Hi macropod,
I've constucted paths using { filename \p } before, e.g. where you have
folderx
docy.doc
docy.doc.folder
docz.doc
and use
"{ filename \p }.folder\\docz.doc" to reference the .doc
but I don't think I've ever actually tried the \\..\\ thing before and am
quite surprised that it creates a legit. pathname.
Because there's mixture of single backslashes and doubled backslashes in the
constructed path name so it's a bit surprising that it works at all,
anywhere, but then that's often the way with fields :-)
Peter Jamieson
"macropod" wrote in message
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Hi Peter,
That works too. Neat trick!
Cheers
--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
"Peter Jamieson" wrote in message
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| Worth trying the following, just in case...
|
| { INCLUDEPICTURE "{ filename \p }\\..\\{ MERGEFIELD picname }.jpg }
|
| But
| a. although it appears to work here these sorts of construct make me
| nervous
| b. you may have to uncheck Word Tools|Options|General|"Web
| options"|Files|"Update links on save"
|
| Peter Jamieson
| "LAR" wrote in message
| ...
| I am now trying to use the INCLUDEPICTURE field to insert pictures into
my
| mail merge document. I would like to be able to merge pictures into
the
| document that are in the same folder as the main document. Here is
what I
| have tried and seen.
|
| I have successfully merged the pictures by using the entire path to
the
| picture using something like {INCLUDE PICTURE "C:/temp/{MERGEFIELD
| picname}.jpg" \* MERGEFORMAT}. However, I want to be able to use the
| "current folder" to merge the pictures from.
|
| I have tried {INCLUDE PICTURE "{MERGEFIELD picname}.jpg" \*
MERGEFORMAT}
| only to find that WORD uses the DOCUMENTS path (Tools:
ptions::file
| locations::documents) as the path for the merged files. I know this
| because
| I have moved some of the pictures into the DOCUMENTS path folder and
only
| the
| pictures that I move there appear in the merged document.
|
| I tried to use a relative path with things like {INCLUDE PICTURE
| "../{MERGEFIELD picname}.jpg" \* MERGEFORMAT} with no luck.
|
| I've looked at all the VBA examples for AutoOpen but could find
nothing
| the
| TEMPORAIRLY changed the DOCUMENTS path to that of the source (main)
| document.
|
| So now, here I am again, asking how to accomplish what seems like a
simple
| task (merge the pictures in the current folder into my document) that
I
| can't
| seem to figure out for myself.
|
| Thanks in advance for any thoughts for ideas.
|
| LAR
|
|