Re: HTML text in Merge Field

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Actually the field's content is in quotes. And it's weird. It isn't a
problem if HTML elements other than <HTML> are included.


"Cindy M -WordMVP-" <C.Meister-C@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:VA.0000b23b.00412ba7@xxxxxxxxx
> Hi Tm360,
>
> How about if you put each field's content into "quotes"? I'd be surprised
> if
> Word balks at something like "HTML inside of quotes".
>
>> Our application uses Word to do Mail Merges. The datasource is a tab
>> delimited text file that is generated from data in the database. We do
>> nothing to specify what the merge field delimiter is. Word normally
>> recognizes that it is a tab and it all works fine.
>>
>> The problem happens when this text is included in the data that is merged
>> into one of the merge fields - <HTML>.
>>
>> If <HTML> is included in the data that is merged, Word pops up the Select
>> Delimiter dialog box. This is not acceptable as the application that
>> does
>> the merges runs unattended. I also can't seem to get the merge to work
>> even
>> if I specify the correct delimiters (tab for the fields and return for
>> the
>> records).
>>
>> Has anyone else encountered this? Anybody know of a solution?
>>
>> Note that it doesn't seem to be a problem if there are other HTML
>> elements
>> in the merge. For example there can be <b>, <br>, <a href...> and so on.
>> These don't cause a problem. Just <HTML>.
>>
>
> Cindy Meister
> INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
> http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
> http://www.word.mvps.org
>
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