When you open a Microsoft Word Document (*.doc) file, the document may take longer then expected to open. For example, the document may take 5 to 10 minutes to open.
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CAUSE
This symptom may occur if the document has a template attached or linked and one of the following conditions is true: The attached template, its folder, or its share is missing.
The attached template has been moved.
The attached template has been renamed.
The attached template, its folder, or its share is missing.
The attached template has been moved.
The attached template has been renamed.
When a Word template is missing, Windows XP will try to locate the missing template multiple times. The process of locating a missing template may cause a Word document to take longer than expected to open.
It will take longer to open the document when you are connected to a network compared to when you are disconnected from the network.
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RESOLUTION
To work around this problem on a computer with Windows XP installed, use one of the following methods as appropriate for your situation: Method 1: Attach the template from a new location, or attach the global template (Normal.dot).
Tools >> Templates and Add-In.. >>Change the value "Document Template" field to "Normal.dot"
For more than one file you can use VBscript too
Refer this link for more details
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=830561
Option Explicit
Private Const BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS = 1
Private Const BIF_DONTGOBELOWDOMAIN = 2
Private Const MAX_PATH = 260
Private Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder Lib "shell32" _
(lpbi As BrowseInfo) As Long
Private Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32" _
(ByVal pidList As Long, _
ByVal lpBuffer As String) As Long
Private Declare Function lstrcat Lib "kernel32" Alias "lstrcatA" _
(ByVal lpString1 As String, ByVal _
lpString2 As String) As Long
Private Type BrowseInfo
hWndOwner As Long
pIDLRoot As Long
pszDisplayName As Long
lpszTitle As Long
ulFlags As Long
lpfnCallback As Long
lParam As Long
iImage As Long
End Type
Public fso As New FileSystemObject
Dim fld As Folder
Private Sub cmdEnd_Click()
End
End Sub
Private Sub cmdSource_Click()
' Opens a Treeview control that displays the directories in a computer.
Dim lpIDList As Long
Dim sBuffer As String
Dim szTitle As String
Dim tBrowseInfo As BrowseInfo
szTitle = "This is the title"
With tBrowseInfo
.hWndOwner = Me.hWnd
.lpszTitle = lstrcat(szTitle, "")
.ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS + BIF_DONTGOBELOWDOMAIN
End With
lpIDList = SHBrowseForFolder(tBrowseInfo)
If (lpIDList) Then
sBuffer = Space(MAX_PATH)
SHGetPathFromIDList lpIDList, sBuffer
sBuffer = Left(sBuffer, InStr(sBuffer, vbNullChar) - 1)
frmFSO.txtSearch.Text = sBuffer
End If
End Sub
Private Sub cmdTarget_Click()
' Opens a Treeview control that displays the directories in a computer.
Dim lpIDList As Long
Dim sBuffer As String
Dim szTitle As String
Dim tBrowseInfo As BrowseInfo
szTitle = "This is the title"
With tBrowseInfo
.hWndOwner = Me.hWnd
.lpszTitle = lstrcat(szTitle, "")
.ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS + BIF_DONTGOBELOWDOMAIN
End With
lpIDList = SHBrowseForFolder(tBrowseInfo)
If (lpIDList) Then
sBuffer = Space(MAX_PATH)
SHGetPathFromIDList lpIDList, sBuffer
sBuffer = Left(sBuffer, InStr(sBuffer, vbNullChar) - 1)
End If
End Sub
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim nDirs As Long, nFiles As Long, lSize As Currency
Dim sDir As String, sSrchString As String
Dim nTime
Dim ntime2
Dim nOk As Integer
Dim fileNumber As Integer
Dim oWord As Object
Dim strServer As String
Set oWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
strServer = txtOldServer.Text
nTime = Time()
fileNumber = FreeFile
List1.Clear
Open "C:\ChangeTemplate.log" For Append As #fileNumber
Write #fileNumber, "Start:" & " " & nTime
Close #fileNumber
'Enter the top-level directory to start the search.
sDir = txtSearch.Text
'Enter the type of files, such as *.doc for Word documents
sSrchString = "*.doc"
MousePointer = vbHourglass
'The label shows the current subfolder being searched.
Label1.Caption = "Searching Folder: " & vbCrLf & UCase(sDir) & "..."
lSize = FindFile(sDir, sSrchString, nDirs, nFiles, strServer, oWord)
MousePointer = vbDefault
ntime2 = Time()
'Opens text file to show the stop time and the total numbers of
'files that were found.
Open "C:\ChangeTemplate.log" For Append As #fileNumber
Write #fileNumber, "Stop:" & " " & ntime2 & " " & _
"Time to Complete the Changes: " & _
Format(ntime2 - nTime, "nn:ss") & vbCrLf _
& Str(nFiles) & " files found in" & Str(nDirs) & _
" directories"
Close #fileNumber
' Debug.Print "Stop:" & " " & ntime2
Label1.Caption = "Done"
If Label1.Caption = "Done" Then Command2.Enabled = True
MsgBox "Done"
oWord.Quit
Set oWord = Nothing
End Sub
Private Function FindFile(ByVal sFol As String, sFile As String, _
nDirs As Long, nFiles As Long, strOServer As String, oWrd As Object) _
As Currency
Dim tFld As Folder, tFil As File, FileName As String
Dim strFileName As String
Dim fileNumber As Integer
On Error GoTo Catch
Set fld = fso.GetFolder(sFol)
FileName = Dir(fso.BuildPath(fld.Path, sFile), vbNormal Or _
vbHidden Or vbSystem Or vbReadOnly)
While Len(FileName) <> 0
FindFile = FindFile + FileLen(fso.BuildPath(fld.Path, FileName))
nFiles = nFiles + 1
List1.AddItem fso.BuildPath(fld.Path, FileName) ' Load ListBox
strFileName = fld.Path & "\" & FileName
'==
ChangeTemplate strFileName, strOServer, oWrd
FileName = Dir() ' Get next file
DoEvents
Wend
Label1 = "Searching " & vbCrLf & fld.Path & "..."
nDirs = nDirs + 1
If fld.SubFolders.Count > 0 Then
For Each tFld In fld.SubFolders
DoEvents
FindFile = FindFile + FindFile(tFld.Path, sFile, nDirs, nFiles, _
strOServer, oWrd)
Next
End If
Exit Function
Catch: FileName = ""
If Err.Number = 76 Then
MsgBox "This is not a valid path statement" & vbCrLf & _
"The program will end!"
End
End If
Debug.Print Err.Description
fileNumber = FreeFile
'Writes the error description and number to the log file.
Open "C:\ChangeTemplate.log" For Append As #fileNumber
Write #fileNumber, Err.Description & " " & Err.Number
Close #fileNumber
Resume Next
End Function
Private Sub Command2_Click()
'Use this to view the log file.
Shell "notepad.exe c:\ChangeTemplate.log", 1
End Sub
In a Standard module, add the following code:Sub ChangeTemplate(SourceFile As String, strServer As String, objWord As Object)
Dim dlgTemplates As Dialog
Dim strTemp As String
Dim strpath As String
Dim objtemplate As String
Dim dlgTemplate As Object
Dim x As Integer
Dim fNumber As Integer
Dim objDoc As Object
fNumber = FreeFile
objWord.Visible = False
strTemp = SourceFile
'This function determines if the document is password protected or Read Only.
If OpenDocument(objWord, strTemp) = True Then
'This assumes that there is only one document opened. It may have to be adjusted
'to look for additional document being opened.
Set objDoc = objWord.Documents(1)
'Dialogs 87 is the Templates and Addins dialog
Set dlgTemplates = objWord.Dialogs(87)
objtemplate = objWord.Dialogs(87).Template
'parse out the server name from the fullname of the attached template
If Mid(objtemplate, 2, 1) = ":" Or Left(objtemplate, 2) = "\\" Then
x = InStr(3, objtemplate, "\")
strTemp = Mid(objtemplate, 3, x - 3)
'if the parse name is the same as the stated server then
'change the attached template to the Normal
If strTemp = strServer Then
objDoc.AttachedTemplate = "Normal.dot"
'write to a log file the file name and location
Open "C:\ChangeTemplate.log" For Append As #fNumber
Write #fNumber, "Document: " & objDoc.fullName & _
"Attached template changed to Normal.dot"
Close #fNumber
End If
End If
'After the template is changed, the document is saved and closed.
objDoc.Save
objDoc.Close
Else
'Enter into the log file files that are not opened.
Open "C:\ChangeTemplate.log" For Append As #fNumber
Write #fNumber, "Document: " & SourceFile & " not opened! it's
Read Only or Password Protected"
Close #fNumber
End If
End Sub
Function OpenDocument(ByRef objWord As Object, ByVal sDoc As String) As Boolean
'Arguments:
' objWord - a valid Word Application object.
' sDoc - the complete path and file name of the document to open in Word.
'
'Opens the document specified by the sDoc variable.
'This function returns True if the document is opened and is read/write.
'Else, this function returns False if the document cannot be opened
'or if the document is opened read-only because of the "read-only recommended" setting
'in the document.
'Therefore only if this function returns True if you try to modify the document.
'If False is returned, log the sDoc into a text file and alert the user
'of the list of file(s) that could not be processed by the batch routine.
On Error GoTo EH
Dim oDoc As Object
Set oDoc = objWord.Documents.Open( _
FileName:=sDoc, _
ReadOnly:=False, _
PasswordDocument:="?#nonsense@$", _
WritePasswordDocument:="?#nonsense@$")
If oDoc.ReadOnly = True Then
OpenDocument = False
Else
OpenDocument = True
End If
CleanUp:
On Error Resume Next
Set oDoc = Nothing
Exit Function
EH:
'There was an error opening the file. Return False
OpenDocument = False
Resume CleanUp
End Function
Open a new Standard.exe project.
On a User Form, add the following components: One list box
Two text boxes
Four command buttons
Two labels
One list box
Two text boxes
Four command buttons
Two labels
Set a reference to the Microsoft Scripting Runtime (Scrun.dll).
Copy and paste the following code in a user form:Option Explicit
Private Const BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS = 1
Private Const BIF_DONTGOBELOWDOMAIN = 2
Private Const MAX_PATH = 260
Private Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder Lib "shell32" _
(lpbi As BrowseInfo) As Long
Private Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32" _
(ByVal pidList As Long, _
ByVal lpBuffer As String) As Long
Private Declare Function lstrcat Lib "kernel32" Alias "lstrcatA" _
(ByVal lpString1 As String, ByVal _
lpString2 As String) As Long
Private Type BrowseInfo
hWndOwner As Long
pIDLRoot As Long
pszDisplayName As Long
lpszTitle As Long
ulFlags As Long
lpfnCallback As Long
lParam As Long
iImage As Long
End Type
Public fso As New FileSystemObject
Dim fld As Folder
Private Sub cmdEnd_Click()
End
End Sub
Private Sub cmdSource_Click()
' Opens a Treeview control that displays the directories in a computer.
Dim lpIDList As Long
Dim sBuffer As String
Dim szTitle As String
Dim tBrowseInfo As BrowseInfo
szTitle = "This is the title"
With tBrowseInfo
.hWndOwner = Me.hWnd
.lpszTitle = lstrcat(szTitle, "")
.ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS + BIF_DONTGOBELOWDOMAIN
End With
lpIDList = SHBrowseForFolder(tBrowseInfo)
If (lpIDList) Then
sBuffer = Space(MAX_PATH)
SHGetPathFromIDList lpIDList, sBuffer
sBuffer = Left(sBuffer, InStr(sBuffer, vbNullChar) - 1)
frmFSO.txtSearch.Text = sBuffer
End If
End Sub
Private Sub cmdTarget_Click()
' Opens a Treeview control that displays the directories in a computer.
Dim lpIDList As Long
Dim sBuffer As String
Dim szTitle As String
Dim tBrowseInfo As BrowseInfo
szTitle = "This is the title"
With tBrowseInfo
.hWndOwner = Me.hWnd
.lpszTitle = lstrcat(szTitle, "")
.ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS + BIF_DONTGOBELOWDOMAIN
End With
lpIDList = SHBrowseForFolder(tBrowseInfo)
If (lpIDList) Then
sBuffer = Space(MAX_PATH)
SHGetPathFromIDList lpIDList, sBuffer
sBuffer = Left(sBuffer, InStr(sBuffer, vbNullChar) - 1)
End If
End Sub
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim nDirs As Long, nFiles As Long, lSize As Currency
Dim sDir As String, sSrchString As String
Dim nTime
Dim ntime2
Dim nOk As Integer
Dim fileNumber As Integer
Dim oWord As Object
Dim strServer As String
Set oWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
strServer = txtOldServer.Text
nTime = Time()
fileNumber = FreeFile
List1.Clear
Open "C:\ChangeTemplate.log" For Append As #fileNumber
Write #fileNumber, "Start:" & " " & nTime
Close #fileNumber
'Enter the top-level directory to start the search.
sDir = txtSearch.Text
'Enter the type of files, such as *.doc for Word documents
sSrchString = "*.doc"
MousePointer = vbHourglass
'The label shows the current subfolder being searched.
Label1.Caption = "Searching Folder: " & vbCrLf & UCase(sDir) & "..."
lSize = FindFile(sDir, sSrchString, nDirs, nFiles, strServer, oWord)
MousePointer = vbDefault
ntime2 = Time()
'Opens text file to show the stop time and the total numbers of
'files that were found.
Open "C:\ChangeTemplate.log" For Append As #fileNumber
Write #fileNumber, "Stop:" & " " & ntime2 & " " & _
"Time to Complete the Changes: " & _
Format(ntime2 - nTime, "nn:ss") & vbCrLf _
& Str(nFiles) & " files found in" & Str(nDirs) & _
" directories"
Close #fileNumber
' Debug.Print "Stop:" & " " & ntime2
Label1.Caption = "Done"
If Label1.Caption = "Done" Then Command2.Enabled = True
MsgBox "Done"
oWord.Quit
Set oWord = Nothing
End Sub
Private Function FindFile(ByVal sFol As String, sFile As String, _
nDirs As Long, nFiles As Long, strOServer As String, oWrd As Object) _
As Currency
Dim tFld As Folder, tFil As File, FileName As String
Dim strFileName As String
Dim fileNumber As Integer
On Error GoTo Catch
Set fld = fso.GetFolder(sFol)
FileName = Dir(fso.BuildPath(fld.Path, sFile), vbNormal Or _
vbHidden Or vbSystem Or vbReadOnly)
While Len(FileName) <> 0
FindFile = FindFile + FileLen(fso.BuildPath(fld.Path, FileName))
nFiles = nFiles + 1
List1.AddItem fso.BuildPath(fld.Path, FileName) ' Load ListBox
strFileName = fld.Path & "\" & FileName
'==
ChangeTemplate strFileName, strOServer, oWrd
FileName = Dir() ' Get next file
DoEvents
Wend
Label1 = "Searching " & vbCrLf & fld.Path & "..."
nDirs = nDirs + 1
If fld.SubFolders.Count > 0 Then
For Each tFld In fld.SubFolders
DoEvents
FindFile = FindFile + FindFile(tFld.Path, sFile, nDirs, nFiles, _
strOServer, oWrd)
Next
End If
Exit Function
Catch: FileName = ""
If Err.Number = 76 Then
MsgBox "This is not a valid path statement" & vbCrLf & _
"The program will end!"
End
End If
Debug.Print Err.Description
fileNumber = FreeFile
'Writes the error description and number to the log file.
Open "C:\ChangeTemplate.log" For Append As #fileNumber
Write #fileNumber, Err.Description & " " & Err.Number
Close #fileNumber
Resume Next
End Function
Private Sub Command2_Click()
'Use this to view the log file.
Shell "notepad.exe c:\ChangeTemplate.log", 1
End Sub
Option Explicit
Private Const BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS = 1
Private Const BIF_DONTGOBELOWDOMAIN = 2
Private Const MAX_PATH = 260
Private Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder Lib "shell32" _
(lpbi As BrowseInfo) As Long
Private Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32" _
(ByVal pidList As Long, _
ByVal lpBuffer As String) As Long
Private Declare Function lstrcat Lib "kernel32" Alias "lstrcatA" _
(ByVal lpString1 As String, ByVal _
lpString2 As String) As Long
Private Type BrowseInfo
hWndOwner As Long
pIDLRoot As Long
pszDisplayName As Long
lpszTitle As Long
ulFlags As Long
lpfnCallback As Long
lParam As Long
iImage As Long
End Type
Public fso As New FileSystemObject
Dim fld As Folder
Private Sub cmdEnd_Click()
End
End Sub
Private Sub cmdSource_Click()
' Opens a Treeview control that displays the directories in a computer.
Dim lpIDList As Long
Dim sBuffer As String
Dim szTitle As String
Dim tBrowseInfo As BrowseInfo
szTitle = "This is the title"
With tBrowseInfo
.hWndOwner = Me.hWnd
.lpszTitle = lstrcat(szTitle, "")
.ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS + BIF_DONTGOBELOWDOMAIN
End With
lpIDList = SHBrowseForFolder(tBrowseInfo)
If (lpIDList) Then
sBuffer = Space(MAX_PATH)
SHGetPathFromIDList lpIDList, sBuffer
sBuffer = Left(sBuffer, InStr(sBuffer, vbNullChar) - 1)
frmFSO.txtSearch.Text = sBuffer
End If
End Sub
Private Sub cmdTarget_Click()
' Opens a Treeview control that displays the directories in a computer.
Dim lpIDList As Long
Dim sBuffer As String
Dim szTitle As String
Dim tBrowseInfo As BrowseInfo
szTitle = "This is the title"
With tBrowseInfo
.hWndOwner = Me.hWnd
.lpszTitle = lstrcat(szTitle, "")
.ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS + BIF_DONTGOBELOWDOMAIN
End With
lpIDList = SHBrowseForFolder(tBrowseInfo)
If (lpIDList) Then
sBuffer = Space(MAX_PATH)
SHGetPathFromIDList lpIDList, sBuffer
sBuffer = Left(sBuffer, InStr(sBuffer, vbNullChar) - 1)
End If
End Sub
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim nDirs As Long, nFiles As Long, lSize As Currency
Dim sDir As String, sSrchString As String
Dim nTime
Dim ntime2
Dim nOk As Integer
Dim fileNumber As Integer
Dim oWord As Object
Dim strServer As String
Set oWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
strServer = txtOldServer.Text
nTime = Time()
fileNumber = FreeFile
List1.Clear
Open "C:\ChangeTemplate.log" For Append As #fileNumber
Write #fileNumber, "Start:" & " " & nTime
Close #fileNumber
'Enter the top-level directory to start the search.
sDir = txtSearch.Text
'Enter the type of files, such as *.doc for Word documents
sSrchString = "*.doc"
MousePointer = vbHourglass
'The label shows the current subfolder being searched.
Label1.Caption = "Searching Folder: " & vbCrLf & UCase(sDir) & "..."
lSize = FindFile(sDir, sSrchString, nDirs, nFiles, strServer, oWord)
MousePointer = vbDefault
ntime2 = Time()
'Opens text file to show the stop time and the total numbers of
'files that were found.
Open "C:\ChangeTemplate.log" For Append As #fileNumber
Write #fileNumber, "Stop:" & " " & ntime2 & " " & _
"Time to Complete the Changes: " & _
Format(ntime2 - nTime, "nn:ss") & vbCrLf _
& Str(nFiles) & " files found in" & Str(nDirs) & _
" directories"
Close #fileNumber
' Debug.Print "Stop:" & " " & ntime2
Label1.Caption = "Done"
If Label1.Caption = "Done" Then Command2.Enabled = True
MsgBox "Done"
oWord.Quit
Set oWord = Nothing
End Sub
Private Function FindFile(ByVal sFol As String, sFile As String, _
nDirs As Long, nFiles As Long, strOServer As String, oWrd As Object) _
As Currency
Dim tFld As Folder, tFil As File, FileName As String
Dim strFileName As String
Dim fileNumber As Integer
On Error GoTo Catch
Set fld = fso.GetFolder(sFol)
FileName = Dir(fso.BuildPath(fld.Path, sFile), vbNormal Or _
vbHidden Or vbSystem Or vbReadOnly)
While Len(FileName) <> 0
FindFile = FindFile + FileLen(fso.BuildPath(fld.Path, FileName))
nFiles = nFiles + 1
List1.AddItem fso.BuildPath(fld.Path, FileName) ' Load ListBox
strFileName = fld.Path & "\" & FileName
'==
ChangeTemplate strFileName, strOServer, oWrd
FileName = Dir() ' Get next file
DoEvents
Wend
Label1 = "Searching " & vbCrLf & fld.Path & "..."
nDirs = nDirs + 1
If fld.SubFolders.Count > 0 Then
For Each tFld In fld.SubFolders
DoEvents
FindFile = FindFile + FindFile(tFld.Path, sFile, nDirs, nFiles, _
strOServer, oWrd)
Next
End If
Exit Function
Catch: FileName = ""
If Err.Number = 76 Then
MsgBox "This is not a valid path statement" & vbCrLf & _
"The program will end!"
End
End If
Debug.Print Err.Description
fileNumber = FreeFile
'Writes the error description and number to the log file.
Open "C:\ChangeTemplate.log" For Append As #fileNumber
Write #fileNumber, Err.Description & " " & Err.Number
Close #fileNumber
Resume Next
End Function
Private Sub Command2_Click()
'Use this to view the log file.
Shell "notepad.exe c:\ChangeTemplate.log", 1
End Sub
In a Standard module, add the following code:Sub ChangeTemplate(SourceFile As String, strServer As String, objWord As Object)
Dim dlgTemplates As Dialog
Dim strTemp As String
Dim strpath As String
Dim objtemplate As String
Dim dlgTemplate As Object
Dim x As Integer
Dim fNumber As Integer
Dim objDoc As Object
fNumber = FreeFile
objWord.Visible = False
strTemp = SourceFile
'This function determines if the document is password protected or Read Only.
If OpenDocument(objWord, strTemp) = True Then
'This assumes that there is only one document opened. It may have to be adjusted
'to look for additional document being opened.
Set objDoc = objWord.Documents(1)
'Dialogs 87 is the Templates and Addins dialog
Set dlgTemplates = objWord.Dialogs(87)
objtemplate = objWord.Dialogs(87).Template
'parse out the server name from the fullname of the attached template
If Mid(objtemplate, 2, 1) = ":" Or Left(objtemplate, 2) = "\\" Then
x = InStr(3, objtemplate, "\")
strTemp = Mid(objtemplate, 3, x - 3)
'if the parse name is the same as the stated server then
'change the attached template to the Normal
If strTemp = strServer Then
objDoc.AttachedTemplate = "Normal.dot"
'write to a log file the file name and location
Open "C:\ChangeTemplate.log" For Append As #fNumber
Write #fNumber, "Document: " & objDoc.fullName & _
"Attached template changed to Normal.dot"
Close #fNumber
End If
End If
'After the template is changed, the document is saved and closed.
objDoc.Save
objDoc.Close
Else
'Enter into the log file files that are not opened.
Open "C:\ChangeTemplate.log" For Append As #fNumber
Write #fNumber, "Document: " & SourceFile & " not opened! it's
Read Only or Password Protected"
Close #fNumber
End If
End Sub
Function OpenDocument(ByRef objWord As Object, ByVal sDoc As String) As Boolean
'Arguments:
' objWord - a valid Word Application object.
' sDoc - the complete path and file name of the document to open in Word.
'
'Opens the document specified by the sDoc variable.
'This function returns True if the document is opened and is read/write.
'Else, this function returns False if the document cannot be opened
'or if the document is opened read-only because of the "read-only recommended" setting
'in the document.
'Therefore only if this function returns True if you try to modify the document.
'If False is returned, log the sDoc into a text file and alert the user
'of the list of file(s) that could not be processed by the batch routine.
On Error GoTo EH
Dim oDoc As Object
Set oDoc = objWord.Documents.Open( _
FileName:=sDoc, _
ReadOnly:=False, _
PasswordDocument:="?#nonsense@$", _
WritePasswordDocument:="?#nonsense@$")
If oDoc.ReadOnly = True Then
OpenDocument = False
Else
OpenDocument = True
End If
CleanUp:
On Error Resume Next
Set oDoc = Nothing
Exit Function
EH:
'There was an error opening the file. Return False
OpenDocument = False
Resume CleanUp
End Function
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Method 3: Create a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro that loops through all the documents in a folder and changes the old server name with the new server name
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The following macro loops through all the documents in a folder and changes the old server name with the new server name for the location of the templates. This macro works only if the path for the templates is the same.Sub Test()
Dim strFilePath As String
Dim strPath As String
Dim intCounter As Integer
Dim strFileName As String
Dim OldServer As String
Dim NewServer As String
Dim objDoc As Document
Dim objTemplate As Template
Dim dlgTemplate As Dialog
OldServer = "<\\rsnj01\vol1>"
NewServer = "<\\rsnyc1p\vol3>"
strFilePath = InputBox("What is the folder location that you want to use?")
If Right(strFilePath, 1) <> "\" Then strFilePath = strFilePath & "\"
strFileName = Dir(strFilePath & "*.doc")
Do While strFileName <> ""
Set objDoc = Documents.Open(strFilePath & strFileName)
Set objTemplate = objDoc.AttachedTemplate
Set dlgTemplate = Dialogs(wdDialogToolsTemplates)
strPath = dlgTemplate.Template
If LCase(Left(strPath, 13)) = LCase(OldServer) Then
objDoc.AttachedTemplate = NewServer & Mid(strPath, 14)
End If
strFileName = Dir()
objDoc.Save
objDoc.Close
Loop
Set objDoc = Nothing
Set objTemplate = Nothing
Set dlgTemplate = Nothing
End Sub
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Method 4: Create a VBA macro that loops through all the documents in a folder and changes the old server name with the global template (Normal.dot )
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The following macro loops through all the documents in a folder and changes the old server name with the global template (Normal.dot ).
Note If a document is password protected in anyway, the template will not be changed and the code will fail.
Sub Test()
Dim strFilePath As String
Dim strPath As String
Dim intCounter As Integer
Dim strFileName As String
Dim OldServer As String
Dim objDoc As Document
Dim objTemplate As Template
Dim dlgTemplate As Dialog
Dim nServer As Integer
'hardcode the name of the old server.
OldServer = "{enter the name of the Old Server}"
nServer = Len(OldServer)
strFilePath = InputBox("What is the folder location that you want to use?")
If Right(strFilePath, 1) <> "\" Then strFilePath = strFilePath & "\"
strFileName = Dir(strFilePath & "*.doc")
Do While strFileName <> ""
Set objDoc = Documents.Open(strFilePath & strFileName)
Set objTemplate = objDoc.AttachedTemplate
Set dlgTemplate = Dialogs(wdDialogToolsTemplates)
strPath = dlgTemplate.Template
If LCase(Left(strPath, nServer)) = LCase(OldServer) Then
objDoc.AttachedTemplate = NormalTemplate
End If
strFileName = Dir()
objDoc.Save
objDoc.Close
Loop
Set objDoc = Nothing
Set objTemplate = Nothing
Set dlgTemplate = Nothing
End Sub
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Method 5: Rename the server, the share, or the folder to the original name
If the server, the share, or the folder that contains the template was moved or renamed, rename the server, the share, or the folder back to the original name.
If OLD server does not exist anymore, you can create DNS entry with OLD servername. Once you have the OLD servername DNS entry, you can create the same folder structure as listed in template path and copy the template to that folder.
