I use GoldMine's (CRM Software) link with Microsoft Word to merge documents.
GoldMine uses DDE to feed data from its database to Word. Here's an example
of a GoldMine DDE command that I can plug in to MS Word:
{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data CONTACT2-UACCTMGR \*CHARFORMAT}.

At the same time, I use some of Word's own merge commands to insert images
as a dynamic link. Here's an example:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "../../../Sigs/ADEMAR.BMP" \* MERGEFORMAT \d}

In this case, I'm merging a picture called "ADEMAR.BMP". What I need to
accomplish is have the picture file name be dynamic. I need the filename to
be feed through to Word from GoldMine's DDE command shown above. I tried
nesting GoldMine's DDE command into Word's DDE command but it didn't work.
It seems that Word is using whatever GoldMine feeds at the time I inserted
the DDE command and saved the document as a template. Therefore, it always
links the picture that was used when I first created/saved the template. I
have successfully combined GoldMine's DDE Commands with Word's DDE Commands
in the past but I have not had any luck with this one. I've tried several
variations of the following:

{INCLUDEPICTURE "../../../Sigs/{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data CONTACT2-UACCTMGR
\*CHARFORMAT}.BMP" \* MERGEFORMAT \d}

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Ademar.

Hi Ademar,

A couple of points:
1. The path for an INCLUDEPICTURE field needs to be fully spelt out,
including the drive letter. AFAIK, you can't use network paths.
2. The \*CHARFORMAT and \* MERGEFORMAT switches are superfluous

Try something like:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data
CONTACT2-UACCTMGR}.BMP" \d}

An alternative approach might be to use the DDEAUTO field to create a
bookmark and use that in the INCLUDEPICTURE field:
{SET PicName {DDEAUTO GoldMine Data CONTACT2-UACCTMGR}}
and
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/{PicName}.BMP" \d}

Also, if the DDEAUTO field includes a path or filename extension, you should
delete them from the rest of the INCLUDEPICTUREfield.

Cheers
PS: INCLUDEPICTURE fields and the like normally use double back-slashes
(i.e. '\\') as path separators, but single forward-slashes, as shown above,
work just as well.


"Ademar" wrote in message
...
I use GoldMine's (CRM Software) link with Microsoft Word to merge
documents.
GoldMine uses DDE to feed data from its database to Word. Here's an
example
of a GoldMine DDE command that I can plug in to MS Word:
{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data CONTACT2-UACCTMGR \*CHARFORMAT}.

At the same time, I use some of Word's own merge commands to insert images
as a dynamic link. Here's an example:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "../../../Sigs/ADEMAR.BMP" \* MERGEFORMAT \d}

In this case, I'm merging a picture called "ADEMAR.BMP". What I need to
accomplish is have the picture file name be dynamic. I need the filename
to
be feed through to Word from GoldMine's DDE command shown above. I tried
nesting GoldMine's DDE command into Word's DDE command but it didn't work.
It seems that Word is using whatever GoldMine feeds at the time I inserted
the DDE command and saved the document as a template. Therefore, it
always
links the picture that was used when I first created/saved the template.
I
have successfully combined GoldMine's DDE Commands with Word's DDE
Commands
in the past but I have not had any luck with this one. I've tried several
variations of the following:

{INCLUDEPICTURE "../../../Sigs/{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data CONTACT2-UACCTMGR
\*CHARFORMAT}.BMP" \* MERGEFORMAT \d}

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Ademar.

Very educational.

But I still can't get it to work.
I tried your first one:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data
CONTACT2-UACCTMGR}.BMP" \d}
This one gave me the same problem I was having before. When creating the
template, I update/toggle the DDEAUTO GoldMine expression and it plugs in
the correct value in its place. Then I update/toggle the INCLUDEPICTUR
expression and it merges the correct image. But then after I save the
template and do a merge, it merges the wrong image. It basically reverts
back to the image that I originally pointed it to.

Then I tried the SET PicName.
First, I'm not sure I did it right. How do I plug in the {PicName} field
without typing it in. It doesn't look like I can just type it in because
then the { } don't look valid. Also, are you sure you have the { }
positioned correctly because the way you have them it would make the "and"
be outside the shaded area.

Thanks!

"macropod" wrote in message
...
Hi Ademar,

A couple of points:
1. The path for an INCLUDEPICTURE field needs to be fully spelt out,
including the drive letter. AFAIK, you can't use network paths.
2. The \*CHARFORMAT and \* MERGEFORMAT switches are superfluous

Try something like:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data
CONTACT2-UACCTMGR}.BMP" \d}

An alternative approach might be to use the DDEAUTO field to create a
bookmark and use that in the INCLUDEPICTURE field:
{SET PicName {DDEAUTO GoldMine Data CONTACT2-UACCTMGR}}
and
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/{PicName}.BMP" \d}

Also, if the DDEAUTO field includes a path or filename extension, you
should
delete them from the rest of the INCLUDEPICTUREfield.

Cheers
PS: INCLUDEPICTURE fields and the like normally use double back-slashes
(i.e. '\\') as path separators, but single forward-slashes, as shown
above,
work just as well.


"Ademar" wrote in message
...
I use GoldMine's (CRM Software) link with Microsoft Word to merge
documents.
GoldMine uses DDE to feed data from its database to Word. Here's an
example
of a GoldMine DDE command that I can plug in to MS Word:
{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data CONTACT2-UACCTMGR \*CHARFORMAT}.

At the same time, I use some of Word's own merge commands to insert
images
as a dynamic link. Here's an example:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "../../../Sigs/ADEMAR.BMP" \* MERGEFORMAT \d}

In this case, I'm merging a picture called "ADEMAR.BMP". What I need to
accomplish is have the picture file name be dynamic. I need the
filename
to
be feed through to Word from GoldMine's DDE command shown above. I
tried
nesting GoldMine's DDE command into Word's DDE command but it didn't
work.
It seems that Word is using whatever GoldMine feeds at the time I
inserted
the DDE command and saved the document as a template. Therefore, it
always
links the picture that was used when I first created/saved the template.
I
have successfully combined GoldMine's DDE Commands with Word's DDE
Commands
in the past but I have not had any luck with this one. I've tried
several
variations of the following:

{INCLUDEPICTURE "../../../Sigs/{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data CONTACT2-UACCTMGR
\*CHARFORMAT}.BMP" \* MERGEFORMAT \d}

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Ademar.

Hi Ademar,

To insert the 'Picname' field, prepare your INCLUDEPICTURE like:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/PicName.BMP" \d}
Then select 'Picname' and press Ctrl-F9 to turn it into a field.

Cheers


"Ademar" wrote in message
...
Very educational.

But I still can't get it to work.
I tried your first one:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data
CONTACT2-UACCTMGR}.BMP" \d}
This one gave me the same problem I was having before. When creating the
template, I update/toggle the DDEAUTO GoldMine expression and it plugs in
the correct value in its place. Then I update/toggle the INCLUDEPICTUR
expression and it merges the correct image. But then after I save the
template and do a merge, it merges the wrong image. It basically reverts
back to the image that I originally pointed it to.

Then I tried the SET PicName.
First, I'm not sure I did it right. How do I plug in the {PicName} field
without typing it in. It doesn't look like I can just type it in because
then the { } don't look valid. Also, are you sure you have the { }
positioned correctly because the way you have them it would make the "and"
be outside the shaded area.

Thanks!

"macropod" wrote in message
...
Hi Ademar,

A couple of points:
1. The path for an INCLUDEPICTURE field needs to be fully spelt out,
including the drive letter. AFAIK, you can't use network paths.
2. The \*CHARFORMAT and \* MERGEFORMAT switches are superfluous

Try something like:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data
CONTACT2-UACCTMGR}.BMP" \d}

An alternative approach might be to use the DDEAUTO field to create a
bookmark and use that in the INCLUDEPICTURE field:
{SET PicName {DDEAUTO GoldMine Data CONTACT2-UACCTMGR}}
and
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/{PicName}.BMP" \d}

Also, if the DDEAUTO field includes a path or filename extension, you
should
delete them from the rest of the INCLUDEPICTUREfield.

Cheers
PS: INCLUDEPICTURE fields and the like normally use double back-slashes
(i.e. '\\') as path separators, but single forward-slashes, as shown
above,
work just as well.


"Ademar" wrote in message
...
I use GoldMine's (CRM Software) link with Microsoft Word to merge
documents.
GoldMine uses DDE to feed data from its database to Word. Here's an
example
of a GoldMine DDE command that I can plug in to MS Word:
{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data CONTACT2-UACCTMGR \*CHARFORMAT}.

At the same time, I use some of Word's own merge commands to insert
images
as a dynamic link. Here's an example:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "../../../Sigs/ADEMAR.BMP" \* MERGEFORMAT \d}

In this case, I'm merging a picture called "ADEMAR.BMP". What I need
to
accomplish is have the picture file name be dynamic. I need the
filename
to
be feed through to Word from GoldMine's DDE command shown above. I
tried
nesting GoldMine's DDE command into Word's DDE command but it didn't
work.
It seems that Word is using whatever GoldMine feeds at the time I
inserted
the DDE command and saved the document as a template. Therefore, it
always
links the picture that was used when I first created/saved the
template.
I
have successfully combined GoldMine's DDE Commands with Word's DDE
Commands
in the past but I have not had any luck with this one. I've tried
several
variations of the following:

{INCLUDEPICTURE "../../../Sigs/{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data
CONTACT2-UACCTMGR
\*CHARFORMAT}.BMP" \* MERGEFORMAT \d}

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Ademar.

Ok, got that.
I've tried several different variations but still not working. Any more
ideas?

Thanks!

"macropod" wrote in message
...
Hi Ademar,

To insert the 'Picname' field, prepare your INCLUDEPICTURE like:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/PicName.BMP" \d}
Then select 'Picname' and press Ctrl-F9 to turn it into a field.

Cheers


"Ademar" wrote in message
...
Very educational.

But I still can't get it to work.
I tried your first one:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data
CONTACT2-UACCTMGR}.BMP" \d}
This one gave me the same problem I was having before. When creating
the
template, I update/toggle the DDEAUTO GoldMine expression and it plugs
in
the correct value in its place. Then I update/toggle the INCLUDEPICTUR
expression and it merges the correct image. But then after I save the
template and do a merge, it merges the wrong image. It basically
reverts
back to the image that I originally pointed it to.

Then I tried the SET PicName.
First, I'm not sure I did it right. How do I plug in the {PicName}
field
without typing it in. It doesn't look like I can just type it in
because
then the { } don't look valid. Also, are you sure you have the { }
positioned correctly because the way you have them it would make the
"and"
be outside the shaded area.

Thanks!

"macropod" wrote in message
...
Hi Ademar,

A couple of points:
1. The path for an INCLUDEPICTURE field needs to be fully spelt out,
including the drive letter. AFAIK, you can't use network paths.
2. The \*CHARFORMAT and \* MERGEFORMAT switches are superfluous

Try something like:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data
CONTACT2-UACCTMGR}.BMP" \d}

An alternative approach might be to use the DDEAUTO field to create a
bookmark and use that in the INCLUDEPICTURE field:
{SET PicName {DDEAUTO GoldMine Data CONTACT2-UACCTMGR}}
and
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/{PicName}.BMP" \d}

Also, if the DDEAUTO field includes a path or filename extension, you
should
delete them from the rest of the INCLUDEPICTUREfield.

Cheers
PS: INCLUDEPICTURE fields and the like normally use double
back-slashes
(i.e. '\\') as path separators, but single forward-slashes, as shown
above,
work just as well.


"Ademar" wrote in message
...
I use GoldMine's (CRM Software) link with Microsoft Word to merge
documents.
GoldMine uses DDE to feed data from its database to Word. Here's an
example
of a GoldMine DDE command that I can plug in to MS Word:
{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data CONTACT2-UACCTMGR \*CHARFORMAT}.

At the same time, I use some of Word's own merge commands to insert
images
as a dynamic link. Here's an example:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "../../../Sigs/ADEMAR.BMP" \* MERGEFORMAT \d}

In this case, I'm merging a picture called "ADEMAR.BMP". What I
need
to
accomplish is have the picture file name be dynamic. I need the
filename
to
be feed through to Word from GoldMine's DDE command shown above. I
tried
nesting GoldMine's DDE command into Word's DDE command but it didn't
work.
It seems that Word is using whatever GoldMine feeds at the time I
inserted
the DDE command and saved the document as a template. Therefore, it
always
links the picture that was used when I first created/saved the
template.
I
have successfully combined GoldMine's DDE Commands with Word's DDE
Commands
in the past but I have not had any luck with this one. I've tried
several
variations of the following:

{INCLUDEPICTURE "../../../Sigs/{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data
CONTACT2-UACCTMGR
\*CHARFORMAT}.BMP" \* MERGEFORMAT \d}

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Ademar.

I did some more troubleshooting and it appears that GoldMine is feeding the
name of the currently logged in user as the filename. I basically doesn't
care what we put in the field, it always overrides it. That sucks.

--
Regards,

Ademar Nunes

"Ademar" wrote in message
...
Ok, got that.
I've tried several different variations but still not working. Any more
ideas?

Thanks!

"macropod" wrote in message
...
Hi Ademar,

To insert the 'Picname' field, prepare your INCLUDEPICTURE like:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/PicName.BMP" \d}
Then select 'Picname' and press Ctrl-F9 to turn it into a field.

Cheers


"Ademar" wrote in message
...
Very educational.

But I still can't get it to work.
I tried your first one:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data
CONTACT2-UACCTMGR}.BMP" \d}
This one gave me the same problem I was having before. When creating
the
template, I update/toggle the DDEAUTO GoldMine expression and it plugs
in
the correct value in its place. Then I update/toggle the
INCLUDEPICTUR
expression and it merges the correct image. But then after I save the
template and do a merge, it merges the wrong image. It basically
reverts
back to the image that I originally pointed it to.

Then I tried the SET PicName.
First, I'm not sure I did it right. How do I plug in the {PicName}
field
without typing it in. It doesn't look like I can just type it in
because
then the { } don't look valid. Also, are you sure you have the { }
positioned correctly because the way you have them it would make the
"and"
be outside the shaded area.

Thanks!

"macropod" wrote in message
...
Hi Ademar,

A couple of points:
1. The path for an INCLUDEPICTURE field needs to be fully spelt out,
including the drive letter. AFAIK, you can't use network paths.
2. The \*CHARFORMAT and \* MERGEFORMAT switches are superfluous

Try something like:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data
CONTACT2-UACCTMGR}.BMP" \d}

An alternative approach might be to use the DDEAUTO field to create
a
bookmark and use that in the INCLUDEPICTURE field:
{SET PicName {DDEAUTO GoldMine Data CONTACT2-UACCTMGR}}
and
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:/My Documents/PicPath/Sigs/{PicName}.BMP" \d}

Also, if the DDEAUTO field includes a path or filename extension,
you
should
delete them from the rest of the INCLUDEPICTUREfield.

Cheers
PS: INCLUDEPICTURE fields and the like normally use double
back-slashes
(i.e. '\\') as path separators, but single forward-slashes, as shown
above,
work just as well.


"Ademar" wrote in message
...
I use GoldMine's (CRM Software) link with Microsoft Word to merge
documents.
GoldMine uses DDE to feed data from its database to Word. Here's
an
example
of a GoldMine DDE command that I can plug in to MS Word:
{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data CONTACT2-UACCTMGR \*CHARFORMAT}.

At the same time, I use some of Word's own merge commands to
insert
images
as a dynamic link. Here's an example:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "../../../Sigs/ADEMAR.BMP" \* MERGEFORMAT \d}

In this case, I'm merging a picture called "ADEMAR.BMP". What I
need
to
accomplish is have the picture file name be dynamic. I need the
filename
to
be feed through to Word from GoldMine's DDE command shown above.
I
tried
nesting GoldMine's DDE command into Word's DDE command but it
didn't
work.
It seems that Word is using whatever GoldMine feeds at the time I
inserted
the DDE command and saved the document as a template. Therefore,
it
always
links the picture that was used when I first created/saved the
template.
I
have successfully combined GoldMine's DDE Commands with Word's DDE
Commands
in the past but I have not had any luck with this one. I've tried
several
variations of the following:

{INCLUDEPICTURE "../../../Sigs/{DDEAUTO GoldMine Data
CONTACT2-UACCTMGR
\*CHARFORMAT}.BMP" \* MERGEFORMAT \d}

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Ademar.