Mail Merging FoxPro Memo Files with Word 6.0 for Windows

ID: Q108619

2.50 2.50a 2.50b WINDOWS kbinterop kbprg

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, and 2.5b
Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6.0

To use FoxPro memo files in mail merge documents created in Microsoft Word version 6.0 for Windows, do the following:

1. Create a database with a memo field. Type some information in the memo

   field.

2. Close the database and start Word version 6.0.

3. From the Tools menu, choose Mail Merge, and then choose the Create

   button under Main Document. Edit your main document as needed.

4. From the Tools menu, choose Mail Merge, choose the Get Data button under

   Data Source, and then choose Open Data Source.

5. Select "MS FoxPro Files (*.DBF)" from the List Files Of Type box, and

   then select the FoxPro database.

   NOTE: If "MS FoxPro Files (*.DBF)" is not available, you must install
   the data access (ODBC) utilities using the Word Setup program.

6. Return to the Word document, choose the Insert Merge Field button, and

   the memo field name will appear.

Text from the memo field will take on the attributes of the document it is being merged into. Word will also reformat the merge document to fit in the contents of the memo field.

Additional reference words: FoxWin 2.50 2.50a 2.50b KBCategory: kbinterop kbprg KBSubcategory: FxinteropOdbc

Keywords          : FxinteropOdbc 
Version           : 2.50 2.50a 2.50b
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: May 1, 1996