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Form fields versus mail merge fields
Hi,
I have an application which needs to communicate with MS Word to generate documents. Typically my application will want to generate 1 document at a time. The user will select a template name and then choose to build a document. My application then has the responsibility of populating the document with values. I have created document templates in MS Word which contain form fields. I have given my fields bookmark names. I am using COM automation to communicate with Word and I am using WordBasic interface to call the functions I need performed. I can start Word and give it a template to open. I then ask it for all the bookmark names. I then cycle through each bookmark and populate it via doing a 'GoTo' bookmark followed by an 'Insert'. It all seems to be working. Questions 1) what about using mail merge fields. Can I achieve the same thing using a mail merge ? Is it any easier ? Do I need to build a data source file containing all my data and then do a mail merge ? 2) the WordBasic interface is now old technology. What is a more modern approach to achieving my requirements ? 3) In general what is the best approach to having my application generate Word documents for my users ? Thanks |
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