Merging delimiter dialog box

[Eduardo]

How can I prevent word from asking the delimiter
parameter for my header and data source files? I have
create the header and source as delimited files because I
have more that 63 fields. I am doing the merge
programatically with visual basic, I don't want to have
the user choose the delimiter option all the time. I
there a way to tell the word object what the delimiter is
for the header and the source file?

 

[Peter Jamieson]

there a way to tell the word object what the delimiter is

for the header and the source file?

You may be able to if you are using Word 2000 and earlier, and ODBC to open
the header and data, in which case you may be able to specify the /field/
delimiter in ODBC (i.e. in the SCHEMA.INI file created by ODBC), but the
record delimiter cannot be modified.

Otherwise, you /may/ get better results if your header file has two
identical records in it.