Hi ?B?Smltc29sdA==?=,

but I'm concerned with
what happens when a recipient gets the message. On a copy I sent to myself I
got the message, and I could open the data base. Should I assume another
recipeint would 1) get the message and/or 2) not have access to the database?

There's nothing you can do to control what the recipient gets, in this respect.
This is a security measure for the individual machine/user-profile. If the
recipient uses mail merge regularly, they'll be familiar with the message (or
have turned it off in the Registry). If you have to assume they're not, you
might put a link to the KB article in your "covering message".

The only way to NOT have the message display is to send the files without a link
to the data source. Then have macro do the linking when the document is opened.
Of course, then you risk running into the Macro security messages, unless you've
digitally signed your code, and the recipient "trusts" your digital signature.

Blame it on all the people who get a kick out of invading other people's
machines. All Microsoft is trying to do is protect those using their software.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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