Word mail merge with Access

[Linda]

Why does Word sometimes open another instance of Access when doing a mail
merge? I have forms in Access with hyperlinks to Word merge documents which
are based on queries from the form info. They were working flawlessly. Now,
Word is opening another instance of access and the queries are not returning
any data because the form info is not available in the new instance of
Access. The only thing I have done different is set up Access to open the
switchboard when opened and I set warnings to off in several of the macros
that I run. What would cause Word to start opening another instance of Access?

 

[Albert D. Kallal]

This is known problem

(it happens when you change the name of your database). A description and
fix is mentioned here:

http://www.mvps.org/access/bugs/bugs0011.htm

On the other hand, you might try my sample "super easy word" merge. Not only
does my example avoid your
problem, but also allows you to easily merge just ONE record.

You can give the sample a download here:
http://www.attcanada.net/~kallal.msn/msaccess/msaccess.html

If it does what you want..then you can read the instructions on how to use
the neat code in your application.