Wierd behavior when opening Word template

[jellis00]

I have VBscript running in a custom Outlook item that upon the click of different User Interface buttons opens different Word documents from templates that are stored in Windows folders, and then populates all the fields in the template from data in the Outlook item. All but one of these templates work as intended. For some reason, one of them generates an input box window titled "Microsoft Office Word" with an OK button and a Cancel button which must be clicked by the user in order for the template document to be displayed. Then when the document is finally displayed it has no Menu bar and it is not possible to save it.
I originally thought it must be the VBscript procedure in my Outlook item that was causing the problem for this one template document. However, I have checked and the code for the problem document is exactly the same syntax as the code for the documents that are working correctly.
This caused me to look at the properties of the problem template compared to the other templates and they are the same. However, I noticed that the behaviour of the problem template varies depending on how it is opened from the Windows folder where it is stored:
1) If you double-click the icon for the template document it generates the problem "Microsoft Office Word" input box, however the document does have a menu bar.
2) If you right-click the icon and use the Open menu item to open it, it opens normally without the problem input box and it does have a menu bar
3) If you right-click the icon and use the Open with.. menu item to open it with Word, it generates the problem input box, however the document does have a menu bar.
Can anyone tell me what is happening here and how to eliminate the problem input box and insure the open document has a menu bar when I open the template document programatically from my VBscript code in Outlook?
I am including my VBscript code that is used to do this below:

'================================================================================================================
Sub cmdSubmitAd_Click()
' User click of the GoodFaithAdRequest command button will open the GoodFaith Ad template, automatically
' complete fields marked with bookmarks with data from this BidProfile, and display to user for editing/printing.
	Dim objDoc			'As Word Document
	Dim fso			'As Scripting.FileSystemObject
	Dim strFolderName		'As String 
	Dim strDocName		'As String
	Dim strMsg			'As String
	Dim intAns			'As Integer
	Dim colFields		'As Collection
	Dim strBidDate		'As String

	On Error Resume Next	'Comment out when debugging
	'If Err <> 0 Then		'Remove comments on this block when debugging
    		'MsgBox "Error number " & Err.Number & _
			'vbCrLf & vbCrLf & Err.Description, , _
			'"Error in ErrorHandlerCode"

	Set objDoc = GetWordDoc(m_strAns & "\GoodFaithEffort\TemplateGoodFaith.dot")
	Set colFields = objDoc.FormFields
	'Populate the fields and display or print the Word Template...see Mosher Section 22.3 for details
	If Not objDoc Is Nothing Then
		objDoc.Application.Visible = True
		objDoc.Activate
		strMsg = "Is this project a Prevailing Wage project?"
            intAns = MsgBox(strMsg, vbYesNo + vbQuestion + vbMsgBoxSetForeground, "Prevailing Wage Project?")
		' Fill-in form fields in Word document from source fields in current item
		If intAns = vbNo Then
			colFields("PrevailingWageNo").CheckBox.Value = True
			colFields("WageType").Result = "non-prevailing wage"
 		Else
			colFields("PrevailingWageYes").CheckBox.Value = True
			colFields("WageType").Result = "prevailing wage"
            End IF
		colFields.Unprotect
		colFields("BidNo").Result = Item.UserProperties("File As")
		colFields("FaxDate").Result = Date
		colFields("ProjectName").Result = Item.UserProperties("Project Name")
		If Item.UserProperties("Bid Date/Time") = "1/1/4501" Then
			strBidDate = "Not Yet Assigned"
		Else
			strBidDate = FormatDateTime(Item.UserProperties("Bid Date/Time"),vbGeneralDate)
		End If
		colFields("BidDateTime").Result = strBidDate

		If Item.UserProperties("Bid Date/Time") = "1/1/4501" Then
			strBidDate = "Not Yet Assigned"
		Else
			strBidDate = FormatDateTime(Item.UserProperties("Bid Date/Time"),vbGeneralDate)
		End If
		colFields("BidDateTime").Result = strBidDate
		objDoc.Application.Visible = True
		objDoc.Activate
		' Uncomment next lines if you want automatic printouts of the report
			' objDoc.Application.Options.PrintBackground = True
			' objDoc.PrintOut
		' Uncomment next line if you don't want to save the document
			' objDoc.Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges
		' Uncomment next line if you are not making document visible in above code..required to restore WORD
			' Call RestoreWord

		' Change name of document and save path before saving
		strFolderName = Item.UserProperties("File As")
		Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
		If fso.FolderExists("C:\Documents and Settings\" & strFolderName) = False Then
			MsgBox "A Windows folder for this BidNo. does not yet exist and will be created now.", _
				vbMsgBoxSetForeground
			Call CreateBidFolder(strFolderName)
		End If	
		strDocName = strFolderName & "_ GoodFaithAdRequest"
		objDoc.SaveAs ("C:\Documents and Settings\" & strFolderName & "\" & strDocName)
		objDoc.Application.Visible = True
		objDoc.SetFocus
	End If

	Set objDoc = Nothing
	Set fso = Nothing
	Set strFolderName = Nothing
	Set strDocName = Nothing
	Set strMsg = Nothing
	Set intAns = Nothing
	Set colFields = Nothing
	Set strBidDate = Nothing
End Sub

'==============================================================================================================
'===============================================================
' GetWordDoc
' From Mosher book, Listing 22.8
'---------------------------------------------------------------
' Purpose : Returns Word document, either from template or blank
' Notes   : Sets m_blnWeOpenedWord and m_blnWordPrintBackground
'           for use with RestoreWord. If you don't plan to
'           print, you don't need to set the latter.
'---------------------------------------------------------------
' Arguments :
'-----------
' strTemplatePath (Optional) (String) -- name of Word template
'---------------------------------------------------------------
' Returns : New Word.Document
'===============================================================
Function GetWordDoc(strTemplatePath)
    Dim objWord 	'As Word.Application

	On Error Resume Next	'Comment out when debugging
	'If Err <> 0 Then		'Remove comments on this block when debugging
    		'MsgBox "Error number " & Err.Number & _
			'vbCrLf & vbCrLf & Err.Description, , _
			'"Error in ErrorHandlerCode"
	'End If

    m_blnWeOpenedWord = False
    Set objWord = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
    If objWord Is Nothing Then
        Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
        m_blnWeOpenedWord = True
    End If
    m_blnWordPrintBackground = _
      objWord.Options.PrintBackground
    If strTemplatePath = "" Then
        strTemplatePath = "Normal.dot"
    End If
    Set GetWordDoc = objWord.Documents.Add(strTemplatePath)
    objWord.Visible = True
    
    On Error GoTo 0
    Set objWord = Nothing
End Function

[dmaruca]

The problem definitely sounds like it's the template and not your code. You could try:

1) Resetting the menu and toolbars.

http://www.officearticles.com/word/r...osoft_word.htm

2) If that doesn't help, I would re-create the template with a blank one and import required stuff using Tools->Templates & Addins->Organizer from the blank document.

[NeedSomeAnswers]

Is there any On Open macros in the template ? e.g.

AutoNew(), AutoOpen()

These macros will run when you open a template or document. select Alt + F11 on your keyboard to bring up the VBA editor, and see if your template has a module with either of these macros in it !!

You could for expediency just do a select all on the document and copy into a new one and then re save it. This should strip the Templates of any old setting that may me hiding in it.