[Peter Jamieson]

Experiments here have worked so far.

With the file and data source open, can you use the Visual Basic editor to
display the value of ActiveDocument.Mailmerge.DataSource.ConnectString ?

(Actually, I can only get Word 2003 to open .dat data sources using its
internal text converter: a blank result would confirm that this is what is
happening on your system too).

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Peter Jamieson
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"Jerry Garnett" Jerry wrote in message
...
Word 2003. I never see the "Confirm Data Source" dialog box. Just the
'Select
Data souce' box.

"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

Which version of Word in this case? Are you selecting a specific option
in a
"Confirm Data Source" dialog box?

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Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"Jerry Garnett" wrote in message
...
I have been able to create a merge document and save the data source
using
paths such as T:\Data\s1prod\word_us or U:\, with the template document
and
the data source (a .dat file) in the same folder. Although asked to
confirm
the data sources's location, when I click on 'Yes' the document opens
using
the relevant data source.

However, when I use a path like
\\Studep1.isd.ad.flinders.edu.au\t1\S1\Data\s1acce pt43\word_us I still
get
asked to confirm the data source when opening the template but it
doesn't
recognise this path and asks me to select a new data source. I can
re-select the same data source and generate a document but when I save
the
template and re-open it, the same process occurs. It looks like Word
doesn't like either the long path or not using a Drive letter.

Any ideas?