Word mailmerge - Visual Basic experts please help!

[Murray Muspratt-Rouse]

I have implemented Doug's suggestions, but, while the code ran without
error, nothing was displayed - the application returned to the form in
MS Access from which the merge was initiated. The code that ran is
below: -

Sub OpenWordDoc(strDocName As String, strLetterDescription As String,
strFormName As String)
Dim objApp As Object
Dim objMMMD As Object
Dim strCurrentFileName As String
On Error Resume Next
DoCmd.OpenQuery "qrydeleteMergeTablerows"


'Load data to MergeTable with a query that collects the required data
after update

If strFormName = "Volunteers" Then
If strLetterDescription = "REFERENCE REQUEST" Then
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryUpdateRefereeLetterDate")
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryReferees")
Else
If strLetterDescription = "Referee chaser" Then
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryUpdateRefereeChaserDate")
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryRefereechaser")
Else
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryVolunteer")
End If
End If
Else
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryClient")
End If

strCurrentFileName = CurrentDb.Name

Set objApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
'objApp.Visible = False
objApp.Activate
'Dim objMMMD As Object
Set objMMMD = objApp.Documents.Open(FileName:=strDocName)

'objApp.Documents.Open FileName:=strDocName,
ConfirmConversions:=False, _
'ReadOnly:=False, AddToRecentFiles:=False _
', PasswordDocument:="", _
'PasswordTemplate:="", Revert:=False,
WritePasswordDocument:="", _
'WritePasswordTemplate:="", XMLTransform:=""

'objApp.ActiveDocument.MailMerge.OpenDataSource Name:= _

With objMMMD
..MailMerge.OpenDataSource Name:=strCurrentFileName, _
ConfirmConversions:=False, ReadOnly:=False, LinkToSource:=True,
_
AddToRecentFiles:=False, PasswordDocument:="",
PasswordTemplate:="", _
WritePasswordDocument:="", WritePasswordTemplate:="",
Revert:=False, _
Connection:= _
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Password="""";User
ID=Admin;Date Source=strCurrentFileName;Mode=Read;Extended
Properties="""";Jet OLEDB:System database="""";Jet OLEDB:Registry
Path="""";Jet OLEDBatabase Password="""";Jet OLE" _
, SQLStatement:="SELECT * FROM `mergetable`",
SQLStatement1:="", _
SubType:=wdMergeSubTypeAccess
..Destination = wdSendToNewDocument
..SuppressBlankLines = True
With .DataSource
..FirstRecord = .ActiveRecord
..LastRecord = .ActiveRecord
End With
..Execute Pause:=False
..Close wdDoNotSaveChanges
End With


'Dim intSplitName As Integer
'Dim intLength As Integer
'intLength = Len(strDocName)
'intSplitName = InStrRev(strDocName, "\", , vbTextCompare)
'strDocName = Right(strDocName, intLength - intSplitName)


'objApp.Windows(strDocName).Activate
'objApp.ActiveWindow.Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges
'objMMMD.Close SaveChanges:=False
'Set objMMMD = Nothing


'objApp.Documents.Open strDocName


'objApp.Visible = True
'objApp.Activate

End Sub

Murray

Try the following (watch out for line breaks that may occur in the wrong

place.) I haven't really looked at the If... Else...End If
manipulations of
the Access data at the beginning to see if there is anything wrong with
it,
only at the Word part of the code.

Sub OpenWordDoc(strDocName As String, strLetterDescription As String,
strFormName As String)
Dim objApp As Object
Dim objMMMD As Object
Dim strCurrentFileName As String

On Error Resume Next
DoCmd.OpenQuery "qrydeleteMergeTablerows"


'Load data to MergeTable with a query that collects the required data
after update

If strFormName = "Volunteers" Then
If strLetterDescription = "REFERENCE REQUEST" Then
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryUpdateRefereeLetterDate")
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryReferees")
Else
If strLetterDescription = "Referee chaser" Then
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryUpdateRefereeChaserDate")
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryRefereechaser")
Else
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryVolunteer")
End If
End If
Else
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryClient")
End If

strCurrentFileName = CurrentDb.Name
'Opens the document

Set objApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
objApp.Activate
Set objMMMD = objApp.Documents.Open(FileName:=strDocName)
With ObjMMMD
.MailMerge.OpenDataSource Name:= _
strCurrentFileName, _
ConfirmConversions:=False, ReadOnly:=False, LinkToSource:=True, _
AddToRecentFiles:=False, PasswordDocument:="",
PasswordTemplate:="", _
WritePasswordDocument:="", WritePasswordTemplate:="",
Revert:=False, _
Connection:= _
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Password="""";User _
ID=Admin;Date Source=strCurrentFileName;Mode=Read; _
Extended Properties="""";Jet OLEDB:System database=""""; _
Jet OLEDB:Registry Path="""";Jet OLEDBatabase Password="""";Jet
OLE",
_
SQLStatement:="SELECT * FROM `mergetable`", SQLStatement1:="", _
SubType:=wdMergeSubTypeAccess
.Destination = wdSendToNewDocument
.SuppressBlankLines = True
With .DataSource
FirstRecord = .ActiveRecord
LastRecord = .ActiveRecord
End With
.Execute Pause:=False
.Close wdDoNotSaveChanges
End With

End Sub


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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

I can see why you would comment out

'objApp.Visible = False

But why are you commenting out all of the other lines of code?

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[Murray Muspratt-Rouse]

The reason I commented out all the other lines of code was so as to mak
it easier to get back to where I was if the recommendations did no
succeed in solving the problem. I will back up the database and do i
again, removing all the code not included in your recommendations
Then, if it fails again, I will be able to restore the module from th
backup.

Murray

I can see why you would comment out

'objApp.Visible = False

But why are you commenting out all of the other lines of code?

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

There are some significant differences in this section of the code in your
message from that which I provided, that would cause it not to compile
correctly:

Set objApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
'objApp.Visible = False
objApp.Activate
'Dim objMMMD As Object
Set objMMMD = objApp.Documents.Open(FileName:=strDocName)

'objApp.Documents.Open FileName:=strDocName,
ConfirmConversions:=False, _
'ReadOnly:=False, AddToRecentFiles:=False _
', PasswordDocument:="", _
'PasswordTemplate:="", Revert:=False,
WritePasswordDocument:="", _
'WritePasswordTemplate:="", XMLTransform:=""

'objApp.ActiveDocument.MailMerge.OpenDataSource Name:= _

With objMMMD
MailMerge.OpenDataSource Name:=strCurrentFileName, _
ConfirmConversions:=False, ReadOnly:=False, LinkToSource:=True,
_
AddToRecentFiles:=False, PasswordDocument:="",
PasswordTemplate:="", _
WritePasswordDocument:="", WritePasswordTemplate:="",
Revert:=False, _
Connection:= _
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Password="""";User
ID=Admin;Date Source=strCurrentFileName;Mode=Read;Extended
Properties="""";Jet OLEDB:System database="""";Jet OLEDB:Registry
Path="""";Jet OLEDBatabase Password="""";Jet OLE" _
, SQLStatement:="SELECT * FROM `mergetable`",
SQLStatement1:="", _
SubType:=wdMergeSubTypeAccess
Destination = wdSendToNewDocument
SuppressBlankLines = True
With .DataSource
FirstRecord = .ActiveRecord
LastRecord = .ActiveRecord
End With
Execute Pause:=False
Close wdDoNotSaveChanges
End With


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Murray Muspratt-Rouse]

Doug, below you will find what I wrote in post no 25. After you ha
queried why I had commented out some code I cleaned up what I ran an
tried again. I have copied in the code I used as well. In your lates
post you have omitted the 'End Sub' - is that significant? I hav
checked my code against what you recommended and can find no differenc
- I am sure you must be correct!

"The reason I commented out all the other lines of code was so as t
make it easier to get back to where I was if the recommendations di
not succeed in solving the problem. I will back up the database and d
it again, removing all the code not included in your recommendations
Then, if it fails again, I will be able to restore the module from th
backup.

I have done as I said I would above, with the same result. Here is th
code that ran."

Sub OpenWordDoc(strDocName As String, strLetterDescription As String
strFormName As String)
Dim objApp As Object
Dim objMMMD As Object
Dim strCurrentFileName As String
On Error Resume Next
DoCmd.OpenQuery "qrydeleteMergeTablerows"


'Load data to MergeTable with a query that collects the required dat
after update

If strFormName = "Volunteers" Then
If strLetterDescription = "REFERENCE REQUEST" Then
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryUpdateRefereeLetterDate")
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryReferees")
Else
If strLetterDescription = "Referee chaser" Then
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryUpdateRefereeChaserDate")
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryRefereechaser")
Else
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryVolunteer")
End If
End If
Else
DoCmd.OpenQuery ("qryClient")
End If

strCurrentFileName = CurrentDb.Name

Set objApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
objApp.Activate
Set objMMMD = objApp.Documents.Open(FileName:=strDocName)

With objMMMD
.MailMerge.OpenDataSource Name:= _
strCurrentFileName, _
ConfirmConversions:=False, ReadOnly:=False, LinkToSource:=True, _
AddToRecentFiles:=False, PasswordDocument:="", PasswordTemplate:="", _
WritePasswordDocument:="", WritePasswordTemplate:="", Revert:=False, _
Connection:= _
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Password="""";Us er ID=Admin;Dat
Source=strCurrentFileName;Mode=Read;Extended Properties="""";Je
OLEDB:System database="""";Jet OLEDB:Registry Path="""";Je
OLEDBatabase Password="""";Jet OLE" _
, SQLStatement:="SELECT * FROM `mergetable`", SQLStatement1:="", _
SubType:=wdMergeSubTypeAccess
.Destination = wdSendToNewDocument
.SuppressBlankLines = True
With .DataSource
.FirstRecord = .ActiveRecord
.LastRecord = .ActiveRecord
End With
.Execute Pause:=False
.Close wdDoNotSaveChanges
End With

End Sub

There are some significant differences in this section of the code i
your
message from that which I provided, that would cause it not to compil

correctly:

Set objApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
'objApp.Visible = False
objApp.Activate
'Dim objMMMD As Object
Set objMMMD = objApp.Documents.Open(FileName:=strDocName)

'objApp.Documents.Open FileName:=strDocName,
ConfirmConversions:=False, _
'ReadOnly:=False, AddToRecentFiles:=False _
', PasswordDocument:="", _
'PasswordTemplate:="", Revert:=False,
WritePasswordDocument:="", _
'WritePasswordTemplate:="", XMLTransform:=""

'objApp.ActiveDocument.MailMerge.OpenDataSource Name:= _

With objMMMD
MailMerge.OpenDataSource Name:=strCurrentFileName, _
ConfirmConversions:=False, ReadOnly:=False, LinkToSource:=True,
_
AddToRecentFiles:=False, PasswordDocument:="",
PasswordTemplate:="", _
WritePasswordDocument:="", WritePasswordTemplate:="",
Revert:=False, _
Connection:= _
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Password="""";User
ID=Admin;Date Source=strCurrentFileName;Mode=Read;Extended
Properties="""";Jet OLEDB:System database="""";Jet OLEDB:Registry
Path="""";Jet OLEDBatabase Password="""";Jet OLE" _
, SQLStatement:="SELECT * FROM `mergetable`",
SQLStatement1:="", _
SubType:=wdMergeSubTypeAccess
Destination = wdSendToNewDocument
SuppressBlankLines = True
With .DataSource
FirstRecord = .ActiveRecord
LastRecord = .ActiveRecord
End With
Execute Pause:=False
Close wdDoNotSaveChanges
End With


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

I would suggest that you take a look at the information provided in the
following post by fellow MVP Albert Kallal:

Actually, use my merge sample. it don't give that warning, and you don't
have to change registiry stuff etc.

The sample I have can be found here:
http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/msaccess/msaccess.html

What is nice/interesting about my sample is that is specially designed to
enable ANY form with ONE LINE of code....

Thus, each time you build a new form, you can word merge enable it with
great ease.

Make sure you read the instructions from above, and you should eventually
get to the follwoing page
http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/wordmerge/page2.html


Note that the merge can also use a query, and thus you don't have to merge
just "one" record..

After the merge occurs, you get a plain document WITHOUT any merge fields,
and this allows the end user to save, edit, or even email the document
(since the merge fields are gone after the merge occurs).

Give the above a try.


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Albert D. Kallal (Access MVP)
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
(e-mail address removed)


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Murray Muspratt-Rouse]

Thank you, Doug, for referring me to Albert Kallal's posts. I hav
decided to 'leave well alone', and persuade the users that being abl
to make changes to the merge document, and to the results of the merge
is exactly what they need!

Murray

I would suggest that you take a look at the information provided in th

following post by fellow MVP Albert Kallal:

Actually, use my merge sample. it don't give that warning, and yo
don't
have to change registiry stuff etc.

The sample I have can be found he
http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/msaccess/msaccess.html

What is nice/interesting about my sample is that is specially designe
to
enable ANY form with ONE LINE of code....

Thus, each time you build a new form, you can word merge enable i
with
great ease.

Make sure you read the instructions from above, and you shoul
eventually
get to the follwoing page
http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/wordmerge/page2.html


Note that the merge can also use a query, and thus you don't have t
merge
just "one" record..

After the merge occurs, you get a plain document WITHOUT any merg
fields,
and this allows the end user to save, edit, or even email the document
(since the merge fields are gone after the merge occurs).

Give the above a try.


--
Albert D. Kallal (Access MVP)
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
(e-mail address removed)


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

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[Murray Muspratt-Rouse]

Yesterday I installed my version of the Access application containin
the mailmerge function on the users' PC, which is on Office 2003. Whe
we tried a mailmerge the result was the merged document, using the VB
code as you last saw it that resulted with Word 2007 in the display o
the main document ready for merge preview or the completion of th
merge. It seems to me, therefore, that there must be some essentia
difference between the ways in which Word 2007 and Word 2003 work i
this environment

Murray.

Thank you, Doug, for referring me to Albert Kallal's posts. I hav
decided to 'leave well alone', and persuade the users that being abl
to make changes to the merge document, and to the results of the merge
is exactly what they need!

Murra

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