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I have an Access 2016 application that creates an instance of Word in order to create new documents based on templates. It works fine in 32 bit Office, but recently in 64 bit Office it works once to create a single document, but if Word is already running when I try to run it a second time I get the following:
Word has blocked macros from running because the source of the file is untrusted - citing the following file...
C:\Users\pete\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Word\~WRC1714.tmp
This happens when the Access code attempts to run:
Set WordApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
In 32 bit Office I can run this as many times as I want and have many documents open. This problem only seems to apply to 64 bit Office and only if Word is already running - it works fine once, and then errors on the next attempt. If you then close down Word it'll work. I think this is a recent issue (last month or so) and is probably a consequence of a Windows or Office 365 update. HELP!!!!
Pete
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Hi, @Pete Hadden
We recommend you to revert to a previous version of Office 365 to see if the issue can be solved.
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I have reverted back to version 16.0.14827.20158 of Office and this does indeed cure the problem. I've had to turn off Automatic Updates in Office to stop things updating back to the latest version. So is that it? Is Microsoft going to provide a fix for this? As far as I can tell from further investigation, Microsoft has implemented some sort of "block all macros from documents that appear to come from the internet" policy. Very well-intentioned no doubt, but the knock-on effect is that it prevents developers from being able to use the code within Office itself to create other Office documents. Surely one of the whole points of an Office suite is that all the component applications should work together.
There's an interesting article about this absurd cock-up here:
https://office-watch.com/2022/blocking-office-vba-macros-resumes-why/
Is there anyone at Microsoft reading this that can offer some alternative way of creating documents using vba code that don't incur this over-zealous new Office 'feature'?
Hi @Pete Hadden ,
In my opinion, you can give a feedback about this problem to Microsoft:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-do-i-give-feedback-on-microsoft-office-2b102d44-b43f-4dd2-9ff4-23cf144cfb11
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No one at MS who can do anything to change the product is reading this. You need to use the feedback mechanisms to get their attention.
Your code could also check to see if there is already an instance of Word running and adapt for that.
Because of this 'feature' of Word, I've been forced to re-code the way in which Access opens Word, creates a document and populates it with data from a table. I've given up using any macros in Word completely - in fact I can have Macros disabled completely. I am now using Bookmarks in the Word document, and using vba code in Access to insert the data into these instead of using mail merge fields.