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Maz - 28 Nov 2006 12:35 GMT

How do I use the Include Text merge field to insert the contents of a
document that is stored on a shared drive? If I map a drive it will work but
if I include the full path name then it won't - I get a message telling me
that it is an invalid filename. For various reasons I don't want to use
mapped drives.

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Graham Mayor - 28 Nov 2006 12:46 GMT

Do you have the syntax right? Something along the lines of:

{ INCLUDETEXT "\\\\ComputerName\\FolderName\\docname.doc" }

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> How do I use the Include Text merge field to insert the contents of a
> document that is stored on a shared drive? If I map a drive it will
> work but if I include the full path name then it won't - I get a
> message telling me that it is an invalid filename. For various
> reasons I don't want to use mapped drives.

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Maz - 28 Nov 2006 14:24 GMT

I'm sure I do. I've tried \\\ and \\\\ before the server name and \\
everywhere else.
Thank you for replying.

> Do you have the syntax right? Something along the lines of:
>
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> > message telling me that it is an invalid filename. For various
> > reasons I don't want to use mapped drives.

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Graham Mayor - 28 Nov 2006 14:42 GMT

It requires four slashes.
You should also be able to write it another way eg
{ INCLUDETEXT "//ComputerName/FolderName/docname.doc" }
Both work here.

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> I'm sure I do. I've tried \\\ and \\\\ before the server name and \\
> everywhere else.
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>>> a message telling me that it is an invalid filename. For various
>>> reasons I don't want to use mapped drives.

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Maz - 28 Nov 2006 15:00 GMT

You are a STAR. I've tried both and they do both work. Thank you so much.
I think all I was missing was the quotes! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

> It requires four slashes.
> You should also be able to write it another way eg
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> >>> a message telling me that it is an invalid filename. For various
> >>> reasons I don't want to use mapped drives.

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Graham Mayor - 28 Nov 2006 15:06 GMT

You are welcome. :)

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> You are a STAR. I've tried both and they do both work. Thank you so
> much. I think all I was missing was the quotes! Thank you, thank
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>>>>> I get a message telling me that it is an invalid filename. For
>>>>> various reasons I don't want to use mapped drives.

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