I have a MS Word template that I have created for purchase orders. It has a CREATEDATE field in it, and also an AutoOpen macro that prompts for some user input and assigns a sequential PO number. The template has been working just the way it was supposed
to for 6 months on several computers. Now when it is run on any of the computers it doesn't update the date. The last files created that actually worked correctly were all 7/8/2014 or earlier. I have tried re-creating the field, and also tried using a "Activedocument.fields.update"
in my macro, but can not get the date to update. If I right click on the field and select update, it does change. The only change that I can see that has been universal across all our computers are some MS Office automatic updates on 7/9/2014. Any ideas?
You say you're using an an AutoOpen macro. That implies you're working with a document, not a template, since a template used for new documents would use either a Document_New macro or an AutoNew macro. The CREATEDATE field won't update on existing documents
unless they're saved via SaveAs.
Unlike some other fields, the CREATEDATE field also doesn't auto-update automatically, even after a new document is created or an existing one is saved via Save As. You need to do something that would cause it to update (e.g. Ctrl-A, F9 for fields in the
body or a Print Preview for other fields). Having Word's 'Update fields before printing' option checked is a good safeguard.
Furthermore, where the CREATEDATE field is in the document header or footer, your ActiveDocument.Fields.Update code won't affect it - but toggling the Print Preview will:
