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

[grNadpa]

How do I find where by building block template went?



When I tried to copy my Word 2016 template to my wife's PC, the QuickParts building block did not migrate.

So I went to my (word2016)>Insert>QuickParts>BuildingBlocksOrganiz er, scrolled to my building block (named "aPartialWaiver") and found that the "Save In:" was "Building Blocks.docx". Clicking the dropdown showed, in addition to Building Blocks.docx and normal.dotm, the name of my template (WaiverWorksheetV09.dotm)

So, after backing up my WaiverWorksheetV09.dotm, I went back and selected the WaiverWorksheetV09.dotm from the Building Blocks manager for my "aPartialWaiver" building block.

The WaiverWorksheetV09.dotm then obviously failed on

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

But replacing the statement with

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

failed as well.
And now, my aPartialWaiver building block doesn't show up in the Building Blocks Manager at all. Gone.

And, of course, backing up my document before changing the Building Blocks turned out to be pointless.

Where can I find where the "aPartialWaiver" template went? (And how can I get all of the relevant Building Blocks to migrate to my wife's machine?)

[grNadpa]

Originally Posted by grNadpa

How do I find where by building block template went?

And now, my aPartialWaiver building block doesn't show up in the Building Blocks Manager at all. Gone.
Where can I find where the "aPartialWaiver" template went?

Though I still do not know where the template went, I was able to use an earlier document to recreate the "aPartialWaiver" with all its bookmarks.

(And how can I get all of the relevant Building Blocks to migrate to my wife's machine?)

I've inserted each of my custom Quick Parts into separate documents and saved them. My plan is to use those documents to manually insert Building Blocks on my wife's PC.

I'm going to leave this post unresolved for a few more days in case someone has a better idea to share.

[Italophile]

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:

"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:

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

[grNadpa]

Thank you, @Italophile, for your thoughtful response.

Originally Posted by Italophile

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

"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.

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

    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.

[Guessed]

ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate will fail if the ActiveDocument IS a template.

If the code is sitting in the same template as the building block then you can use
ThisDocument which will work in both the template itself and when attached to activedocument.

In my experience, using the Organizer to change the Save In template doesn't work - despite looking like it should. You need to insert the building block into a document and then create it as a new building block in the correct template.

[grNadpa]

Originally Posted by Guessed

ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate will fail if the ActiveDocument IS a template.

That makes sense. I never considered that.

If the code is sitting in the same template as the building block then you can use ThisDocument which will work in both the template itself and when attached to activedocument.

I thought I tried that. But I apparently failed to get the "aPartialWaiver" building block into my WaiverWorksheetV09.dotm template

In my experience, using the Organizer to change the Save In template doesn't work - despite looking like it should. You need to insert the building block into a document and then create it as a new building block in the correct template.

That sounds like the right approach. But I don't think I have the literacy to understand your comment. Or maybe that's what I ended up doing: I created .docx pages from the QuickParts on my machine, email those pages to my wife, and add them to my wife's Word Building Blocks.

Obviously hard-coding is not a satisfying solution. But it does work. And the only future migration would be to a replacement PC. Which can be done the same way. As mentioned, not very satisfying.