The strange thing sbout it is that I have two .csv data files both containing
ø,æ,å etc. and have the same structure, but they behave differently when
merged with the same document!?!?!

"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

Sorry, my mistake. I still think it can be done, but right now I can only
check with Word 2003, which sometimes behaves in a slightly different way.
Apologies in advance if neither of these suggestions work:

ActiveDocument.MailMerge.OpenDataSource
Name:="", _
Connection:="DSN=Delimited Text
Files;DBQ=C:\;DriverId=27;FIL=text;MaxBufferSize=2 048;PageTimeout=5;", _
SQLStatement:="SELECT * FROM " & filnavn, _
SubType:=wdMergeSubTypeOther

or perhaps just

ActiveDocument.MailMerge.OpenDataSource
Name:="", _
Connection:="DSN=Delimited Text
Files;DBQ=C:\;DriverId=27;FIL=text;MaxBufferSize=2 048;PageTimeout=5;", _
SQLStatement:="SELECT * FROM " & filnavn

It is certainly a conversion problem, but
a. if you try to open the file as a "text file" (you can see a bit more of
what is going on if you check Word Tools|Options|General|Confirm conversion
at open before opening the file manually) you will probably see the oriental
characters or a dialog asking about the character set
b. if you try to use OLEDB, usually you see a dialog asking for the text
(field) delimiter, and you may also see a character encoding dialog

Peter Jamieson


"bilisa" wrote in message
news
I followed your instructions, but I still have the same problem. It seems
to
me that this is some sort of conversion problem. Any ideas?

"bilisa" wrote:

This may sound as a stupid question: What is Text Driver DSN on system?

"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

I suggest you try the following instead, but use the pathname of the
folder
containing your text file instead of "c:\myfiles", and if necessary,
change
the name of the ODBC DSN in the connection parameter to match the name
of a
Text Driver DSN on your system.

.OpenDataSource _
Name:=filnavn, _
Connection:="DSN=Delimited Text
Files;DBQ=c:\myfiles;DriverId=27;FIL=text;MaxBuffe rSize=2048;PageTimeout=5;",
_
SQLStatement:="SELECT * FROM " & filnavn

Peter Jamieson

"bilisa" wrote in message
...
Hi

Im having problems when I merge my document / template with a .csv
data
source. My data source is already attached to the template via some
vba
script. I have some translation problems when the data posts contain
danish
letters as Ø,ø,æ,Æ,å, Å. Some times they disappear and sometimes they
turn
into asian symbols in the merged letter. They open correctly in Excel
but
are
not displayed correctly in the merged letter.

This is my code:

Dim myheader As String

filnavn = "C:\FLETFIL.CSV"

With ActiveDocument.MailMerge

.MainDocumentType = wdFormLetters

.OpenDataSource _
Name:=filnavn, _
Connection:="Entire Spreadsheet", _
SubType:=wdMergeSubTypeWord2000

' Do it
.Destination = wdSendToNewDocument
.Execute
End With

What is wrong with it? Any help is appreciated.

Yours sincerely