RE: Word mail merge functions are disabled when called from Access 200

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From: JoeB (JoeB_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/09/05 

Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:17:06 -0800

"Steve P" wrote:

> I have an Access 2000 application that programmatically opens a Word
> document and populates it with data from one of the tables in Access. I just
> converted the applications(Word and Access) to 2003. Now the Word documents
> work fine if I open them from Word. However, when they are launched from
> within Access the mail merge feature is disabled. So the document opens with
> the first record of Access data embedded in it but the mail merge record
> selectors are grayed out. Any suggestions on why the mail merge feature is
> disabled when called from Access but not when the document is opened
> directly from Word would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve P.
>
>
>
> Hi Steve,
I have the same problem with an Access 97 app that the client wanted
converted to Access 2003. Did you ever get a solution? I tried the link in
the response that you got, but it bombed. I've thought of opening Word and
creating the documents on the fly through VBA code from Access, or even
opening Word from Access and using an Autoexec to create the documents from
within Word. Just thoughts that need to be explored, unless there is a "fix"
for this anomaly.

Thanks in advance,
Joeb

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