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MailMergeBeforeMerge Event bug
As of Word 2003 SP2, the MailMergeBeforeMerge Event doesn't appear to be
triggered when MailMerging from the toolbar. Apparently, it doesn't get triggered via automation either. It only gets triggered via the Task Pane. There is a reference to this bug he http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/MacrosVBA/...m#_Toc82745260 A pertinent question - Is there a bug fix planned for the MailMergeBeforeMerge Event? |
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MailMergeBeforeMerge Event bug
As far as I can tell
a. this problem was there even before Word 2003 SP2 b. it has been fixed in Word 2007 (perhaps someone else could confirm/deny that?) Other than that, the people here are volunteers and probably don't know anything more than you do about Microsoft policy on specifics like this - you could for example submit a support request. However, in my experience Microsoft rarely applies these kind of fixes to previous versions except when it is necessary to fix a security problem. Peter Jamieson "b19u" wrote in message ... As of Word 2003 SP2, the MailMergeBeforeMerge Event doesn't appear to be triggered when MailMerging from the toolbar. Apparently, it doesn't get triggered via automation either. It only gets triggered via the Task Pane. There is a reference to this bug he http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/MacrosVBA/...m#_Toc82745260 A pertinent question - Is there a bug fix planned for the MailMergeBeforeMerge Event? |
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MailMergeBeforeMerge Event bug
I have made extensive use of the mailmerge toolbar to execute merges in both
2003 and also 2007, in many cases using the Addin that I have prepared to create separate documents that makes use of the MailMerge events. -- 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 "Peter Jamieson" wrote in message ... As far as I can tell a. this problem was there even before Word 2003 SP2 b. it has been fixed in Word 2007 (perhaps someone else could confirm/deny that?) Other than that, the people here are volunteers and probably don't know anything more than you do about Microsoft policy on specifics like this - you could for example submit a support request. However, in my experience Microsoft rarely applies these kind of fixes to previous versions except when it is necessary to fix a security problem. Peter Jamieson "b19u" wrote in message ... As of Word 2003 SP2, the MailMergeBeforeMerge Event doesn't appear to be triggered when MailMerging from the toolbar. Apparently, it doesn't get triggered via automation either. It only gets triggered via the Task Pane. There is a reference to this bug he http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/MacrosVBA/...m#_Toc82745260 A pertinent question - Is there a bug fix planned for the MailMergeBeforeMerge Event? |
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MailMergeBeforeMerge Event bug
Hi Doug -
Useful info. about the events in 2007. However, AFAIK your addin does not use the MailMergeBeforeMerge event (it uses MailMergeAfterMerge, MailMergeBeforeRecordMerge and MailMergeAfterRecordMerge I think), quite possibly because of the error under discussion :-) Peter Jamieson "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... I have made extensive use of the mailmerge toolbar to execute merges in both 2003 and also 2007, in many cases using the Addin that I have prepared to create separate documents that makes use of the MailMerge events. -- 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 "Peter Jamieson" wrote in message ... As far as I can tell a. this problem was there even before Word 2003 SP2 b. it has been fixed in Word 2007 (perhaps someone else could confirm/deny that?) Other than that, the people here are volunteers and probably don't know anything more than you do about Microsoft policy on specifics like this - you could for example submit a support request. However, in my experience Microsoft rarely applies these kind of fixes to previous versions except when it is necessary to fix a security problem. Peter Jamieson "b19u" wrote in message ... As of Word 2003 SP2, the MailMergeBeforeMerge Event doesn't appear to be triggered when MailMerging from the toolbar. Apparently, it doesn't get triggered via automation either. It only gets triggered via the Task Pane. There is a reference to this bug he http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/MacrosVBA/...m#_Toc82745260 A pertinent question - Is there a bug fix planned for the MailMergeBeforeMerge Event? |
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MailMergeBeforeMerge Event bug
Hi Peter,
You are probably right about what it uses, but if that is the case, it was not for that reason. Just luck. I will take a look at it later. -- 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 "Peter Jamieson" wrote in message ... Hi Doug - Useful info. about the events in 2007. However, AFAIK your addin does not use the MailMergeBeforeMerge event (it uses MailMergeAfterMerge, MailMergeBeforeRecordMerge and MailMergeAfterRecordMerge I think), quite possibly because of the error under discussion :-) Peter Jamieson "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... I have made extensive use of the mailmerge toolbar to execute merges in both 2003 and also 2007, in many cases using the Addin that I have prepared to create separate documents that makes use of the MailMerge events. -- 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 "Peter Jamieson" wrote in message ... As far as I can tell a. this problem was there even before Word 2003 SP2 b. it has been fixed in Word 2007 (perhaps someone else could confirm/deny that?) Other than that, the people here are volunteers and probably don't know anything more than you do about Microsoft policy on specifics like this - you could for example submit a support request. However, in my experience Microsoft rarely applies these kind of fixes to previous versions except when it is necessary to fix a security problem. Peter Jamieson "b19u" wrote in message ... As of Word 2003 SP2, the MailMergeBeforeMerge Event doesn't appear to be triggered when MailMerging from the toolbar. Apparently, it doesn't get triggered via automation either. It only gets triggered via the Task Pane. There is a reference to this bug he http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/MacrosVBA/...m#_Toc82745260 A pertinent question - Is there a bug fix planned for the MailMergeBeforeMerge Event? |
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MailMergeBeforeMerge Event bug
Thank you Peter, Doug. Appreciate your input. Interestingly none of the other
MailMerge related events have this anomaly (AFAIK). I just posted this question out here in case someone more experienced than I (such as a Word MVP) had better insight into what's at play. I agree MS has better things to worry about than fixing a non-triggering event that is not very commonly used, especially since Word 2003 has now been superseded. Obviously, it is a pretty low priority if this bug has persisted across several versions. So it appears that I'm stuck with having to use the Task Pane if I need this event triggered. Strangely, as I found out last night, even in the Task Pane MailMergeBeforeMerge fails after a couple go arounds and requires the restarting of Word for the event to resume triggering. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: Hi Peter, You are probably right about what it uses, but if that is the case, it was not for that reason. Just luck. I will take a look at it later. -- 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 "Peter Jamieson" wrote in message ... Hi Doug - Useful info. about the events in 2007. However, AFAIK your addin does not use the MailMergeBeforeMerge event (it uses MailMergeAfterMerge, MailMergeBeforeRecordMerge and MailMergeAfterRecordMerge I think), quite possibly because of the error under discussion :-) Peter Jamieson "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... I have made extensive use of the mailmerge toolbar to execute merges in both 2003 and also 2007, in many cases using the Addin that I have prepared to create separate documents that makes use of the MailMerge events. -- 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 "Peter Jamieson" wrote in message ... As far as I can tell a. this problem was there even before Word 2003 SP2 b. it has been fixed in Word 2007 (perhaps someone else could confirm/deny that?) Other than that, the people here are volunteers and probably don't know anything more than you do about Microsoft policy on specifics like this - you could for example submit a support request. However, in my experience Microsoft rarely applies these kind of fixes to previous versions except when it is necessary to fix a security problem. Peter Jamieson "b19u" wrote in message ... As of Word 2003 SP2, the MailMergeBeforeMerge Event doesn't appear to be triggered when MailMerging from the toolbar. Apparently, it doesn't get triggered via automation either. It only gets triggered via the Task Pane. There is a reference to this bug he http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/MacrosVBA/...m#_Toc82745260 A pertinent question - Is there a bug fix planned for the MailMergeBeforeMerge Event? |
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MailMergeBeforeMerge Event bug
I agree MS has better things to
worry about than fixing a non-triggering event that is not very commonly used, especially since Word 2003 has now been superseded. Microsoft may consider that it has better things to do, but I don't - I think they are perfectly capable of, and should document and fix far more of the problems that appear. Personally, I do not think that either the fact that MS is in business to make money or the problem of "unintended consequences" when you fix problems are good enough excuses for leaving some of these problems in there year after year. Peter Jamieson "b19u" wrote in message ... Thank you Peter, Doug. Appreciate your input. Interestingly none of the other MailMerge related events have this anomaly (AFAIK). I just posted this question out here in case someone more experienced than I (such as a Word MVP) had better insight into what's at play. I agree MS has better things to worry about than fixing a non-triggering event that is not very commonly used, especially since Word 2003 has now been superseded. Obviously, it is a pretty low priority if this bug has persisted across several versions. So it appears that I'm stuck with having to use the Task Pane if I need this event triggered. Strangely, as I found out last night, even in the Task Pane MailMergeBeforeMerge fails after a couple go arounds and requires the restarting of Word for the event to resume triggering. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: Hi Peter, You are probably right about what it uses, but if that is the case, it was not for that reason. Just luck. I will take a look at it later. -- 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 "Peter Jamieson" wrote in message ... Hi Doug - Useful info. about the events in 2007. However, AFAIK your addin does not use the MailMergeBeforeMerge event (it uses MailMergeAfterMerge, MailMergeBeforeRecordMerge and MailMergeAfterRecordMerge I think), quite possibly because of the error under discussion :-) Peter Jamieson "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... I have made extensive use of the mailmerge toolbar to execute merges in both 2003 and also 2007, in many cases using the Addin that I have prepared to create separate documents that makes use of the MailMerge events. -- 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 "Peter Jamieson" wrote in message ... As far as I can tell a. this problem was there even before Word 2003 SP2 b. it has been fixed in Word 2007 (perhaps someone else could confirm/deny that?) Other than that, the people here are volunteers and probably don't know anything more than you do about Microsoft policy on specifics like this - you could for example submit a support request. However, in my experience Microsoft rarely applies these kind of fixes to previous versions except when it is necessary to fix a security problem. Peter Jamieson "b19u" wrote in message ... As of Word 2003 SP2, the MailMergeBeforeMerge Event doesn't appear to be triggered when MailMerging from the toolbar. Apparently, it doesn't get triggered via automation either. It only gets triggered via the Task Pane. There is a reference to this bug he http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/MacrosVBA/...m#_Toc82745260 A pertinent question - Is there a bug fix planned for the MailMergeBeforeMerge Event? |
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MailMergeBeforeMerge Event bug
Peter was correct, my addin does not use the BeforeMergeEvent - probably
just a fluke. While I am sure that it was not done because of the problem with that event, I do make use of the following line of code If Doc.MailMerge.DataSource.ActiveRecord = Doc.MailMerge.DataSource.FirstRecord Then as part of a routine to determine the type of merge that is being performed, so it can probably be used as a pseudo BeforeMergeEvent that will fire when the merge is executed from the toolbar. -- 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 "b19u" wrote in message ... Thank you Peter, Doug. Appreciate your input. Interestingly none of the other MailMerge related events have this anomaly (AFAIK). I just posted this question out here in case someone more experienced than I (such as a Word MVP) had better insight into what's at play. I agree MS has better things to worry about than fixing a non-triggering event that is not very commonly used, especially since Word 2003 has now been superseded. Obviously, it is a pretty low priority if this bug has persisted across several versions. So it appears that I'm stuck with having to use the Task Pane if I need this event triggered. Strangely, as I found out last night, even in the Task Pane MailMergeBeforeMerge fails after a couple go arounds and requires the restarting of Word for the event to resume triggering. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: Hi Peter, You are probably right about what it uses, but if that is the case, it was not for that reason. Just luck. I will take a look at it later. -- 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 "Peter Jamieson" wrote in message ... Hi Doug - Useful info. about the events in 2007. However, AFAIK your addin does not use the MailMergeBeforeMerge event (it uses MailMergeAfterMerge, MailMergeBeforeRecordMerge and MailMergeAfterRecordMerge I think), quite possibly because of the error under discussion :-) Peter Jamieson "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... I have made extensive use of the mailmerge toolbar to execute merges in both 2003 and also 2007, in many cases using the Addin that I have prepared to create separate documents that makes use of the MailMerge events. -- 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 "Peter Jamieson" wrote in message ... As far as I can tell a. this problem was there even before Word 2003 SP2 b. it has been fixed in Word 2007 (perhaps someone else could confirm/deny that?) Other than that, the people here are volunteers and probably don't know anything more than you do about Microsoft policy on specifics like this - you could for example submit a support request. However, in my experience Microsoft rarely applies these kind of fixes to previous versions except when it is necessary to fix a security problem. Peter Jamieson "b19u" wrote in message ... As of Word 2003 SP2, the MailMergeBeforeMerge Event doesn't appear to be triggered when MailMerging from the toolbar. Apparently, it doesn't get triggered via automation either. It only gets triggered via the Task Pane. There is a reference to this bug he http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/MacrosVBA/...m#_Toc82745260 A pertinent question - Is there a bug fix planned for the MailMergeBeforeMerge Event? |
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