Use file on web-server as DataSource for mail merge?

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Mark Rendle - 28 Jun 2005 17:51 GMT

Does anyone know a way I can get Word to accept a (csv) file on a web-server
as the data source for a mailmerge.

e.g.

doc.MailMerge.OpenDataSource("http://mywebserver/data/mergedata.csv");

I'm trying to get my ASP.NET app to automate a merge client-side using
Javascript.

Cheers,
Mark

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 30 Jun 2005 16:00 GMT

Hi Mark,

> Does anyone know a way I can get Word to accept a (csv) file on a web-server
> as the data source for a mailmerge.

It's simply not possible. Mail Merge requires a data source saved to a
"classic" file path (not a URL).

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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