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Old 02-13-2014, 01:33 PM
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I haved a pricing worksheet that our workgroup uses. It opens a Word Document from and Excel Worksheet and merges info from Excel to Word. It worked fine while everyone was using Office 2007. The users that have Office 2010 installed on their computers are getting a Run Time Error 4248 when they attempt to create the Word document from the Word Template. Here is a piece of the VBA code in the Excel worksheet.

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Dim wrdApp As Word.Application
Set wrdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With wrdApp
.Documents.Add Template:="G:\ABP\ArchSpec\A-Operations\Group Templates\Quote Templates\MWLinearQuote.dotx"
Any help would be very much appreciated.
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That error usually occurs when you try to do something with a document that hasn't opened. In this case, that could be because Word can't find the referenced template. Can the affected users access the template by inserting the path as coded into Windows Explorer?
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They can, but then it doesn't populate correctly.
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They can, but then it doesn't populate correctly.
Granted, but that wasn't the point of the question, which was to establish that Word 2010 correctly creates a document from the template.

That being established, which code line, if any, is highlighted when you get the 4248 error?
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Thanks, Paul. I've highlighted the line where the error occurs. It only occurs sometimes though, so it seems to be some kind of timing thing.

Code:
Sub OCLayin_CreateQuote() 
     'Collect the Needed Information
    Dim myProject, myCompanyInfoL1, myCompanyInfoL2, myCompanyInfoL3, myQuoteNumber As String 
    Dim mycustomer, mydate As String, myuser As String, myDate1 As String, myDate2 As String, myDate3 As String 
    Dim myFileName As String 
    myProject = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Project Setup").Range("B4") 
    myCompanyInfoL1 = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Project Setup").Range("B8") 
    myCompanyInfoL2 = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Project Setup").Range("B6") & " - " & ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Project Setup").Range("B7") 
    myCompanyInfoL3 = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Project Setup").Range("B5") 
    myQuoteNumber = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Project Setup").Range("E4") 
    mycustomer = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Project Setup").Range("B6") 
    mydate = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Project Setup").Range("E5") 
    myuser = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Project Setup").Range("E7") 
    myDate1 = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Project Setup").Range("A45") 
    Dim wrdApp As Word.Application 
    Set wrdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application") 
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False 
    With wrdApp 
        .Documents.Add Template:="G:\ABP\ArchSpec\A-Operations\Group Templates\Quote Templates\OpenCellQuote.dotx" 
        If .ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists("Project") Then 
            .ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Project").Range.Text = myProject 
        End If 
        If .ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists("ToL1") Then 
            .ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("ToL1").Range.Text = myCompanyInfoL1 
        End If 
        If .ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists("ToL2") Then 
            .ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("ToL2").Range.Text = myCompanyInfoL2 
        End If 
        If .ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists("ToL3") Then 
            .ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("ToL3").Range.Text = myCompanyInfoL3 
        End If 
        If .ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists("Date") Then 
            .ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Date").Range.Text = mydate 
        End If 
        If .ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists("User") Then 
            .ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("User").Range.Text = myuser 
        End If 
        If .ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists("QuoteNo") Then 
            .ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("QuoteNo").Range.Text = myQuoteNumber 
        End If 
        If .ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists("Esc") Then 
            .ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Esc").Range.Text = myDate1 
        End If 
        If .ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists("Table") Then 
            ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Quote OC Lay-in").Range("A11:H40").Copy 
            .Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="Table" 
            .Selection.Paste 
        End If 
        myFileName = myProject & " " & myQuoteNumber & "_" & mycustomer & " " & "Quote" & " " 
        With .Dialogs(wdDialogFileSummaryInfo) 
            .Title = myFileName 
            .Execute 
        End With 
        .Visible = True 
        .ActiveDocument.SaveAs ("G:\ABP\ArchSpec\Project Files\Quotes\2014\Premium\MW Open Cell\" & myFileName & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") & ".docx") 
    End With 
    Application.CutCopyMode = False 
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True 
End Sub
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Hi CIF,

There's no apparent highlighting in the code you posted.

PS: When posting code, please use the code tags (which I've now added to your post, plus re-formatting because all of it had been lost). They're on the 'Go Advanced' tab.
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Thank you so much for your patience, Paul. This is my first time posting on a forum like this and I read the instructions, but I obviously did not understand them very well. The run time error occurs on this line:

If .ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists("Project") Then
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Try:
Code:
Sub OCLayin_CreateQuote()
     'Collect the Needed Information
    Dim myProject, myCompanyInfoL1, myCompanyInfoL2, myCompanyInfoL3, myQuoteNumber As String
    Dim mycustomer, mydate As String, myuser As String, myDate1 As String, myDate2 As String, myDate3 As String
    Dim myFileName As String
    Dim wrdApp As Word.Application, wrdDoc As Word.Document
    Set wrdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    With ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Project Setup")
        myProject = .Range("B4").Text
        myCompanyInfoL1 = .Range("B8").Text
        myCompanyInfoL2 = .Range("B6").Text & " - " & .Range("B7").Text
        myCompanyInfoL3 = .Range("B5").Text
        myQuoteNumber = .Range("E4").Text
        mycustomer = .Range("B6").Text
        mydate = .Range("E5").Text
        myuser = .Range("E7").Text
        myDate1 = .Range("A45").Text
    End With
    Set wrdDoc = wrdApp.Documents.Add(Template:= _
    "G:\ABP\ArchSpec\A-Operations\Group Templates\Quote Templates\OpenCellQuote.dotx")
    Do While wrdDoc Is Nothing: Loop
    With wrdDoc
        If .Bookmarks.Exists("Project") Then .Bookmarks("Project").Range.Text = myProject
        If .Bookmarks.Exists("ToL1") Then .Bookmarks("ToL1").Range.Text = myCompanyInfoL1
        If .Bookmarks.Exists("ToL2") Then .Bookmarks("ToL2").Range.Text = myCompanyInfoL2
        If .Bookmarks.Exists("ToL3") Then .Bookmarks("ToL3").Range.Text = myCompanyInfoL3
        If .Bookmarks.Exists("Date") Then .Bookmarks("Date").Range.Text = mydate
        If .Bookmarks.Exists("User") Then .Bookmarks("User").Range.Text = myuser
        If .Bookmarks.Exists("QuoteNo") Then .Bookmarks("QuoteNo").Range.Text = myQuoteNumber
        If .Bookmarks.Exists("Esc") Then .Bookmarks("Esc").Range.Text = myDate1
        If .Bookmarks.Exists("Table") Then
            ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Quote OC Lay-in").Range("A11:H40").Copy
            .Bookmarks("Table").Range.Paste
        End If
        myFileName = myProject & " " & myQuoteNumber & "_" & mycustomer & " " & "Quote" & " "
        With wrdApp.Dialogs(wdDialogFileSummaryInfo)
            .Title = myFileName
            .Execute
        End With
        .SaveAs2 "G:\ABP\ArchSpec\Project Files\Quotes\2014\Premium\MW Open Cell\" _
          & myFileName & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") & ".docx", _
          FileFormat:=wdFormatXMLDocument, AddToRecentFiles:=False
    End With
    wrdApp.Visible = True
    Set wrdDoc = Nothing: Set wrdApp = Nothing
    Application.CutCopyMode = False
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Note the revised code structure and the loop that forces Word to wait until the document being created is ready.
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Thank you, Paul! I really think this is the answer. I'll try it tomorrow morning and will let you know how it went.
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Code:
 
Sub Soundsoak_CreateQuote1()
'Collect the Needed Information
Dim myProject, myCompanyInfoL1, myCompanyInfoL2, myCompanyInfoL3, myQuoteNumber As String
Dim mycustomer, mydate As String, myuser As String, myDate1 As String, myDate2 As String, myDate3 As String
Dim myquote1, myquote2, myquote3, myquote4, myquote5, myquote6, myquote7, myquote8 As String
Dim myFileName As String
Dim wrdApp As Word.Application, wrdDoc As Word.Document
Set wrdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Project Setup")
myProject = .Range("B4").Text
myCompanyInfoL1 = .Range("B8").Text
myCompanyInfoL2 = .Range("B6").Text & " - " & .Range("B7").Text
myCompanyInfoL3 = .Range("B5").Text
myQuoteNumber = .Range("E5").Text
mycustomer = .Range("B6").Text
mydate = .Range("E6").Text
myuser = .Range("E8").Text
myDate1 = .Range("A29").Text
myDate2 = .Range("A30").Text
myDate3 = .Range("A31").Text
End With
With ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Quote Opt 1")
myquote1 = .Range("F4").Text
myquote2 = .Range("F5").Text
myquote3 = .Range("F6").Text
myquote4 = .Range("F8").Text
myquote5 = .Range("F9").Text
myquote6 = .Range("F10").Text
myquote7 = .Range("F11").Text
myquote8 = .Range("F12").Text
End With
Set wrdDoc = wrdApp.Documents.Add(Template:="G:\ABP\ArchSpec\A-Operations\Group Templates\Quote Templates\SoundsoakQuote1.dotx")
Do While wrdDoc Is Nothing: Loop
With wrdDoc
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("Project") Then .Bookmarks("Project").Range.Text = myProject
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("ToL1") Then .Bookmarks("ToL1").Range.Text = myCompanyInfoL1
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("ToL2") Then .Bookmarks("ToL2").Range.Text = myCompanyInfoL2
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("ToL3") Then .Bookmarks("ToL3").Range.Text = myCompanyInfoL3
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("Header1") Then .Bookmarks("Header1").Range.Text = myCompanyInfoL2
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("Date") Then .Bookmarks("Date").Range.Text = mydate
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("User") Then .Bookmarks("User").Range.Text = myuser
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("QuoteNo") Then .Bookmarks("QuoteNo").Range.Text = myQuoteNumber
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("Esc") Then .Bookmarks("Esc").Range.Text = myDate1
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("Esc1") Then .Bookmarks("Esc1").Range.Text = myDate1
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("Esc2") Then .Bookmarks("Esc2").Range.Text = myDate2
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("Esc3") Then .Bookmarks("Esc3").Range.Text = myDate3
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("Project1") Then .Bookmarks("Project1").Range.Text = myProject
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("QuoteNo1") Then .Bookmarks("QuoteNo1").Range.Text = myQuoteNumber
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("Q1") Then .Bookmarks("Q1").Range.Text = myquote1
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("Q2") Then .Bookmarks("Q2").Range.Text = myquote2
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("Q3") Then .Bookmarks("Q3").Range.Text = myquote3
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("Q4") Then .Bookmarks("Q4").Range.Text = myquote4
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("Q5") Then .Bookmarks("Q5").Range.Text = myquote5
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("Q6") Then .Bookmarks("Q6").Range.Text = myquote6
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("Q7") Then .Bookmarks("Q7").Range.Text = myquote7
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("Q8") Then .Bookmarks("Q8").Range.Text = myquote8
    If .Bookmarks.Exists("Table") Then
        ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Quote Opt 1").Range("Table1", LastNonBlankCell(Sheets("Quote Opt 1"))).Copy
        .Bookmarks("Table").Range.Paste
    End If
 
    myFileName = myProject & " " & myQuoteNumber & "_" & mycustomer & " " & "Quote" & " "
 
   With .Dialogs(wdDialogFileSummaryInfo)
        .Title = myFileName
        .Execute
    End With
 
    .SaveAs ("G:\ABP\ArchSpec\Project Files\Quotes\2014\Soundsoak\" & myFileName & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") & ".docx")
    End With
    wrdApp.Visible = True
    Set wrdDoc = Nothing: Set wrdApp = Nothing
    Application.CutCopyMode = False
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
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There's no message with the code you've posted!

At a guess, I'd say you're wanting help with this line:
With .Dialogs(wdDialogFileSummaryInfo)
Change that to:
With wrdApp.Dialogs(wdDialogFileSummaryInfo)
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Thank you for all of your help! I did rewrite the code in one of my workbooks, according to our suggestion and it did not help. Now instead of getting an error message, user's computer just sits there while it is looping through the code. When I opened his worksheet, I could not create a Word document with the macro either. It has something to do with his Reference being Microsoft Word 14.0 Object Library instead of the 12.0 Object Library I have. I'll keep trying!
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I doubt the Word 12 & 14 references have anything to do with it. Code compiled with references to a given Word version compile with later versions also, though the reverse doesn't work.

Since nothing's happening, that suggests that user is unable to create the Word document. That, in turn, suggests a problem with either their user profile (e.g. permissions) or network connection.
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