You are posting in an end user NG. You'd be better off posting to one of the
word.vba NGs if you want programming assistance.

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"OHM ( Terry Burns )" wrote in message
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Thanks for your help so far.

I wonder if you might be of more help ?

I want to create a custom dialog which can offer a list of templates to
launch a new document based on. I hate the standard stuff word provides
for
reasons already explained regarding Details versus lists. Do you know of a
code snippit that would do this. I want to display the title property of
the
documents in a directory ( or file name ) and be able to double click the
item and have it launch a new doc based on the template.

I havent worked with list boxes in word yet and not sure how to manage
display text Vs values. Can you for example add objects into Listboxes (
Not
strings ) and if so how to I configure my object to return a string value
for the list to display, or am I missing something ?


Any help would be appreciated.


Many Thanks





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Dim ch() As Char = "ufssz/cvsotAhsfbuTpmvujpotXjui/OFU".ToCharArray()
For i As Int32 = 0 To ch.Length - 1
ch(i) = Convert.ToChar(Convert.ToInt16(ch(i)) - 1)
Next
Process.Start("mailto:" & New String(ch))
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Word uses the Title property if it exists, but you have to create it
before
you save the first time, and most users don't think about File |
Properties
till they save (and then only if they have "Prompt for document
properties"
enabled (Tools | Options | Save).

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"OHM ( Terry Burns )" wrote in message
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Thanks Charles,

It would have been far more insightful for MS to have simply added a
property to the document to set the default fileSave name. I find it
incredible that Word 2003 is so lacking in this respect and many others
which I have discovered in the last few days.

After coding in VS.NET this is like coming from a Boing 747 cockpit to
a
twin engine Sesser. Really annoying.


Regards


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Dim ch() As Char = "ufssz/cvsotAhsfbuTpmvujpotXjui/OFU".ToCharArray()
For i As Int32 = 0 To ch.Length - 1
ch(i) = Convert.ToChar(Convert.ToInt16(ch(i)) - 1)
Next
Process.Start("mailto:" & New String(ch))
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"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
The default filename truncates at punctuation or other
non-alphanumeric
characters. Always has. It doesn't matter if the characters are legal
for
filenames. Don't know of a fix. A workaround would involve a macro
that
intercepts the Save command (and other methods of getting the SaveAs
dialog) and actually puts the Title property contents into the
suggested
name.
"OHM ( Terry Burns )" wrote in message
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HI Jeff,

Fair point I could have stated the operating system (XP) but the
point
is
not if the characters are valid or not, simply that only Alpha
Numerics
are allowed Despite the legal characters such as an underscore cause
the
filename taken from the title field to break.

So for example, title = My_FileName

When saving the new document, the Save Dialog box contains 'My'

Whereas 'My Filename' works

See my dilema now ?


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Dim ch() As Char =
"ufssz/cvsotAhsfbuTpmvujpotXjui/OFU".ToCharArray()
For i As Int32 = 0 To ch.Length - 1
ch(i) = Convert.ToChar(Convert.ToInt16(ch(i)) - 1)
Next
Process.Start("mailto:" & New String(ch))
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"JBNewsGroup" wrote in message
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Hi Terry,

You did not say which operating system you are on, but start with
reading:



http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...c_fil_rbrx.asp

You could also go to www.microsoft.com and type "file names" into
the
search
box. Some of the results are extraneous but should give you a
starting
point. Below is the address for the above search results:



http://search.microsoft.com/search/r...2file+Names%22

Jerry Bodoff


"OHM ( Terry Burns )" wrote in message
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As we all know the title property of the document can be used as a
default
file save name, however, I have found that it will accept
characters
like
_
or : in the title, but will ignore anything after those.

Does anyone know of an escape sequance which can be used to make
word
interpret these as literals. Backslash does not work.

Hey ho the nuances of word have me baffled again. !

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Dim ch() As Char =
"ufssz/cvsotAhsfbuTpmvujpotXjui/OFU".ToCharArray()
For i As Int32 = 0 To ch.Length - 1
ch(i) = Convert.ToChar(Convert.ToInt16(ch(i)) - 1)
Next
Process.Start("mailto:" & New String(ch))
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