Automating mail merge?

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Mike

I'm trying to reduce the number of steps involved in an email merge to at
least compare favorably to using a distribution list. I'd like to automate
selecting a custom contact view, starting the merge process & selecting
certain options, than saving the email form (a Word doc) as a different
file. Except for naming the file, all of these tasks are static but I can't
figure out how to do the first step - select the view. I've tried using the
examples I've found for displaying a view but they don't work. I'm also
wondering if there's a way to startup Express ClickYes when this starts and
close it when the merge is finished (for plain text mail merge this would
eliminate the repeated security prompts).

Ideally - and this may be awhile yet - I'd like to create a form where the
user can enter in the subject and the text of the email and the rest of the
process would be automated.

Thanks in advance...

Mike
 
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Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]

ActiveExplorer.CurrentView will set the current view but it might not show
up in the UI unless you switch to another folder and then back again to
refresh the view.
 
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