Visual Basic, HELP! Trying to implement MailMerge through WordBasic and Access v2

HELP! Trying to implement MailMerge through WordBasic and Access v2

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Saul G. Be #1 / 2	HELP! Trying to implement MailMerge through WordBasic and Access v2 Hello all I've hit a brick wall here. I've got a VB 3.0 (Professional) application up and running, and it has a link into an Access 2 database. I now want to implement a mail merge through MS Word 6.0, and the thing is just not co-operating. I found a demo at ftp.microsoft.com called MAILMERG.EXE, but that one uses an Access 1 database, and it won't accept my syntax - tells me "Obsolete database format". I couldn't use a DDE link ("Word cannot re-establish DDE link with Access"), so I tried ODBC. This now gives me the error "Too few parameters - Expected 1". It doesn't tell me what parameters are expected, or where those parameters are expected. And the "details" button on the error message box does sweet blow all. >:-( Please can somebody help me? Preferably mail me directly, but other readers may also be interested in the answer... Regards, Saul G. Behr
Sun, 19 Jul 1998 03:00:00 GMT

Gary Ti #2 / 2	HELP! Trying to implement MailMerge through WordBasic and Access v2 Quote: >Hello all >I've hit a brick wall here. I've got a VB 3.0 (Professional) >application up and running, and it has a link into an Access 2 database. > I now want to implement a mail merge through MS Word 6.0, and the thing >is just not co-operating. I found a demo at ftp.microsoft.com called >MAILMERG.EXE, but that one uses an Access 1 database, and it won't >accept my syntax - tells me "Obsolete database format". >Regards, >Saul G. Behr From your wording it sound like you have just started using VB. If so, my guess is that you have not implemented the VB3 to Access2.0 patch. Its called Comlyr.exe. You can get it from Microsoft. If you have been using VB a while and know about the patch, I appologise for stating the obvious. I also am working on this problem. I have had reasonable success. I also started with the same exe you have. Gary Timm
Thu, 23 Jul 1998 03:00:00 GMT

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