I quit.
If I had other ideas I would have posted them long before now.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Still no luck. I looked for the schdmapi.dll file and none came up. I
then
ran the repair and retried mail merge. Same error mesage. I don't know
if
this means anything but I imported this address file as a csv file from
an
earlier version of OL on an old computer. Any other ideas? I am using
OE6
and
OL2003.
:
More information here:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q290/7/21.asp
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Well I have tried reconfiguring OL as default mail program and
unlinking
OL
and OE. But it still gives me error messages when I get to Step 2:
If I
start
from OL and it takes me to Word at step 2 I get "required file
SCHDMAPI.DLL
could not be located check your email installation and reinstall
Word
if
necessary" and if I start from Word and direct it to OL at Step 2 it
reads
"There is no default mail client or current client cannot fulfill
nessage
requirement. Run OL and set it as default mail clieent". This all
occurs
after setting OL as default mail clent and even rebooting. As I said
I
am
stuck at Step 2.
vince
:
Sharing your Outlook Contacts Folder with OE is not in play here
and
is
inadvisable if you are trying to do a mail merge. OE must be out of
the
picture entirely. You must have Outlook set up as both your default
mail
program and default Contacts manager. You must have the Outlook
Address
Book
configured correctly and connected to the Outlook Contacts Folder
where
all
your addresses reside.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
I have OE6 and OL2003. My understanding is that sharing the
Contacts
folder
of OL2003 with the Address Book of OE6 is not supported. I found
a
link
that
explained how to accomplish this through a change in the registry
which
I
did.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Software
Microsoft
WAB
WAB4
It has you add a new DWORD value named UseOutlook and modify its
value
to
"1".
This supposedly enables sharing by not allowing OE to use the
*.wab.
That said since I tried deleting that DWORD and retried Mail
Merge
with
no
success I do not think that this is a contributory factor to my
original
problem of Mail Merge.
Whether starting the Mail Merge process from OL or Word it makes
no
difference. I cannot get past Step 2 in the merge. This is where
you
tell
Word to use the Contacts folder in OL as your source of data.
With
Word
I
get
one type of error message. With OL I get another. In one it is
setting
Ol
as
the default mail client which I tried as per your suggestion.
With
the
other
it says it cannot find a SCHDMAPI file. The latest is that "dlink
properties"
popup that seems to want to find an Access file.
I have tried every option on the data source with no success.
Word
doesn't
seem to want to or can't access the contacts folder as the source
of
data
for
making mailing labels.
:
You'd better provide some detail here. Since when is a reg hack
necessary
to
configure the Outlook Address Book?
Did you follow the directions?
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287563&Product=ol2002
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
Well I though that I did. I had made a change in the registry
to
accomplish
that but it didn't seem to work. I changed it back and tried
again
with
no
success - Word now takes me to "dlink properties".
:
Do you have your Outlook Address Book configured to connect
to
your
Contacts
folder?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
Well I switched default mail but it still doesn't work. I
keep
getting
hung
up at Step 2 when it asks for the data source. I enter OL
Contacts
and
I
get
error messages. I can't seem to get Word to accept the
contacts
folder
as
my
source of data.
:
Only Outlook can provide the transports necessary for a
mail
merge,
and
it
can only do so if it is configured as the default mail
program.
You
do
so
in
Control Panel > Internet Options > Programs. You should be
able
to
set
it
back to OE after you're done.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I tried couldn't figure out how to make Outlook my
default
mail
client.
I
am
also a little leery of making the chang because I use
Outlook
express
for
my
email. I assume when I am done with the mail merge that
I
will
then
have
to
change back. Can you provide help on how to do this?
:
You must set Outlook as your default mail client if you
are
going
to
do a
mail merge.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"VinceMalin" <
[email protected]>
wrote
in
message
I used to use Word 2000 and Outlook 2000 in Win98SE to
do
a
Mail
Merge
to
create labels for Christmas Cards. ( I know it's
tacky!!).
I
now
have
Win
Home XP and Word 2003 and Outlook 2003. Unfortunately
I
can't
seem
to
complete a Mail Merge. When I start in Outlook I get
to
Word
but
in
Step 2
of
the Mail Merge Wizard I select Outlook Contacts and
get
an
error
message
"Reqd file SCHDMAPI.DLL could not be found. Chk your
email
installation
and
reinstall Word if Nec."
When I start in Word I get to "choose Outlook file".
When
I
select
contacts
folder I get an error message "There is no default
mail
client
or
current
mail client cannot fulfill message request run
Outlook
and
set
it
as
default
mail client".
I use Outlook Express for email and Outlook for my
address
book.
They
share
it.
Help!!
I tried to set
