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Hi
I have a batch file which opens a word document.

C:\\MSWord.lnk c:\filename.doc /mname

filename is a mail merge doc

What does /mname stands for ("name" is used as an example )?

Normal working scenario is it should open the word document..preview
it and closes it.,but on 2 of the machines word just stays open after
opening the document

Any ideas?

Thanks

[Jay Freedman]

The /m switch tells Word to run the macro whose name follows the m.
That macro must be available at the time the document opens, so most
often it's in the Normal.dot template.

Probably the macro named in your batch file is missing from the two
computers that don't work the same way as the others.

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On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:38:46 -0700, wrote:

Hi
I have a batch file which opens a word document.

C:\\MSWord.lnk c:\filename.doc /mname

filename is a mail merge doc

What does /mname stands for ("name" is used as an example )?

Normal working scenario is it should open the word document..preview
it and closes it.,but on 2 of the machines word just stays open after
opening the document

Any ideas?

Thanks

[[email protected]]

On Jun 18, 8:14 pm, Jay Freedman wrote:
The /m switch tells Word to run the macro whose name follows the m.
That macro must be available at the time the document opens, so most
often it's in the Normal.dot template.

Probably the macro named in your batch file is missing from the two
computers that don't work the same way as the others.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.



On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:38:46 -0700, wrote:
Hi
I have a batch file which opens a word document.

C:\\MSWord.lnk c:\filename.doc /mname

filename is a mail merge doc

What does /mname stands for ("name" is used as an example )?

Normal working scenario is it should open the word document..preview
it and closes it.,but on 2 of the machines word just stays open after
opening the document

Any ideas?

Thanks- Hide quoted text -

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Thanks a lot for your help.I was suspecting it might a macro issue.
So how do i go about finding that macro?
i saw the Normal.dot file on the working computer,but was not able to
see anything.

Thanks

[Jay Freedman]

On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:38:46 -0700, wrote:
Hi
I have a batch file which opens a word document.

C:\\MSWord.lnk c:\filename.doc /mname

filename is a mail merge doc

What does /mname stands for ("name" is used as an example )?

Normal working scenario is it should open the word document..preview
it and closes it.,but on 2 of the machines word just stays open
after opening the document

Any ideas?

Thanks- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks a lot for your help.I was suspecting it might a macro issue.
So how do i go about finding that macro?
i saw the Normal.dot file on the working computer,but was not able to
see anything.

Thanks

On one of the machines that work, do this:

- Open the document file listed in the batch command, using the File Open
dialog instead of the batch file.

- Open the Macros dialog (Tools Macro Macros or Alt+F8).

- Open the "Macros in" dropdown. Select each of the templates in the
dropdown, until you find one that causes the list to show the name of the
macro in the batch command.

- Locate that template and copy it to the machines that don't work.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.