High! Bob,
Ref: Wordbasic / .dot problem, dd.26-Apr-97, from: Bob Davis
JvH>> STRPCCMD "C:\MSOFFICE\WINWORD\WINWORD.EXE /t
JvH>> F:\APPS\WFBAS.DOT"
JvH>> Right, but since the command resulted in opening the
JvH>> template, instead of creating a new document from the template, I
JvH>> had to rename it to AutoOpen.
 BD> Since the behavior on your system is so fundamentally
 BD> different, I expect there are other problems related to the
 BD> environment. 
 
I haven't encountered any problems, but this one. I haven't got a clue
as to how the AS/400 executes the STRPCCMD command. Since they are still
using the rather old Release 2.3 of OS/400 (1993) that contains
QPCSUPP(ort) to enable linking with PC's, I guess the software uses
calls for DOS (!?!). Maybe this doesn't work as expected?
 BD> Have you tried your template under a normal W95 or NT
 BD> platform environment?
Yep! Can you imagine how I felt: I made a template that worked on my PC,
but when started by the AS/400 it failed. We then started the template
on the target PC directly and it worked. I then noticed that -- instead
of creating a new document -- Word just opened the template. This lead
to the decission to rename AutoNew to AutoOpen and to implement the
other changes; just as work-around.
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