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The files do *not* have to be in the same directory as the template they’re made from at all. But if you’re having a problem accessing that template’s macros, you probably need to re-attach or add the template to the file:

Tools | Templates and Add-ins, then either Attach or Add the template file.

I think you need ADOX to do this. (Or you could just use DAO.)

Basically the syntax would go something like this:
Recordset1.Fields(“FieldName”).AllowZeroLength = True/False

As a start, you might want to check out this Microsoft KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/ar…s/Q212/3/98.ASP

Also, this ODMA website: http://www.aiim.org/odma/odma.htm

Stephan Ip

Dave,

Thanks for your reply, but I wonder if you could clarify this just a bit: when you say that it was a “network” problem, do you mean that your users had their file locations set to network paths, and when the network fritzed out, their file locations disappeared? Or did your users have their file locations set to local paths?

In my situation, although all the users are on a LAN, all the file locations in Word are local to their C: drives. How does network disruption affect Word’s file locations if they’re all pointing to local paths?

Stephan Ip

Thank you Gary and Kevin for responding.

I think I stumbled upon the answer in this Microsoft’s KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/ar…s/Q166/7/88.ASP. Apparently, the culprit is Word 97 — the error will occur and you can’t save the file if there’s a missing reference in the VBA editor, so you have to remove the “missing” reference.

I think this one should count as another Word 97 “annoyance”.

Pursuant to this topic, can anyone recommend good sources for obtaining out-of-print computer books besides ebay or amazon?

I’ve been looking for a copy of “Microsoft Word 97 Developer’s Handbook” from Microsoft Press, written by Catapult, Inc., which incredibly MS Press decided to take out-of-print.

Thanks for any suggestions/responses.