Usage of "+/-" in mail merge text

[Lock]

Hi
If I am using mail merge with "+/-" and calling MS Word
API in the UTF7 mode, the text containg "+" and "-" will
disappear. Are special handling require to ensure "+/-"
will not disappear ?

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Lock,

If I am using mail merge with "+/-" and calling MS Word
API in the UTF7 mode, the text containg "+" and "-" will
disappear. Are special handling require to ensure "+/-"
will not disappear ?

We need a bit more information.

1. Version of Word involved

2. I take it you're automating Word. Through which
programming interface?

3. What's the data source? A text file? A database table?
Or?

4. What character code(s) are these symbols?

5. Are they part of text entries? Or a numerical entries?
(Field type)

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Sep 30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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[Lock]

1. Version of Word involved in Formatter : MS Word 2000

2. Which programming interface (APIs) was used /called
The APIs in conceren here is
MailMerge.OpenDataSource

3. Is the data source from text file or database table
The data source is a text file.

4. The character codes used is UTF 7 or UTF 8 ?
We do not specify any character set, windows default will
get used in this
case.

5. They are text entries.

Thanks

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Lock,

4. The character codes used is UTF 7 or UTF 8 ?
We do not specify any character set, windows default will
get used in this
case.

You misunderstood my question. Which "ASCII" code are these
symbols? (Quotes, for example are ASCII 34, or Chr(34) in
VBA-speak.)

Go over to testing manually, until we figure out what may be
causing the problem. Use Word's mail merge user interface
and try setting up some test merges with the following
conditions:

1. If you link up using Word's default "Get data", do you
still get the problem? And do you get any prompts or
messages?

2. In the Open Data source dialog box, activate the "Select
method" checkbox. Now, once you've selected the data source
you should get a list of connection methods. Which is marked
as the default? What others do you see? If you try all the
methods offered, does any one work correctly?

3. If you open the text file in Word, then save as the File
type "Word document" and use the resulting *.doc file as a
data source, does that work correctly?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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