Very educational.

But I still can't get it to work.
I tried your first one:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data
CONTACT2-UACCTMGR}.BMP" \d}
This one gave me the same problem I was having before. When creating the
template, I update/toggle the DDEAUTO GoldMine expression and it plugs in
the correct value in its place. Then I update/toggle the INCLUDEPICTUR
expression and it merges the correct image. But then after I save the
template and do a merge, it merges the wrong image. It basically reverts
back to the image that I originally pointed it to.

Then I tried the SET PicName.
First, I'm not sure I did it right. How do I plug in the {PicName} field
without typing it in. It doesn't look like I can just type it in because
then the { } don't look valid. Also, are you sure you have the { }
positioned correctly because the way you have them it would make the "and"
be outside the shaded area.

Thanks!

"macropod" wrote in message
...
Hi Ademar,

A couple of points:
1. The path for an INCLUDEPICTURE field needs to be fully spelt out,
including the drive letter. AFAIK, you can't use network paths.
2. The \*CHARFORMAT and \* MERGEFORMAT switches are superfluous

Try something like:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data
CONTACT2-UACCTMGR}.BMP" \d}

An alternative approach might be to use the DDEAUTO field to create a
bookmark and use that in the INCLUDEPICTURE field:
{SET PicName {DDEAUTO GoldMine Data CONTACT2-UACCTMGR}}
and
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/{PicName}.BMP" \d}

Also, if the DDEAUTO field includes a path or filename extension, you
should
delete them from the rest of the INCLUDEPICTUREfield.

Cheers
PS: INCLUDEPICTURE fields and the like normally use double back-slashes
(i.e. '\\') as path separators, but single forward-slashes, as shown
above,
work just as well.


"Ademar" wrote in message
...
I use GoldMine's (CRM Software) link with Microsoft Word to merge
documents.
GoldMine uses DDE to feed data from its database to Word. Here's an
example
of a GoldMine DDE command that I can plug in to MS Word:
{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data CONTACT2-UACCTMGR \*CHARFORMAT}.

At the same time, I use some of Word's own merge commands to insert
images
as a dynamic link. Here's an example:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "../../../Sigs/ADEMAR.BMP" \* MERGEFORMAT \d}

In this case, I'm merging a picture called "ADEMAR.BMP". What I need to
accomplish is have the picture file name be dynamic. I need the
filename
to
be feed through to Word from GoldMine's DDE command shown above. I
tried
nesting GoldMine's DDE command into Word's DDE command but it didn't
work.
It seems that Word is using whatever GoldMine feeds at the time I
inserted
the DDE command and saved the document as a template. Therefore, it
always
links the picture that was used when I first created/saved the template.
I
have successfully combined GoldMine's DDE Commands with Word's DDE
Commands
in the past but I have not had any luck with this one. I've tried
several
variations of the following:

{INCLUDEPICTURE "../../../Sigs/{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data CONTACT2-UACCTMGR
\*CHARFORMAT}.BMP" \* MERGEFORMAT \d}

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Ademar.