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Conference abbott::teamlinks_windows

Title:	TeamLinks for Windows
Notice:	Kit and ECO locations: See replies to note 8.o note 8.
Moderator:	ORION::chayna.zko.dec.com::tamara::eppesAN

Created:	Mon Aug 28 1995
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2238
Total number of notes:	9650

2009.0. "Changing the "author" field in Word 7" by AIMTEC::GIANNETTI_D () Mon Feb 24 1997 13:30

TeamLinks 2.7-001
Windows 95 
Word for Windows 7.0

We are using the File/New option from TeamLinks Information Manager to
create a Winword 6.0/7.0 document (in this case 7.0).  When saving the
file, we noticed that the author is "TeamLinks Information Manager".

I tried going to the Tools/Options in Word and under "User Info"
changing the name to "my name" and then saving the document but it
still comes up as "TeamLinks Information Manager" in the author
field.

I then tried changing it via the File/Properties option.  This changes
the author but only for that one session.  Once Word has been closed
this change is lost.

I tested this scenario with TeamLinks 2.7-001 and Word 6.0 and I
get a different behavior.  If you look at the File/Properties it
will state that "TeamLinks Information Manager" is the author, however,
it actually takes the author from the "User Info" when a save is
performed.  It holds this value as a default and carries it to the
next session and so on.

The customer would like to manipulate this field on a permanent basis.
Is there a new method of achieving this?

Thanks in advance.

Debbie Giannetti

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2009.1	Modify template?	TEAMLK::alfras1_port18.alf.dec.com::teamlk::maximous		`Tue Feb 25 1997 09:43`	6
	Hi Debbie, Why don't you try modifying the template file by going into it directly from file manager and see if that doesn't do the trick? Signe
2009.2	Thanks Signe but read on...	AIMTEC::GIANNETTI_D		`Tue Feb 25 1997 11:20`	19
	Signe, Yours was a great idea but no cigar. We went to Windows Explorer, went to the TeamLinks template directory, double clicked on the Word template file, Changed the Tools/Options User info to "Beth Andres", changed the File/Properties to Elizabeth. Exited the file and saved these changes. Then from the TeamLinks Information Manager did the File/New and it brought us into the template file. Then we looked at the File/Properties and low and behold it remained Elizabeth, looking at Tools/Options User Info it was still Beth Andres but when you do the file/save to the file cabinet the author field is now BLANK. Feels like we're getting closer. Come on- I'll take you to lunch if you can solve this one. Debbie Giannetti
2009.3	works for me	TEAMLK::alfras1_port18.alf.dec.com::teamlk::maximous		`Tue Feb 25 1997 13:07`	10
	I went to TEAMLINK/TEMPLATE and edited the winword7.doc file. I changed TeamLinks in File Properties to Signe Maximous. Did a save and then closed the file. Just did a New and created a document. Did a save and it prompted me with the last used folder, blank title, and Signe Maximous as author. There must be some other variable at work here that keeps changing yours back to Elizabeth. I'll keep poking around -
2009.4	Properties not user info	TEAMLK::alfras1_port18.alf.dec.com::teamlk::maximous		`Tue Feb 25 1997 13:11`	3
	Wait a minute - just reread your reply. I didn't do anything with User Info - just the File/Properties. Try that. I think TeamLinks must ignore the user info and just use the properties.
2009.5	What is Author= in office.ini	OASS::ANDRES_B		`Tue Feb 25 1997 13:54`	10
	Signe, Look at your office.ini file in the section [Filecab] for a field Author=. Is that field Signe Maximous? I can change File Properties for the template file and modify User Info but the value for the Author on the Save Window appears to come from Office.ini for me. Beth
2009.6	author=me	TEAMLK::alfras1_port18.alf.dec.com::teamlk::maximous		`Tue Feb 25 1997 14:24`	9
	Yes, the author=Signe Maximous. If that is what TeamLinks picks up, what is the customer's issue? Suppose they have shared template files, wouldn't they want the author field to come from somewhere other than Word? What exactly is their issue? It changed from one version of TeamLinks to the next? Or it changed from one version of Word to the next.
2009.7	author=change did nothing	TEAMLK::alfras1_port18.alf.dec.com::teamlk::maximous		`Tue Feb 25 1997 14:31`	2
	So much for the author= field - I changed it to Signe Olsen, but Word keeps using Maximous.
2009.8	Customer's prob	AIMTEC::GIANNETTI_D		`Tue Feb 25 1997 15:26`	10
	Signe, The customer's problem is that with TeamLinks 2.5-4 and Wrod 6.0 all was fine but they upgraded their Word to 7.0 and their TeamLinks to 2.7 and it now does not recognize the Author field for them and it will not recognize what is being saved in the User Info or in the Properties. It just keeps flipping back to "TEamLinks Information Manager" as the author (if doing a File/new from TeamLinks). Deb
2009.9	Try Exiting TL after changing Author=	OASS::ANDRES_B		`Tue Feb 25 1997 15:47`	8
	Signe, After you changed the Author= field did you exit TeamLinks and reenter. I think I had to do this for the change to Author= to work. Beth
2009.10	depends on the system history	TEAMLK::alfras1_port18.alf.dec.com::teamlk::maximous		`Tue Feb 25 1997 16:30`	12
	After I changed office.ini, I exited TeamLinks and started again. The system I am using is a new system which never had previous versions of TeamLinks or Word. I started with Office 95 and TeamLinks V2.7 and then added ECO1. I just went to my old system which has been through every version of Office and TeamLinks and it uses the author= field instead of anything I plug into user info or properties. I don't think I'll ever get that lunch...
2009.11	PTR it if necessary.	XANADU::cascobay.zko.dec.com::TAMARA::STJEAN	Bob St.Jean	`Fri Feb 28 1997 10:28`	14
	The Author= entry in the [Filecab] section of Office.ini is used by the Filecab.dll's Save As dialog box. If memory serves, it's read in only if the caller (the integration in this case) didn't explicitly pass in an Author value to use. So whether or not it comes into play is up to how the integration uses it. I remember some changes done in this area to support the Infoman File New function. It's possible that they didn't get carried into Word 7.0, or that Word 7.0 behaves differently and what worked for Word 6.0 doesn't work the same for Word 7.0. We've had lots of cases like that. So maybe a PTR should be entered. Bob
2009.12	if no other name use author=	TEAMLK::alfras1_port26.alf.dec.com::teamlk::maximous		`Fri Feb 28 1997 11:21`	7
	The contents of the author= field seems to get used when the file does not have one itself. For example, this morning I imported an HTML file and it inserted the name I had put in my office.ini the other day. Having forgotten that I changed office.ini, I was quite surprised to see my other name plugged in. Signe
2009.13	PTR 11-3-1069	XANADU::mrjoe.zko.dec.com::manana::famularo		`Tue Mar 04 1997 15:01`	19
	This problem is a bug. A report has been entered in Engineering's Problem Tracking and Reporting System as PTR 11-3-1069. Description follows: TeamLinks integration does not appear to be obtaining the "who launched me" information which is necessary in setting the "author" for a Word 7 document created via INFOMAN's "File New...". This problem was reported in conference TEAMLINKS_WINDOWS/2009. The current workaround is to modify the author in the C:\TEAMLINK\TEMPLATE\Winword6.doc file, by opening the file directly from Word, making the modification in "File \| Properties \| Author:", then save the modified file. From this point on, all Word 7 files created via INFOMAN's "File \| New..." will be tagged with this author.