INCLUDEPICTURE - 2000 & 2003

G

Guest

In Word 2000, I have an INSERTPICTURE field as follows

{INCLUDEPICTURE "{DOCVARIABLE "CurrentPath" }chp01\\pwd evol.bmp"\d \* MERGEFORMAT

Where CurrentPath is

CurrentPath = UCase(ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.Path
CurrentPath = Left(CurrentPath, InStr(CurrentPath, "\CHP0")

This allows me to work from different drives and folders and it gets resolved as follows

{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:\SYS BUILD VER WIN\chp01\\pwd evol.bmp"\d \* MERGEFORMAT

And it all works. When I use the documents in Word 2003, the field gets resolved (differently) as follows

{INCLUDEPICTURE "../../SYS%20BUILD%2VER%20WIN/chp01/pwd%20evol.bmp" \* MERGEFORMAT \d

But it works. HOWEVER

In a new document based on the same templates as my individual documents, when I run this

With Selectio
.InsertFile FileName:=CurrentPath & "Chp01\overview.doc", Range:="", ConfirmConversions:=True, Link:=False, Attachment:=Fals
.InsertFile FileName:=CurrentPath & "Chp02\Techniques.doc", Range:="", ConfirmConversions:=True, Link:=False, Attachment:=Fals
.WholeStor
.Fields.Updat
.Fields.Unlin
ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.ShowAll = Fals
.HomeKey Unit:=wdStor
End Wit

The Word 2000 document retains the pictures but the Word 2003 document does not show the pictures but just the place holders. Word 2003 is on a different PC

Why the different behaviour? Is there a way to correct the Word 2003 anomaly

Thanks.
 
W

Word Heretic

G'day "AA2e72E" <[email protected]>,

Does the 2003 machine have Tools > Options > View > Picture
placeholders set? If so clear it.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
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AA2e72E reckoned:
 
C

Cindy M -WordMVP-

Hi =?Utf-8?B?QUEyZTcyRQ==?=,

This is a problem that started cropping up in Word 2002:

Tools/Options/General/Web options/Files - there's a checkbox there about updating
links on save. It's there in Word 2000, too, but works correctly in that version;
it *should* only kick in when you save as HTML. But in Word 2002 and 2003 it also
runs when you save normal documents.

I learned this the hard way, while writing a book; it cost me *hours* of work,
until I finally tracked it down.

Have you code check that this option is OFF and you should be alright.
When I use the documents in Word 2003, the field gets resolved (differently) as follows:

{INCLUDEPICTURE "../../SYS%20BUILD%2VER%20WIN/chp01/pwd%20evol.bmp" \* MERGEFORMAT \d }

But it works. HOWEVER:

In a new document based on the same templates as my individual documents, when I run this:

With Selection
.InsertFile FileName:=CurrentPath & "Chp01\overview.doc", Range:="",
Click to expand...
ConfirmConversions:=True, Link:=False, Attachment:=False
.InsertFile FileName:=CurrentPath & "Chp02\Techniques.doc", Range:="",
Click to expand...
ConfirmConversions:=True, Link:=False, Attachment:=False
.WholeStory
.Fields.Update
.Fields.Unlink
ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.ShowAll = False
.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
End With

The Word 2000 document retains the pictures but the Word 2003 document does not
Click to expand...
show the pictures but just the place holders. Word 2003 is on a different PC.
Why the different behaviour? Is there a way to correct the Word 2003 anomaly?
Click to expand...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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G

Guest

Thank you very much for this extremely valuable tip.
This should save me hours too as it means I do not have to resolve the problem in Word 2003 and can now use Word2003 on a 3GHZ PC rather than Word2000 on a 333MHZ PC.
 
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