Attaching/changing template in document

Aspose.Words Product Family
1

I read a post that said this was possible but I cannot get it to work....

I have tried to change the template in the word documents using the demo version 3.4 of your API with no success. Am I missing something? We really need this tool to fix thousands of word documents that have old server names in them - they take a long time to open because it cannot find the server. What am I missing?

Private Sub Button7_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button7.Click

ofd.ShowDialog()

Dim docName As String = ofd.FileName

If docName <> Nothing AndAlso docName.Length > 0 Then

Dim etime As DateTime = Now

Dim doc As New Document(docName)

doc.Unprotect()

Dim tempPath As String = doc.BuiltInDocumentProperties.Template

tempPath = IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(tempPath)

tempPath = IO.Path.Combine(tempPath, "Normal.dot")

doc.BuiltInDocumentProperties.Template = tempPath

Dim fPath As String = IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(docName)

Dim fName As String = "new" & IO.Path.GetFileName(docName)

doc.Save(IO.Path.Combine(fPath, fName))

Debug.WriteLine("Elapsed time: " & Now.Subtract(etime).Seconds & " seconds")

End If

End Sub

2

As far as I can see your code should work ok. Try to move Debug.WriteLine up to find out where exactly does the delay occur.

Also, if you attach a sample document I can help you further.

3

Do I need the full version for this to work? I currently only have the demo.

4

Evaluation version of Aspose.Word is fully functional. I'll make a quick research on your document and inform you of the results tomorrow.

5

Indeed, it does not work. We are planning to fix it in the next release.

Meanwhile, as a workaround, you can use ImportNode method to move all contents of your documents to brand new documents with no invalid template references.

6

Thanks for the rapid response. I will give the workaround a try. As far as the next release is concerned, any idea about when that might be available?

7

Next release is planned on the end of January.

8

The Document.BuiltInDocumentProperties.Template property is for information purposes only. We've now added a comment into the API documentation on this.

If you want to change the document template - use the Document.AttachedTemplate property.