Use file on web-server as DataSource for mail merge?

[Mark Rendle]

Does anyone know a way I can get Word to accept a (csv) file on a web-server
as the data source for a mailmerge.

e.g.

doc.MailMerge.OpenDataSource("http://mywebserver/data/mergedata.csv");

I'm trying to get my ASP.NET app to automate a merge client-side using
Javascript.

Cheers,
Mark

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Mark,

Does anyone know a way I can get Word to accept a (csv) file on a web-server
as the data source for a mailmerge.

It's simply not possible. Mail Merge requires a data source saved to a
"classic" file path (not a URL).

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply
in the newsgroup and not by e-mail