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OLE/ActiveX: MS-Word mail-merge macros
2004-07-02 -- Chris Rybitski
 
Newsgroups: softvelocity.clarion.language Arnor, FWIW, here is a VB example of using Word automation. It's a late-bound example, but the early-bound code is still there, just commented. HTH! '====================================================== Public Sub DoMailMerge(ByVal psMergeDoc As String, ByVal psNewDoc As String, ByVal psDataFile As String, ByVal pbAutoStart As Boolean, Optional ByVal pbSuppressBlankLines As Boolean = True) On Error Resume Next 'Early binding on MSWord is depreciated ' ' Dim loWordApp As Word.Application ' Dim loWordDoc As Word.Document ' Dim loMrgDoc As Word.Document Dim loWordApp As Object Dim loWordDoc As Object Dim loMrgDoc As Object 'Set loWordApp = New Word.Application Set loWordApp = CreateObject("Word.Application") Set loWordDoc = loWordApp.Documents.Open(psMergeDoc) With loWordDoc.MailMerge .MainDocumentType = 0 ' - ENUM WdMailMergeMainDocType.wdFormLetters .OpenDataSource psDataFile, 4 ' - ENUM WdOpenFormat.wdOpenFormatText '.SuppressBlankLines = True .SuppressBlankLines = pbSuppressBlankLines .Destination = 0 ' - ENUM WdMailMergeDestination.wdSendToNewDocument .Execute Pause:=False End With For Each loMrgDoc In loWordApp.Documents If loMrgDoc.Name = loWordDoc.Name Then loWordDoc.Close SaveChanges:=False Else loMrgDoc.SaveAs (psNewDoc) If pbAutoStart Then loMrgDoc.Close SaveChanges:=True End If End If Set loMrgDoc = Nothing Next Set loMrgDoc = Nothing Set loWordDoc = Nothing If pbAutoStart Then loWordApp.Visible = True loWordApp.Documents.Open psNewDoc Else loWordApp.Quit End If Set loWordApp = Nothing End Sub '======================================================


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