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Thompson - 07 Jun 2006 23:35 GMT

Howdy, all:

When I manually code a field like thus:

{IncludePicture "z:\\path name\\folder name\\file.name.bmp"}

The bmp merges easily. But when I code it thusly:

{IncludePicture "z:\\path name\\folder name\\{Mergefield Picname}"}

(where Picname = file.name.bmp) the image does not get merged.

Any help?

Thanks,
Thompson

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 08 Jun 2006 04:40 GMT

Have you tried updating the fields in the document (Ctrl+A then F9)?

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Thompson - 08 Jun 2006 18:31 GMT

Yes, that's always SOP with IncludePicture, yeah?

It updates the manually-coded image, but not the merge-named image. Why is
the embedded-merge picture name not working.

Thompson

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 08 Jun 2006 20:17 GMT

I imagine that the two periods in file.name.bmp may be causing a problem

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Thompson - 08 Jun 2006 21:31 GMT

> I imagine that the two periods in file.name.bmp may be causing a problem
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Thompson - 08 Jun 2006 21:35 GMT

Hm, my previous reply didn't post.

The multiple "." are perfectly Windows OS legal.

I did some more fooling around, and the solution is actually simple:

{IncludePicture "z:\\\\path name\\\\folder name\\\\{Mergefield Picname}"}

_Quadruple_ backslashes! This produces post-merge code that has
double-backslahes, and that loads the pics just fine.

Thompson

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macropod - 08 Jun 2006 22:40 GMT

Hi Thompson,

There is something odd going on with your mailmerge. What Windows & Word
versions are you running? Also, you might try replacing those '\\\\' with
'/'.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 09 Jun 2006 04:49 GMT

Normally only a double \\ is required.

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