Using a VBA project as a Template

Hi, I work in a company where we use a new program called SolidWorks Inspection that takes an Excel Template and a Drawing then
creates an Inspection report on an Excel spread sheet. I wrote a VBA code that will extract information from the user and input them in their places on the spread sheet. I made this VBA code on the Template and saved it. Solidworks Inspection exports
the information into that template creating a spread sheet. i saved my work then opened it back up to run the VBA project but it is not there anymore only the Button that i made to run the program is there but the actual Modual disappeared.
The question here is can I write a VBA code that can be saved as a template so that whenever i use it on anything my code will be ready to go with a click on a button?

When the corporation I work for, changed all PCs to Win7 Pro x64 & office 2010, I had macros disappear after creating new code in personal.xlsb (local VBA project file). Maybe
a ' trusted document' and or 'Trusted Location' (network folder?) issue
Your IT department may need change their standard Policy for all users, to allow saving code to a 'trusted location'.
Mark

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John,
I found this module, which provides the the list of custom fields used in the project but does not provide the name given to the field. Here below is the module and hope you could help me achieve this by modifying the macro to list the renamed field.
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2) Within a Template Project, any actual changes to the document does not offer itself as a 'change' while doing comparison on Implementation Project. In other words, after a given Scenario and all its associated documentation are copied into an Implementation project, if a given document at a given node needs to be edited, it's better to create a new document and upload it in Template Project than to open & change the same document. If the same document is edited, the Compare and Adjust cannot see that as 'difference'.
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SAP_BASIS - Release 700 Level 0013
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ST - Release 400 Level 0014
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