[AccessD] Mail Merge

If you do the pull method, I don't recommend having the Word document look
to a query.  There is an extra layer involved when negotiating into MDB or
MDE that adds what I consider to be a lot of time, plus possibly a layer of
security.  The approach we prefer at our shop is to have your database
output a text file with a standard name ("SelectedContacts.txt) to a
standard folder (like "c:\temp" or the application's install folder).  All
mail merge documents are trained to look to this file, and the speed is MUCH
faster for both connecting and merging.  Plus this gives the you the added
benefit of being able to send this file to printing vendors if you have
specialty mailings.  And the file can be opened in Excel for other kinds of
merging and analysis uses as well.

Steve Capistrant
Symphony Information Services
scapistrant at symphonyinfo.com
www.symphonyinfo.com



-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Colby
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 8:27 AM
To: AccessD
Subject: [AccessD] Mail Merge


Folks,

I have been looking at a push method of mail merge were an access class
pushes data into the doc at bookmarks.  It is my understanding that there is
also a pull method where the document knows what query it needs to use to
get data from Access and where to put the data in the document.  Is that
method easy to set up for a given document?  Any online references for doing
this?  I need to get a handful of mail merge docs set up quickly for a
customer.

John W. Colby
www.colbyconsulting.com


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