Remove Rows from a Table after merging

[Kevin L]

Hello,
I have a table in a word document that contains merge fields. If the merge
fields contain no data in them, they do not print.
I would like to apply the same functionality to the table itself by
eliminating the table row.

Is there a way to remove a row from a table if the cells in the row contain
no data?

I am using Visual Basic .NET to open the Word Document, perform the merge
action and print the merged documents.

I am using Word XP.

Thank you.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Kevin,

No, there's nothing in Word that would do this. But why not FILTER the data so
that the data row simply isn't processed by the merge?

I have a table in a word document that contains merge fields. If the merge
fields contain no data in them, they do not print.
I would like to apply the same functionality to the table itself by
eliminating the table row.

Is there a way to remove a row from a table if the cells in the row contain
no data?

I am using Visual Basic .NET to open the Word Document, perform the merge
action and print the merged documents.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Kevin L]

Hi Cindy,
The datarow from the merge isn't the problem.
The problem is that I want to display the results of the merge in a table.
Since I cannot add (or delete) Table rows dynamically to match the merge
(that I know of), I am stuck with having a fixed set of Table Rows. Which
means that I will have blanks rows when there is not enough data from the
merge to fill them all.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Kevin,

The datarow from the merge isn't the problem.
The problem is that I want to display the results of the merge in a table.
Since I cannot add (or delete) Table rows dynamically to match the merge
(that I know of), I am stuck with having a fixed set of Table Rows. Which
means that I will have blanks rows when there is not enough data from the
merge to fill them all.

Set up a single table row and insert the merge fields. Nothing else in the
document.

Set the main merge document type as DIRECTORY. Now execute the merge to a new
document. You'll get a table row for each record

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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