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Hi again all,

I just tried inserting a Document Property and it works as needed.

From MS Word 2016, I went to Insert>Quick Parts and chose Document Property and then Abstract from the drop down menu.

I put this Document Property box on my cover page and gave it some unique text. Next, I copied it over to a header page on another page.
Next, I changed the text on the cover page and it immediately updated the text in the header page on the other page.

Finally, I locked the “COPIED” Document Property Abstract box on the Header page, so the box could not be deleted or edited.
I then went back to the box on the cover page and was able to make edits to that box, which was also set so that it could not be deleted.

The end result is a box (Abstract Text Document Property) which can be updated by a user at the cover page. Then, the information will automatically update across all header pages. The headers of course, containing the same Document Property Abstract box, which cannot be edited or changed.

This approach allows me to reduce the number of styles used too, as well as the need for creating STYLEREFs.

Thanks Charles for sharing this and thanks to all for your support. Good stuff here all around.

-J

Thanks jec1. Another great approach.

The date Content Control updates across different pages, but when I create a Rich Text Content Control on the cover
page and then copy it to the header of another page, it does not update when I change the text in the Rich Text Content Control, on the cover.

So, I guess there are limitations here on what will work and what will not work. By the way, I am using MS Word 2016.

The other thing (desired goal) would be to have the end user type in a (for example) publication number on the cover page (editable box that cannot be deleted)
and then have the “copied” Content control on the header of another page made such that it cannot be edited or deleted. The only way I found to do that
thus far was to group the content control on the header page so it could not be accidently erased. This is why I was looking to create two separate Content Controls
that could be linkable and locked – without having to use the group feature.

For now, the StyleREF to a Content Control Box on a cover page (that has a style applied to it and referenced) seems to be the best way to go.

Thanks again. All of this is very helpful.

Regards,

-J

Hi Paul,

Thanks, that works great.
I can now reference to a style or a bookmark from the cover page – to my header page, on a different page.
And, to protect the header from getting inadvertantly deleted or rearranged, I can “group” the STYLEREF field in the header, to keep it from getting deleted.

This will work for me, but I would also like to link between Content Control boxes, as I am trying to reduce the number of styles in the template, that will be used by the end
user. I will look at Charles post next, but for now, your solution does the job and does it very well.

Thanks as always for the assistance.

Regards,

Jim

Thanks Paul. I suspected that may be the case.

Regards,

Jim

Thanks Charles,

I really appreciate it. I ended up putting the StyleRef field in the header and then linked back to the style on the cover page – made a change to the text in the style on the cover page and it worked.
It is not a real time (as you type it) update, but the change is seen in the header with a refresh (or by saving the document, closing it and reopening it).

This will do the trick and I appreciate your assistance.

Best regards,

Jim

Thanks Paul. I got it working now.

Hi Paul,

This works great. Thank you for the support.

Quick question, if I wanted to expand on this macro to include other information, such as the name of each XML file that contains the parts – how would I go about this?

The Data Module Code (DMC) name is contained within the following XML tags (per the referenced example):

————————————————————————————————————————————-

Stem
Install procedures

————————————————————————————————————————————–

DMC-S1000DBIKE-AAA-DA2-10-00-00AA-720A-A_007-00_EN-US.xml (minus the DMC segment) is derived from the tag structure above and in the previous zip.

If it is too much to make happen in the macro, then no worries – just hoping to also have the reference file, associated with each part listing too.

Thanks again for the excellent script. Much obliged.

Jim

Hi Paul,

Here is a generic sample S1000D XML file contained in the sip.

The sections in the XML file I am looking at right now include:

Clean dry cloth

KZ666
BSK-TLST-001-12

1

Work stand

KZ555
Stand-001

1

Rubbing alcohol

KZ222
LL-002

1

General lubricant

KZ222
LL-001

1

Stem

KZ555
St-001

1

Stem bolt

KZ555
St-001-01

1

Please let me know if you need additional samples and I will be happy to provide.

Thanks again,

Jim

Thank you Maudibe. I will check it out.

Hi Paul,

I tried it again on a folder full of XML files, and the only thing that got listed on the blank MS Word document, was the header columns for: Name, Manufacturer Code, Part Number and Quantity. So, for some reason, it runs through and completes, but only the table column headings are getting listed.

Thanks once again.

Jim

Hi Paul,

I was unaware of this rule and can remove the post from the Spreadsheet forum.
Thanks for making me aware of this rule.

Regards,

Jim

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the reply.

I tried the script you provided and ran into and error message (see below).

Compile error:
Method or data member not found

.Close SaveChanges:=False

Any ideas on this particular line in the script?

Thanks again,

Jim

Hello MaryDiva,

I believe that is the process I had followed before, but it did not work for me. Perhaps, I was touching the numbering, as you mentioned in step 3.

Thanks for the info.

Jim

Thanks Kim for your assistance. I was probably having a senior moment with this one.

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