Is it possible to open MS Word merge from Access form????

[Chris K]

Approached this subject before but I'm getting desperate for solution

I am trying to open Word merge by clicking on Access form - which leads to
circular error

MS Word issues warning "Opening this document with run the following SQL
command", the warning pops up under the access modal form - the form wont
budge until the merge has ended, i cant click the warning because it's
underneath the form

I can't hack company registry to get rid of the warning

Any ideas how you might call mail merge from an Access form?

I've even considered creating the letter as Access report instead but 3rd
party users wont be able to edit it and it's obvious not as neat as Word
letter

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You could use a "roll-your-own" equivalent to mail merge that instead of
using a mail merge main document with merge fields in it, used a template
that contained Docvariable fields and then have your Access code create a
new Word document from that template for each record in your Access
table/query and then set the values of the variables in that document to the
data in the record, update the fields in the document, then save or print it
before going on to the next record and repeating the process.

 

[Mike Painter]

Approached this subject before but I'm getting desperate for solution

I am trying to open Word merge by clicking on Access form - which
leads to circular error

MS Word issues warning "Opening this document with run the following
SQL command", the warning pops up under the access modal form - the
form wont budge until the merge has ended, i cant click the warning
because it's underneath the form

I can't hack company registry to get rid of the warning

Any ideas how you might call mail merge from an Access form?

I've even considered creating the letter as Access report instead but
3rd party users wont be able to edit it and it's obvious not as neat
as Word letter

It requires a bit of work but I've almost always used an Access report
rather than a mail merge. Even without a RTF control it can look pretty
good.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259971 however may answer your questions.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Agreed

 

[Chris K]

It requires a bit of work but I've almost always used an Access report
rather than a mail merge. Even without a RTF control it can look pretty
good.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259971 however may answer your questions.

I've decided that's what I'm going to do - any tips?

At the moment I've pasted text into label and inserted a picture using image
contol