Re: mail merge

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Why not use VFP to automate a mail merge using Word?

Just curious to why not,
Jonathan Morningstar

"Al Marino" <almarino_AT_intelliform.net> wrote in message news:ejoeqH9cIHA.1376@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi All,
I need advice,

I would like to add mail merge to our application in a similar fashion to a contact manager
(send to one or group from user created forms)
this application is distributed to a few hundred people
there is virtually no control over the people's setup other than windows xp,2000,vista

I know I can use Word automation but I feel that using that would lead to lots of support calls due to the data source attachment required and the different versions of word and user caused problems

I would like recommendations of the best approach to take that minimizes coding and problems

In another thread, Jeff Grippe recommended TEEDIT for a rich text editor, which might be an option.

thanks for any advice

al



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