My fax system, automates MS Word and does a Mail/Merge operation using a Word
document and an Access database. I look for marker characters (?) in the word
document and replace them with merge fields. The program would stop at the
Find function and give the error message: “External component has thrown an
exception” . Here is a code excerpt with the problem statement highlighted:



 ' Go to top of page

       ' ----------------------------

       CW("Insert Merge Fields")

       appWD.Selection.HomeKey(Unit:=WdUnits.wdStory)



       ' Find 1st question mark (SENDER_NAME)

       ' ------------------------------------

       With appWD.Selection.Find

           .ClearFormatting()

           .Text = "?"

           .Execute(Forward:=True)

       End With

       appWD.Selection.Find.Execute()



 ' Create Sender Name merge field

       ' ------------------------------

     
appWD.ActiveDocument.MailMerge.Fields.Add(Range:=appWD.ActiveWindow.Selecton.Range, _

       Name:="SenderName")





I first removed fix KB929061 – Problem persisted

I then removed KB920816 – Problem persisted

When I removed KB929063, everything started working.



I wonder if it’s only KB929063 or a combination of the above that caused the
problem.

Hope someone can help.