[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

I can see why you would comment out

'objApp.Visible = False

But why are you commenting out all of the other lines of code?

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"Murray Muspratt-Rouse" wrote
in message ...

I have implemented Doug's suggestions, but, while the code ran without
error, nothing was displayed - the application returned to the form in
MS Access from which the merge was initiated. The code that ran is
below: -

Sub OpenWordDoc(strDocName As String, strLetterDescription As String,
strFormName As String)
Dim objApp As Object
Dim objMMMD As Object
Dim strCurrentFileName As String
On Error Resume Next
DoCmd.OpenQuery "qrydeleteMergeTablerows"


'Load data to MergeTable with a query that collects the required data
after update

If strFormName = "Volunteers" Then
If strLetterDescription = "REFERENCE REQUEST" Then
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryUpdateRefereeLetterDate")
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryReferees")
Else
If strLetterDescription = "Referee chaser" Then
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryUpdateRefereeChaserDate")
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryRefereechaser")
Else
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryVolunteer")
End If
End If
Else
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryClient")
End If

strCurrentFileName = CurrentDb.Name

Set objApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
'objApp.Visible = False
objApp.Activate
'Dim objMMMD As Object
Set objMMMD = objApp.Documents.Open(FileName:=strDocName)

'objApp.Documents.Open FileName:=strDocName,
ConfirmConversions:=False, _
'ReadOnly:=False, AddToRecentFiles:=False _
', PasswordDocument:="", _
'PasswordTemplate:="", Revert:=False,
WritePasswordDocument:="", _
'WritePasswordTemplate:="", XMLTransform:=""

'objApp.ActiveDocument.MailMerge.OpenDataSource Name:= _

With objMMMD
MailMerge.OpenDataSource Name:=strCurrentFileName, _
ConfirmConversions:=False, ReadOnly:=False, LinkToSource:=True,
_
AddToRecentFiles:=False, PasswordDocument:="",
PasswordTemplate:="", _
WritePasswordDocument:="", WritePasswordTemplate:="",
Revert:=False, _
Connection:= _
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Password="""";Us er
ID=Admin;Date Source=strCurrentFileName;Mode=Read;Extended
Properties="""";Jet OLEDB:System database="""";Jet OLEDB:Registry
Path="""";Jet OLEDBatabase Password="""";Jet OLE" _
, SQLStatement:="SELECT * FROM `mergetable`",
SQLStatement1:="", _
SubType:=wdMergeSubTypeAccess
Destination = wdSendToNewDocument
SuppressBlankLines = True
With .DataSource
FirstRecord = .ActiveRecord
LastRecord = .ActiveRecord
End With
Execute Pause:=False
Close wdDoNotSaveChanges
End With


'Dim intSplitName As Integer
'Dim intLength As Integer
'intLength = Len(strDocName)
'intSplitName = InStrRev(strDocName, "\", , vbTextCompare)
'strDocName = Right(strDocName, intLength - intSplitName)


'objApp.Windows(strDocName).Activate
'objApp.ActiveWindow.Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges
'objMMMD.Close SaveChanges:=False
'Set objMMMD = Nothing


'objApp.Documents.Open strDocName


'objApp.Visible = True
'objApp.Activate

End Sub

Murray

Doug Robbins - Word MVP;360910 Wrote:
Try the following (watch out for line breaks that may occur in the wrong

place.) I haven't really looked at the If... Else...End If
manipulations of
the Access data at the beginning to see if there is anything wrong with
it,
only at the Word part of the code.

Sub OpenWordDoc(strDocName As String, strLetterDescription As String,
strFormName As String)
Dim objApp As Object
Dim objMMMD As Object
Dim strCurrentFileName As String

On Error Resume Next
DoCmd.OpenQuery "qrydeleteMergeTablerows"


'Load data to MergeTable with a query that collects the required data
after update

If strFormName = "Volunteers" Then
If strLetterDescription = "REFERENCE REQUEST" Then
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryUpdateRefereeLetterDate")
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryReferees")
Else
If strLetterDescription = "Referee chaser" Then
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryUpdateRefereeChaserDate")
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryRefereechaser")
Else
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryVolunteer")
End If
End If
Else
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryClient")
End If

strCurrentFileName = CurrentDb.Name
'Opens the document

Set objApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
objApp.Activate
Set objMMMD = objApp.Documents.Open(FileName:=strDocName)
With ObjMMMD
.MailMerge.OpenDataSource Name:= _
strCurrentFileName, _
ConfirmConversions:=False, ReadOnly:=False, LinkToSource:=True, _
AddToRecentFiles:=False, PasswordDocument:="",
PasswordTemplate:="", _
WritePasswordDocument:="", WritePasswordTemplate:="",
Revert:=False, _
Connection:= _
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Password="""";Us er _
ID=Admin;Date Source=strCurrentFileName;Mode=Read; _
Extended Properties="""";Jet OLEDB:System database=""""; _
Jet OLEDB:Registry Path="""";Jet OLEDBatabase Password="""";Jet
OLE",
_
SQLStatement:="SELECT * FROM `mergetable`", SQLStatement1:="", _
SubType:=wdMergeSubTypeAccess
.Destination = wdSendToNewDocument
.SuppressBlankLines = True
With .DataSource
FirstRecord = .ActiveRecord
LastRecord = .ActiveRecord
End With
.Execute Pause:=False
.Close wdDoNotSaveChanges
End With

End Sub


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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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