How to launch a word mailmerge doc

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neoice - 04 Mar 2008 09:53 GMT

Hi,

I want to be able to open a word document at the click of a button(on a web
page), which has mailmerge fields to a query in my SQL DB.

Could somebody please advise how I begin this.

I have downloaded the VS office tools second edition but have no idea how to
start or if there is a simpler way of achieving what i want.

I am using VS 2005, ASP.net 2 with VB code behind.

Thanks in avance

Neil

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Ivan A. Vasilyev - 04 Mar 2008 12:08 GMT

Hello, Neil.

You could perform mailmerge on server-side. But be aware of
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B257757&x=4&y=21. Not scared?
Well, go on and use Office PIA to automate Word.

Another possibility is a client-side Word automation (from browser). Very
interesting scenario... Many different implementations...
- For Word automation: JavaScript, ActiveX, IE BHO, ...
- For data retrieval: direct DB connection (ugh!), web service, in-line
script variable, xml data island (is it still alive?)

Good luck.
Ivan.

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