Syntax
MailMergeCreateDataSource .FileName = text [, .PasswordDoc = text] [, .HeaderRecord = text] [, .MSQuery] [, .SQLStatement = text] [, .SQLStatement1 = text] [, .Connection = text] [, .LinkToSource = number]
Remarks
Creates a Word document that stores data for a mail merge. MailMergeCreateDataSource attaches the new data source to the active document, which becomes a main document if it is not one already.
To create a new data source with a table you can fill in later, specify only .FileName and .HeaderRecord (and .PasswordDoc if you want to protect the new data source).
Argument | Explanation | |
.FileName | The path and filename for the new data source | |
.PasswordDoc | A password to protect the new data source | |
.HeaderRecord | Field names for the header record. If omitted, the standard header record is used: "Title, FirstName, LastName, JobTitle, Company, Address1, Address2, City, State, PostalCode, Country, HomePhone, WorkPhone." To separate field names in Windows, use the character specified by the "sList" setting in the [intl] section of your WIN.INI file. (In Windows 95 and Windows NT, this setting is stored in the registry.) | |
.MSQuery | Launches Microsoft Query, if installed (Windows only). The .FileName, .PasswordDoc, and .HeaderRecord arguments a re ignored. | |
The .SQLStatement, .SQLStatement1, and .Connection arguments have no effect in MailMergeCreateDataSource instructions. If you display the Create Data Source dialog box using a dialog record and a Dialog or Dialog() instruction, you can return the values of these arguments. For more information about returning these values, see MailMergeDataSource$(). The .LinkToSource argument is ignored.
See Also
MailMergeCreateHeaderSource, MailMergeDataSource$(), MailMergeEditDataSource, MailMergeOpenDataSource