Paradox files as data source for word 2002

[David H]

I have a Paradox data base set up for another program
which I would like to use as a datasource in Word 2002.
I can browse for the .db file in the "select data source
window" and it appears to be selected OK but when I click
on "Mail merge recipients" strange things happen.
The data is generally present but:
(1)Fields containing dates are in the wrong format (m/d/y
instead of d/m/y) even though the system on which the
database table originated (Windows95) and the target
system (Windows XP) are both set up for d/m/y type dates.
(2) Some of the fields have got mixed up and the data
from one field appears under the heading for another.
(3) If I click "Clear all" and just select 1 or two
recipients, then click "Refresh", a whole bunch of other
check boxes tick themselves for no apparent reason.

No other program is trying to access the database while I
am doing all this.
Is there a compatibility problem with some versions of
Paradox? My table claims to be Paradox 5.0
My Word is 2002 (10.4030.2625)

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Hi David,

See the "Dates; day/month reversed" item under the "Mail merge in Word 2002"
section of fellow MVP Cindy Meister's webside at:

http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/MergFram.htm

Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP