WD6x: Queries Tab Not Available When Using Access via ODBC

ID: Q110653

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SYMPTOMS

When you use a Microsoft Access database file by means of ODBC as a mail merge data source or as a DATABASE field, the Queries tab (as pictured on page 678 in the Word 6.0 User?s Guide) is not available.

CAUSE

Microsoft Access must be running to generate the results of a query. ODBC drivers do not activate the source application; they access the data file created by the application.

WORKAROUND

To use an Access query as a data source, open the file using dynamic data exchange (DDE) rather than ODBC.

If DDE is not available:

1. If Microsoft Access is not installed on the computer, install it. If

   Access is installed, then remove Access through its setup program and
   then re-install Access.

2. Make sure the Confirm Conversions option is selected in the Open Data

   Source dialog box. Also, verify that the following line is in the
   [Extensions] section of your WIN.INI file

      MDB=<path>\msaccess.exe  ^.MDB

   where <path> is the location of the Access program directory. For
   example:

      MDB=C:\ACCESS\msaccess.exe  ^.MDB

Additional query words: datafile datasource

Keywords          : kbinterop kbusage winword kbmerge word6 word 
Version           : 6.0 6.0a 6.0c
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: October 9, 1998