toolmaker" wrote: Hi: Without using a macro, I'd like to configure a Word 2003 hyperlink to point to a template at a server location and use it to create a new document. In other words, to do the same thing that would happen if we double-clicked on the file.dot in Windows Explorer. Can this be done? If not, is there a macro or javascript function I can use that I can send by Outlook 2003 e-mail message? -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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Can I configure a hyperlink to create new doc from template on
John:
The document is a form. The idea is to allow users to make a new form from the template. "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote: Didn't we have that question last week? I know we did, because I answered it :-) Now I can't find the damn answer, which is probably why you're asking the question :-) Anyway: "No", you cannot easily do this, because a browser performs a "Get" from the Server. To produce a document from a template, we need to hand Word an "Open" command with a "New document from" parameter. There are a variety of ways you can script your way around this, depending on what you want to do. But before we go much further, let's ask the first question: "Why do you need it to be a 'TEMPLATE'"? You need a template only if you intend to link documents to it. Everything else you can do with the "Document" file type. So if you were to store a ..doc instead of a .dot on the server, you wouldn't have to provide any more than a standard link. So: Why do you need a template? Cheers On 29/3/06 10:41 AM, in article , "toolmaker" wrote: Hi: Without using a macro, I'd like to configure a Word 2003 hyperlink to point to a template at a server location and use it to create a new document. In other words, to do the same thing that would happen if we double-clicked on the file.dot in Windows Explorer. Can this be done? If not, is there a macro or javascript function I can use that I can send by Outlook 2003 e-mail message? -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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