SYMPTOMS
When you use the Visual Basic for Applications AppendToSpike method example
found in the AppendToSpike method Help topic, you may receive the following
error message:
Run-time error '6008':
The AppendToSpike method is only valid for the AutoTextEntries in the
NormalTemplate.
CAUSE
By design, the Visual Basic for Applications AppendToSpike method can be
used only with the Word default Normal template. The AppendToSpike Help
example is misleading in that it uses the following Visual Basic for
Applications command set:
Set myTemplate = ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate
Using this command set when the active document is attached to any template
other than the Normal template will result in a run-time error.
RESOLUTION
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To resolve this issue, change the code copied from the AppendToSpike Method
Help example.
In the following AppendToSpike Method example, the command set,
NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries,
replaces
ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate
found in the original AppendToSpike Help example.
Using NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries assures the example will work
regardless of the template that is currently attached to the active
document.
Dim atEntry As AutoTextEntry
Selection.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
For Each atEntry In NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries
If atEntry.Name = "Spike" Then atEntry.Delete
Next atEntry
With NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries
.AppendToSpike Range:=ActiveDocument.Words(3)
.AppendToSpike Range:=ActiveDocument.Words(1)
.Item("Spike").Insert Where:=Selection.Range
End With
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Editor, click the Office Assistant, type
AppendToSpike Method, click
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