ACC97: Word Does Not Quit After "Merge It with MS Word" Fails
ID: Q179614
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The information in this article applies to:
SYMPTOMS
Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.
In Microsoft Access 97, when you use the "Merge It with MS Word" Wizard to
merge a Microsoft Access table or query with a Microsoft Word 97 document,
Microsoft Word 97 does not close automatically if the merge process fails.
RESOLUTION
You must manually close Microsoft Word 97 if the "Merge It with MS Word"
Wizard fails.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access 97.
MORE INFORMATION
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
- In Microsoft Access 97, open a database and create the following
new table:
Table: Table1
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Field Name: Myfield
Data Type: Text
- Save the table as Table1. When prompted to create a primary key, click
No.
- In the Database window, select the Table1 table.
- On the Tools menu, point to Office Links, and then click "Merge It with
MS Word."
- When the wizard starts, click the "Create a new document and then link
the data to it" option. Click OK.
- After a few minutes, the Mail Merge Wizard returns the following error
message:
Word could not merge the main document with the data source because
the data records were empty or no data records matched your query
options.
- Click OK.
Note that Microsoft Word 97 and the new merge document remain open.
REFERENCES
For more information about closing a Microsoft Word 97 Document through
Automation, search the Microsoft Office 97 Automation Help File Index for
"Closing a Microsoft Word Document."
For more information about obtaining the Microsoft Office 97 Automation
Help File, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
Q167223 Microsoft Office 97 Automation Help File Available
Additional query words:
Word OLE Automation Quit Close
Keywords : kbinterop AutPrb
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb