Re: More stupid INCLUDEPICTURE questions

Peter & Pod :-),

I haven't been able to get the syntax you are describing to work for me but
here is what I have been able to get working. I created an AutoOpen Macro
with the following code:

For Each aVar In ActiveDocument.Variables
If aVar.Name = "MyPath" Then num = aVar.Index
Next aVar
If num = 0 Then
ActiveDocument.Variables.Add Name:="MyPath", Value:=ActiveDocument.Path
& "\"
Else
ActiveDocument.Variables(num).Value = ActiveDocument.Path & "\"
End If
ActiveDocument.Variables(num).Value =
Replace(ActiveDocument.Variables(num).Value, "\", "\\")

My INCLUDEPICTURE looks list this:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "{DOCVARIABLE "MyPath"}{MERGEFIELD picname}.jpg"

.... and all is well. I can now move the main document to any folder and the
merge works. Phew, that wasn't all that easy.

Thanks for all the help from all.

LAR

"macropod" wrote:

Hi Peter,

Surprising indeed! And the code works equally well with '/../' instead of '\\..\\'.

I've done a bit of experimenting with the technique you described and find that it works with INCLUDETEXT, RD & HYPERLINK fields,
but not with LINK fields..

The same approach can be extended to implement true relative addressing. For example:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "{FILENAME \p}\\..\\My Pictures\\AdobeRGB.png"}
looks in the current file's child folder named 'My Pictures' and:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "{FILENAME \p}\\..\\AdobeRGB.png"}
looks in the current file's parent folder, while:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "{FILENAME \p}\\..\\..\\My Pictures\\AdobeRGB.png"}
looks in the current file's parent folder, then the parent's child folder named 'My Pictures' (I guess you could call that a sibling
folder).

Cheers


--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Peter Jamieson" <pjj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Ol2dEffRHHA.3592@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Hi macropod,
|
| I've constucted paths using { filename \p } before, e.g. where you have
|
| folderx
| docy.doc
| docy.doc.folder
| docz.doc
|
| and use
|
| "{ filename \p }.folder\\docz.doc" to reference the .doc
|
| but I don't think I've ever actually tried the \\..\\ thing before and am
| quite surprised that it creates a legit. pathname.
|
| Because there's mixture of single backslashes and doubled backslashes in the
| constructed path name so it's a bit surprising that it works at all,
| anywhere, but then that's often the way with fields :-)
|
| Peter Jamieson
|
| "macropod" <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:52dhcrF1no6ptU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > Hi Peter,
| >
| > That works too. Neat trick!
| >
| > Cheers
| >
| > --
| > macropod
| > [MVP - Microsoft Word]
| >
| >
| > "Peter Jamieson" <pjj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:%23hGL37aRHHA.1908@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | Worth trying the following, just in case...
| > |
| > | { INCLUDEPICTURE "{ filename \p }\\..\\{ MERGEFIELD picname }.jpg }
| > |
| > | But
| > | a. although it appears to work here these sorts of construct make me
| > | nervous
| > | b. you may have to uncheck Word Tools|Options|General|"Web
| > | options"|Files|"Update links on save"
| > |
| > | Peter Jamieson
| > | "LAR" <LAR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > | news:C5766CC2-850B-4D6E-A0E0-C8ECC17FE5D0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | >I am now trying to use the INCLUDEPICTURE field to insert pictures into
| > my
| > | > mail merge document. I would like to be able to merge pictures into
| > the
| > | > document that are in the same folder as the main document. Here is
| > what I
| > | > have tried and seen.
| > | >
| > | > I have successfully merged the pictures by using the entire path to
| > the
| > | > picture using something like {INCLUDE PICTURE "C:/temp/{MERGEFIELD
| > | > picname}.jpg" \* MERGEFORMAT}. However, I want to be able to use the
| > | > "current folder" to merge the pictures from.
| > | >
| > | > I have tried {INCLUDE PICTURE "{MERGEFIELD picname}.jpg" \*
| > MERGEFORMAT}
| > | > only to find that WORD uses the DOCUMENTS path (Tools::options::file
| > | > locations::documents) as the path for the merged files. I know this
| > | > because
| > | > I have moved some of the pictures into the DOCUMENTS path folder and
| > only
| > | > the
| > | > pictures that I move there appear in the merged document.
| > | >
| > | > I tried to use a relative path with things like {INCLUDE PICTURE
| > | > "../{MERGEFIELD picname}.jpg" \* MERGEFORMAT} with no luck.
| > | >
| > | > I've looked at all the VBA examples for AutoOpen but could find
| > nothing
| > | > the
| > | > TEMPORAIRLY changed the DOCUMENTS path to that of the source (main)
| > | > document.
| > | >
| > | > So now, here I am again, asking how to accomplish what seems like a
| > simple
| > | > task (merge the pictures in the current folder into my document) that
| > I
| > | > can't
| > | > seem to figure out for myself.
| > | >
| > | > Thanks in advance for any thoughts for ideas.
| > | >
| > | > LAR
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|



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