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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / May 2004DDE Error
Hi, I have made a mail merge document, between word 97 and access 97. Now we're going to update to Office 2003. So I'm testing if it works. On my computer at home it works perfect, no error or anything. But here at work it gives a DDE-connection error. I have no clue how to fix this. See http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_labels_with_word_xp.htm  Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > anything. But here at work it gives a DDE-connection > error. I have no clue how to fix this. Okay and how is this information going to help me?? I already know how to mail merge. But thanks for your fast reaction. >-----Original Message----- >See http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_labels_with_word_xp.htm [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >. Had you read it, you would see that the connection method between Word and its data changed for Word 2002/3. The article explains how to restore the old method or adapt to the new. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< > Okay and how is this information going to help me?? > I already know how to mail merge. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >> >> . I have read it. But how is it possible that it works on one computer and not on the other? And it's also weird that when access 2003 is started it also works. >-----Original Message----- >Had you read it, you would see that the connection method between Word and [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > >. At least two things can go wrong in Word 2003 when you try to connect to Access 2003 using DDE: a. if Access has Tools|Options|Advanced|Ignore DDE requests checked, the connection should fail (this could be set differently "at home" and in the office b. Both Word and Access are likely to pop up security warnings. If the user does not see the Access one, Word may time out ("This task is taking longer than expected..."). If the user presses Cancel, there will be a DDE error. In particular, if the entire task is automated, the process is not likely to work. Neither of those looks particularly likely but a. you can always try connecting via ODBC or OLEDB instead (in Word 2003 only). You will probably have to deal with some formatting problems if you do. b. I would quite like to know which error message you are actually getting if it isn't anything to do with the above possibilities. SignaturePeter Jamieson > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > anything. But here at work it gives a DDE-connection > error. I have no clue how to fix this. OK, I have now seen the error message you are getting in a nearby message. I haven't seen that particular problem before but I would try going through the Select Data Source process again on the Word 2003 box (if you haven't already) SignaturePeter Jamieson > At least two things can go wrong in Word 2003 when you try to connect to > Access 2003 using DDE: [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > anything. But here at work it gives a DDE-connection > > error. I have no clue how to fix this. Already tried that :( But then it doesn't work on 97. I think i'm going to just select the database again, it doesn't work on 97 but need to find some solution. That's too bad. >-----Original Message----- >OK, I have now seen the error message you are getting in a nearby message. I [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > >. In general portability of mailmerge "applications" between 97 and 2003 is a bit one-way, probably more trouble than it's worth trying to attempt it. SignaturePeter Jamieson > Already tried that :( > But then it doesn't work on 97. [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] > > > >. |
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