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retrieving merge field names
Hi all
I am programmatically(C#, using the PIA) changing the datasource for a word document, wich contains some merge fields. In order to avoid the prompt wich signals that certain fields have no correspondent in the new datasource, I would like to obtain the merge field names and check if the datasource has a corresponding column for each one of them (if not - I will not call MailMerge.Execute()). I cannot find a reasonable way to retrieve the merge field name (I cannot obtain it like this: field - field ... it's not always the same.) Should I parse the MailMergeField.Code.Text ? ... I think it's not a very good idea... Thanks |
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retrieving merge field names
The following VBA code will give you the names of the mergefields in the
activedocument: Dim af As Field For Each af In ActiveDocument.Fields If af.Type = wdFieldMergeField Then MsgBox Mid(af.Code, InStr(af.Code, Chr(34))) End If Next af You may need to strip off the quote marks for your purposes. Can't help you with C# -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Francisc Molnar" wrote in message ... Hi all I am programmatically(C#, using the PIA) changing the datasource for a word document, wich contains some merge fields. In order to avoid the prompt wich signals that certain fields have no correspondent in the new datasource, I would like to obtain the merge field names and check if the datasource has a corresponding column for each one of them (if not - I will not call MailMerge.Execute()). I cannot find a reasonable way to retrieve the merge field name (I cannot obtain it like this: field - field ... it's not always the same.) Should I parse the MailMergeField.Code.Text ? ... I think it's not a very good idea... Thanks |
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