Re: DDE mailmerge between Word and Excel
- From: "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:48:55 +1100
The only thing I can think of is the MDAC (Microsoft Data Access Components)
version on the machine.
I don't know much about it, but I had a similar very perplexing problem that
required me to find and update the MDAC components. Search the Microsoft
site for them...
On 9/2/07 11:24 AM, in article
7AEDAF5C-5D36-4259-84D1-777E4ED61732@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "jpccol"
<jpccol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Until recently, I've been successfully merging my Word 2003 forms with my
Excel 2003 database using DDE. After loading Window XP updates on one
machine, the mailmerge is not working properly. The database does not stay
connected after file is closed. I can reopen and reconnect with the
database, and everything works fine, but when the file is closed and a new
document is later opened with the document template, no database is
connected, and I must go through the connection process again.
I think I've narrowed it down to a Windows Xp Pro (or Explorer 7) problem.
My Win 2k machine is not having the problem (with the same templates and
databases). My older XP Pro machine is having the problem, as is a new XP
Pro laptop I installed this week (all running the most recent Windows and
Explorer updates).
Any suggestions? Any new settings I'm overlooking?
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