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Word Mailmerge with Access via DDE
Hi
I have a Word 2003 mailmerge main document and I am trying to ensure a dde link with an Access 2000 database. Using the Mail Merge Helper, I tried to Open the data source. I have selected the files of type as MS Access Databases (*.mdb; *.mde) and then navigated to the actual database in the dialogue box. Then I clicked Open and get the Confirm Data Source dialogue box which allows me to select 'MSAccess Databases via DDE (*.mdb; *.mde)'. Having selected that, I clicked OK. A Microsoft Word message box opens that says "Word could not re-establish a DDE connection to Microsoft Access to complete the current Task." The database is on the same drive folder as the mailmerge template. I've tried this with the files being on a shared network drive and a local folder. I need to use DDE since I'm running my mailmerge against a parameterized Access query. The mailmerge works fine on my development box, a Win XP Pro workstation. It fails running on a Win 2000 Pro workstation. Does anyone have any ideas how I can get this to work. TIA Jim |
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