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My fax system, automates MS Word and does a Mail/Merge operation using a Word
document and an Access database. I look for marker characters (?) in the word
document and replace them with merge fields. The program would stop at the
Find function and give the error message: €œExternal component has thrown an
exception€� . Here is a code excerpt with the problem statement highlighted:



' Go to top of page

' ----------------------------

CW("Insert Merge Fields")

appWD.Selection.HomeKey(Unit:=WdUnits.wdStory)



' Find 1st question mark (SENDER_NAME)

' ------------------------------------

With appWD.Selection.Find

.ClearFormatting()

.Text = "?"

.Execute(Forward:=True)

End With

appWD.Selection.Find.Execute()



' Create Sender Name merge field

' ------------------------------


appWD.ActiveDocument.MailMerge.Fields.Add(Range:=a ppWD.ActiveWindow.Selecton.Range, _

Name:="SenderName")





I first removed fix KB929061 €“ Problem persisted

I then removed KB920816 €“ Problem persisted

When I removed KB929063, everything started working.



I wonder if its only KB929063 or a combination of the above that caused the
problem.


Hope someone can help.