what are the MS Publisher command line parameters?

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Eric Weller

I want to automate running a MS Publisher Mail Merge and was wondering if
there are command line parameters that will allow this. I was thinking that
I could give the file name of the merge template and specify a parameter that
indicates to start the mail merge process without having the user go through
the GUI. The resultant merge file would be saved and then printed. If this
could happen during off hours, it would eliminate tying up a printer during
business hours.
Thanks!
 
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Ed Bennett

Eric said:
I want to automate running a MS Publisher Mail Merge and was wondering if
there are command line parameters that will allow this. I was thinking that
I could give the file name of the merge template and specify a parameter that
indicates to start the mail merge process without having the user go through
the GUI. The resultant merge file would be saved and then printed. If this
could happen during off hours, it would eliminate tying up a printer during
business hours.
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You can't automate this from a command line (Publisher, I believe, only
supports a filename to open being passed to it at the command line), but
you could use Publisher as a COM server and write a console application
to automate it.
 

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