[AccessD] Automation of word

You can open Word and set it to background printing and then keep it open
until printing is completed and then close it down.
Is that what you are after?
Max
  

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 4:16 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Automation of word

Rocky,

In fact the method I am using is to export the data into t text file.  The
word document is then "hard coded" to pull in data from that text document.
I just open the word document and it "just does it".  Of course I have to
successfully export the data to the text file first.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com
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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at
Beach Access Software
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 10:32 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Automation of word

John:

Can't help you with that but I'm curious to know the code you're using to do
the merge.  I had a merge function and it used to work.  Now, for reasons I
have yet to be able to figure out it doesn't.  My code to open the document
and merge is only a few lines:

    Dim objWordDoc As Word.Document
    Dim objWord As Object
    
    Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
    
    With objWord
        'Visible is set True in order to view the operation.
        .Visible = True
        .Documents.Open (strDocName)
        .ActiveDocument.MailMerge.Destination = wdSendToNewDocument
        .ActiveDocument.MailMerge.SuppressBlankLines = True
        .ActiveDocument.MailMerge.Execute
    End With 

It starts word and opens the document just fine but at
.ActiveDocument.MailMerge.Destination = wdSendToNewDocument I get requested
object not available.

How are you opening and merging your document?

TIA

Rocky



 	
	

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 6:49 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: [AccessD] Automation of word

I have a rather elaborate mail merge system in a client's system.  ATM I
open the document, merge the date and the user takes over, filling in things
that they need to fill in, then printing and closing the word instance.  It
works well enough however I do not control the save of the document, and
very occasionally Word does not close cleanly, leaving a hidden instance
open WITH the associated merge text document open as well, preventing the
next merge from occurring.

I need to know if it is possible to open word in a mode that prevents it
from being closed by the user?  I would then have the user go back to my
application and press a button saying that they succeeded in doing the mail
merge.  I would save the document and close Word down.

Can I prevent the user from closing Word?

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com 

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