Question

I’m using a C# application which create .doc files from a template.
The problem is that I don’t keep the templates and, when the template file doesn’t exist anymore, the .doc file makes a very long time to open.
I’ve understood that Word try to find the template file before opening the doc file. It seems useless cause when Word opens the document (after a long time) it shows perfectly.

This is the code I use to open the file :

 wordApplication = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
 wordApplication.Documents.Add("PATH TO DOC");

There is no problem if the template file exists but it takes a very long time if it do not.

Any idea on how to remove that “link” between the template and the doc created from the template ? (In C#)

Answer 1

You can use set_AttachedTemplate of the Word.Document object to change the template.
You might have to call UpdateStyles on the document to copy over the style information from the new template.