Can I configure a hyperlink to create new doc from template on ser

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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?
 
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

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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John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410
 
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 said:
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

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?
Click to expand...

--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410
Click to expand...
 
Yeah: You don't need a template :-)

Put the form on the server as a Document. Problem solved :-)

Cheers


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 said:
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

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?
Click to expand...

--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410
 
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