What follows is code I use to connect to a data source. Perhaps it will give
you a starting place.

Function WorkGroupPath() As String
' Written by Charles Kenyon
' February 28, 2003
'
' Used by templates menus to set location of templates.
' Returns workgroup tempates path with "\" at the end.
'
' This is needed because if the folder is a network drive rather
' than a folder, it will have the "\" already. If it is a folder,
' it will not have the backslash. This function gives a string
' with the backslash in either case.
'
WorkGroupPath =
Application.Options.DefaultFilePath(wdWorkgroupTem platesPath)
If Right(WorkGroupPath, 1) "\" Then
WorkGroupPath = WorkGroupPath & "\"
End If
End Function

Sub AttachClients()
' Written by Charles Kenyon
' 19 April 2005
'
' Requires WorkGroupPath function
'
' Makes activedocument a mailmerge (letter) document and
' attaches Clients_Merge.xls from Parts folder of Workgroup Templates
folder.
'
On Error Resume Next
'
' Name of file
Dim strFileName As String
Dim strProvider As String
strFileName = WorkGroupPath & "Parts\Merge Data\Clients_Merge.xls"
'
' Attach Merge list
' ActiveDocument.MailMerge.OpenDataSource _
Name:=strFileName, _
ConfirmConversions:=False, ReadOnly:=False, LinkToSource:=True, _
AddToRecentFiles:=False, PasswordDocument:="", PasswordTemplate:="",
_
WritePasswordDocument:="", WritePasswordTemplate:="", Revert:=False,
_
Format:=wdOpenFormatAuto, Connection:= _
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Password="""";Us er ID=Admin;Data
Source=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\MS Office User System
Files\Shared Templates\Parts\Merge Data\Clients_Merge.xls;Mode=Read;Extended
Properties=""HDR=YES;IMEX=1;"";Jet OLEDB:" _
, SQLStatement:="SELECT * FROM `Clients$`", SQLStatement1:="",
SubType:= _
wdMergeSubTypeAccess
' ActiveDocument.MailMerge.OpenDataSource _
Name:=strFileName, _
ConfirmConversions:=False, ReadOnly:=False, LinkToSource:=True, _
AddToRecentFiles:=False, PasswordDocument:="", PasswordTemplate:="",
_
WritePasswordDocument:="", WritePasswordTemplate:="", Revert:=False,
_
Format:=wdOpenFormatAuto, _
Connection:= _
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Password="""";Us er ID=Admin;Data
Source=strFileName;Mode=Read;Extended Properties=""HDR=YES;IMEX=1;"";Jet
OLEDB:" _
, SQLStatement:="SELECT * FROM `Clients$`", SQLStatement1:="",
SubType:= _
wdMergeSubTypeAccess
' Following should be shorter version of above (somewhat)
ActiveDocument.MailMerge.OpenDataSource strFileName, , , False, _
True, False, "", "", False, "", "",
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Password="""";Us er ID=Admin;Data
Source=strFileName;Mode=Read;Extended Properties=""HDR=YES;IMEX=1;"";Jet
OLEDB:" _
, "SELECT * FROM `Clients$`", "", , wdMergeSubTypeAccess
'
' Show merge data
ActiveDocument.MailMerge.ViewMailMergeFieldCodes = False
'
End Sub

--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"Dixie" wrote in message
...
I was looking for a way to change the data source in the mailmerge template
without navigating to the actual text file containing the data. There is
only one letter difference between them and there are over 120 mailmerge
templates. I have done one lot of them where I changed a C:\ to T:\ in a
path and it took me just on two hours, including the sleep/trance time from
the repetetiveness of the task. I have to do a quite a few of these from
time to time and I was hoping I could find the path in some vba in the
mailmerge template and just change the letter. No such luck I guess. The
code you gave did report the path, but is not useful in changing it.

Thanks anyway.

dixie

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Run a macro containing the following code:

MsgBox ActiveDocument.MailMerge.DataSource.Name

--
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

"Dixie" wrote in message
...
When I connect a mailmerge template to a text file via the Get Data
button
on the MailMerge Helper in Word 2000, is there anywhere in the template
that
I can later view that path and file name where the template looks for
its
merge data. Where in the mailmerge template is the information stored?

dixie