Mail Merge - XML Via Web Service

[Michel Bugeja]

Is it possible to have a mail merge in Word having the DataSource being an
XML reply from a Web Service?

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[Gyorgy Moldova [MCSE+I, MVP]]

i imagine it would be possible to write an Add-In for this. anyone know
already made ones?

hth
g

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Michael,

You may want to also post this in the Word Mailmerge newsgroup
(link below) or the MS Office XML newsgroup and explain your
scenario in a bit more detail.

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A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.office.xml
or via browser:
http://microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields

http://microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.office.xml

B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
http://microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
or
Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
news://msnews.microsoft.com