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WD98: Recorded Macro to Insert AutoText from Add-in Fails

Article ID: 181065

Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q181065

SYMPTOMS

When you record a macro to insert AutoText that exists in an add-in template, the macro fails on playback and the following error occurs:

Run-time error '5941':

The requested member of the collection does not exist.

CAUSE

This is a problem with the way the Visual Basic Editor records the Word command to insert the AutoText entry.

WORKAROUND

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Use the following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro to work around this problem. Substitute the AttachedTemplate path and file name to the path and file name of your custom template. Substitute "MyEntry" for the name of the AutoText entry to insert.

   Sub GetAddInAutotext()

      Dim originalattachment As String

      ' Get the currently attached template and store it in a variable.
      originalattachment = Templates(1).Path & Application.PathSeparator _
         & ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate

      ' Set the attached template to your custom template.
      ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate = _
         "Macintosh HD:MicrosoftOffice 98:Templates\MyTemplate"

      ' Insert the AutoText at the insertion point.
      ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.AutoTextEntries("MyEntry").Insert _
         Where:=Selection.Range, RichText:=True

      ' Re-Attach the original template.
      ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate = originalattachment

   End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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