Tried to attach quick parts building block to my template but lost it altogether

Italophile · #1 11-11-2022, 09:14 AM

Saving a building-block to a document template does not move the template to the building-blocks folder. The template will remain wherever you saved it.

Building Blocks Organizer will only show the templates that are currently loaded, so, unless you currently have open either "WaiverWorksheetV09.dotm" or a document created from it, your building block will not appear in the organizer.

If you are using code to insert the building-block then:

Code:

"C:\Users\" & Environ("username") & "\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks\1033\16\WaiverWorksheetV09.dotm"

would only work if that is the path that you saved the document template to, which you hopefully didn't.

To insert a building-block from the document template use code such as:

Code:

    Dim tmp As Template
    Set tmp = ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate
    tmp.BuildingBlockEntries(1).Insert Selection.Range

grNadpa · #2 11-11-2022, 03:37 PM

Thank you, @Italophile, for your thoughtful response.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Italophile

If you are using code to insert the building-block then:

Code:

"C:\Users\" & Environ("username") & "\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks\1033\16\WaiverWorksheetV09.dotm"

would only work if that is the path that you saved the document template to, which you hopefully didn't.

I didn't.

Quote:

To insert a building-block from the document template use code such as:

Code:

    Dim tmp As Template
    Set tmp = ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate
    tmp.BuildingBlockEntries(1).Insert Selection.Range

Unfortunately, the above code failed on a "Run-time error '5914'
The requested member of the collection does not exist".
Thought to try ...BuildingBlockEntries(0)... . Same result.

Both TemplateProject(BuildingBlocks) and TemplateProject(Built-In Building Blocks)
do show up in my WaiverWorksheetV09.dotm project list.

In any case, I have the application running on my wife's PC. What I ultimately found is that, on my wife's machine, the folder in "C:\Users" is NOT Environ("username")
When I replace the Environ("username") with the the literal folder name, the path works correctly. (Didn't realize at first that the C:\Users folder was hidden)

But where my "aPartialWaiver" building block went remains a mystery.

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