OLE2 from Forms 10g to Microsoft Word 2007 Mail Merge

We have an Oracle Form that allows the user to print off information on the Form to a Microsoft Word document via OLE2 and mail merging; Forms version is 10.1.2.0.2 as it the version of OAS (from Linux Redhat AS4). This currently works fine if the user has Microsoft Word 2000, but since a recent upgrade to Office 2003 and now in some cases 2007, this functionality doesn't work. The JInitiator Console displays the following error messages:
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Forms Applet version is : 10.1.2.0
2009-Aug-19 11:30:43.785 ERROR>WUO-714 [OleFunctions.setExceptionValues()] Unable to get the last OLE Error details; Exception
null
2009-Aug-19 11:30:43.785 ERROR>WUO-707 [OleFunctions.invoke_obj()] Unable to invoke Method: TypeText; Exception
com.jacob.com.ComFailException: A COM exception has been encountered:
At Invoke of: TypeText
Description: Type mismatch.
2009-Aug-19 11:30:44.848 ERROR>WUO-707 [OleFunctions.invoke_obj()] Unable to invoke Method: Execute; Exception
com.jacob.com.ComFailException: Invoke of: Execute
Source: Microsoft Word
Description: This method or property is not available because the document is not a mail merge main document.
The below code is used within the Form when they invoke the 'Print' function:
PROCEDURE PR_print_invoice
IS
l_t_application CLIENT_OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;
l_t_documents CLIENT_OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;
l_t_source_doc CLIENT_OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;
l_t_letter_doc CLIENT_OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;
l_t_merge_doc CLIENT_OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;
l_t_mail_merge CLIENT_OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;
l_t_selection CLIENT_OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;
l_t_args CLIENT_OLE2.LIST_TYPE;
l_t_args_move_right CLIENT_OLE2.LIST_TYPE;
l_v_sourcefile VARCHAR2(2000);
l_v_letter VARCHAR2(2000);
l_v_mergefile VARCHAR2(2000);
l_v_destination_directory VARCHAR2(2000);
l_v_source_directory VARCHAR2(2000);
l_n_ok NUMBER;
l_n_tax NUMBER;
l_n_total_value NUMBER;
l_n_total_tax NUMBER;
l_v_country VARCHAR2(3);
l_t_bca_client_address_line1 bill_client_address.bca_client_address_line1%TYPE;
l_t_bca_client_address_line2 bill_client_address.bca_client_address_line2%TYPE;
l_t_bca_client_address_line3 bill_client_address.bca_client_address_line3%TYPE;
l_t_bca_client_address_line4 bill_client_address.bca_client_address_line4%TYPE;
l_t_bca_client_address_line5 bill_client_address.bca_client_address_line5%TYPE;
l_t_bca_client_address_line6 bill_client_address.bca_client_address_line6%TYPE;
l_t_bcl_client_name bill_client.bcl_client_name%TYPE;
l_t_bcl_client_id bill_client.bcl_client_id%TYPE;
l_t_trt_rate tax_rate.trt_rate%TYPE;
l_t_rli_description_1 reference_list.rli_description_1%TYPE;
l_n_item_count NUMBER := 0;
l_b_debug BOOLEAN;
l_b_ok BOOLEAN;
l_n_bookmark NUMBER := 0;
l_n_counter PLS_INTEGER;
CURSOR l_cur_client( p_ti_bcl_seq_num IN bill_client.bcl_seq_num%TYPE )
IS
SELECT bcl_client_id
, bcl_client_name
FROM bill_client
WHERE bcl_seq_num = p_ti_bcl_seq_num
CURSOR l_cur_client_address( p_ti_bcl_seq_num IN bill_client.bcl_seq_num%TYPE )
IS
SELECT bca_client_address_line1
, bca_client_address_line2
, bca_client_address_line3
, bca_client_address_line4
, bca_client_address_line5
, bca_client_address_line6
FROM bill_client_address bca
, role
WHERE bca_bcl_seq_num = p_ti_bcl_seq_num
AND rol_ref_type = 'INVPOINT'
AND rol_bcl_seq_num = p_ti_bcl_seq_num
AND rol_bca_seq_num = bca_seq_num
CURSOR l_cur_items( p_ti_mih_seq_num IN manual_invoice_header.mih_seq_num%TYPE )
IS
SELECT mil_tco_seq_num
, mil_value
, mil_description
, mil_quantity
, rownum
FROM manual_invoice_line mil
WHERE mil_mih_seq_num = p_ti_mih_seq_num
CURSOR l_cur_count_items( p_ti_mih_seq_num IN manual_invoice_header.mih_seq_num%TYPE )
IS
SELECT count(*)
FROM manual_invoice_line
WHERE mil_mih_seq_num = p_ti_mih_seq_num
CURSOR l_cur_tax_rate( p_ti_tco_seq_num IN tax_rate.trt_tco_seq_num%TYPE
, p_ti_mih_invoice_date manual_invoice_header.mih_invoice_date%TYPE )
IS
SELECT trt_rate
FROM tax_rate
WHERE trt_tco_seq_num = p_ti_tco_seq_num
AND p_ti_mih_invoice_date BETWEEN trt_effective_date AND NVL( trt_effective_end_date, p_ti_mih_invoice_date )
CURSOR l_cur_ref_list( p_ti_rli_code reference_list.rli_code%TYPE )
IS
SELECT rli_description_1
FROM reference_list
WHERE rli_rty_code = 'INTYP'
AND rli_bcy_seq_num = NVL( :GLOBAL.bcy_seq_num, 1 )
AND rli_code = p_ti_rli_code
CURSOR l_cur_country( p_ti_bcy_seq_num bill_country.bcy_seq_num%TYPE )
IS
SELECT bcy_short_name
FROM bill_country
WHERE bcy_seq_num = p_ti_bcy_seq_num
PROCEDURE PR_Insert_Cell( p_vi_text IN VARCHAR2 )
IS
l_n_bookmark NUMBER := 0;
BEGIN
l_n_bookmark := 1;
l_t_args := CLIENT_OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
CLIENT_OLE2.ADD_ARG( l_t_args, p_vi_text );
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'TypeText', l_t_args);
CLIENT_OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST( l_t_args );
EXCEPTION
WHEN FORM_TRIGGER_FAILURE
THEN
RAISE;
WHEN OTHERS
THEN
PA_lib_msg.PR_others_exception( 'PA_hci_misc.PR_print_invoice.PR_insert_cell', l_n_bookmark );
END;
BEGIN
l_n_bookmark := 1;
SYNCHRONIZE;
l_n_bookmark := 2;
OPEN l_cur_country( :GLOBAL.bcy_seq_num );
FETCH l_cur_country INTO l_v_country;
CLOSE l_cur_country;
-- Determine invoice names and locations and fetch them from the server
l_n_bookmark := 3;
l_v_sourcefile := pa_lib_security.fn_fetch_environment( 'ManualInvoiceSourceFile' );
l_v_letter := pa_lib_security.fn_fetch_environment( l_v_country || 'ManualInvoiceMergeFile' );
l_v_source_directory := pa_lib_security.fn_fetch_environment( 'SourceManualInvoiceDirectory' );
l_v_destination_directory := pa_lib_security.fn_fetch_environment( 'DestinationManualInvoiceDir' );
l_b_debug := ( pa_lib_security.fn_fetch_environment( 'ManualInvoiceDebug' ) = 'Y' );
l_b_ok := webutil_file_transfer.as_to_client( l_v_destination_directory||l_v_sourcefile, l_v_source_directory||l_v_sourcefile );
l_b_ok := webutil_file_transfer.as_to_client( l_v_destination_directory||l_v_letter, l_v_source_directory||l_v_letter );
l_n_bookmark := 4;
IF ( :SYSTEM.FORM_STATUS = 'CHANGED' )
THEN
l_n_bookmark := 5;
DO_KEY('commit_form');
END IF;
l_n_bookmark := 6;
OPEN l_cur_count_items( :blk_manual_inv_header.mih_seq_num );
FETCH l_cur_count_items INTO l_n_item_count;
CLOSE l_cur_count_items;
IF ( l_n_item_count = 0 )
THEN
pa_lib_msg.pr_message_alert( 'STB', -119 );
RETURN;
END IF;
l_n_bookmark := 7;
SET_APPLICATION_PROPERTY( CURSOR_STYLE, 'BUSY' );
-- Start Word
l_n_bookmark := 8;
l_t_application := CLIENT_OLE2.CREATE_OBJ( 'Word.Application' );
l_t_documents := CLIENT_OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY( l_t_application, 'Documents' );
IF ( l_b_debug )
THEN
CLIENT_OLE2.SET_PROPERTY( l_t_application, 'Visible', 1 );
END IF;
-- Open source file
l_n_bookmark := 9;
l_t_args := CLIENT_OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
CLIENT_OLE2.ADD_ARG( l_t_args, l_v_destination_directory||l_v_sourcefile );
l_t_source_doc := CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE_OBJ( l_t_documents, 'Open', l_t_args );
CLIENT_OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST( l_t_args );
-- Populate source file with invoice items
l_n_bookmark := 10;
OPEN l_cur_client( :parameter.p_bcl_seq_num );
FETCH l_cur_client INTO l_t_bcl_client_id, l_t_bcl_client_name;
IF ( l_cur_client%NOTFOUND )
THEN
CLOSE l_cur_client;
pa_lib_msg.pr_message_alert( 'STB', -121 );
END IF;
CLOSE l_cur_client;
l_n_bookmark := 11;
OPEN l_cur_client_address( :parameter.p_bcl_seq_num );
FETCH l_cur_client_address INTO l_t_bca_client_address_line1
, l_t_bca_client_address_line2
, l_t_bca_client_address_line3
, l_t_bca_client_address_line4
, l_t_bca_client_address_line5
, l_t_bca_client_address_line6;
IF ( l_cur_client_address%NOTFOUND )
THEN
CLOSE l_cur_client_address;
pa_lib_msg.pr_message_alert( 'STB', -122 );
END IF;
CLOSE l_cur_client_address;
l_n_bookmark := 12;
OPEN l_cur_ref_list( :blk_manual_inv_header.mih_invoice_type );
FETCH l_cur_ref_list INTO l_t_rli_description_1;
IF ( l_cur_ref_list%NOTFOUND )
THEN
CLOSE l_cur_ref_list;
pa_lib_msg.pr_message_alert( 'STB', -123 );
END IF;
CLOSE l_cur_ref_list;
-- Move to first data column
l_n_bookmark := 13;
l_t_selection := CLIENT_OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY( l_t_application, 'Selection' );
l_t_args_move_right := CLIENT_OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
CLIENT_OLE2.ADD_ARG( l_t_args_move_right, 12 );
CLIENT_OLE2.ADD_ARG( l_t_args_move_right, 1 );
CLIENT_OLE2.ADD_ARG( l_t_args_move_right, 0 );
FOR l_n_counter IN 1 .. 19
LOOP
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
END LOOP;
l_n_bookmark := 14;
l_n_total_value := 0;
l_n_total_tax := 0;
FOR l_r_items IN l_cur_items( :blk_manual_inv_header.mih_seq_num )
LOOP
l_n_bookmark := 15;
OPEN l_cur_tax_rate( l_r_items.mil_tco_seq_num, :blk_manual_inv_header.mih_invoice_date );
FETCH l_cur_tax_rate INTO l_t_trt_rate;
IF ( l_cur_tax_rate%NOTFOUND )
THEN
CLOSE l_cur_tax_rate;
pa_lib_msg.pr_message_alert( 'STB', -124 );
END IF;
CLOSE l_cur_tax_rate;
l_n_tax := ROUND( l_r_items.mil_value * ( l_t_trt_rate / 100 ), 2 );
l_n_total_tax := l_n_total_tax + l_n_tax;
l_n_total_value := l_n_total_value + l_r_items.mil_value;
END LOOP;
l_n_bookmark := 16;
FOR l_r_items IN l_cur_items( :blk_manual_inv_header.mih_seq_num )
LOOP
l_n_bookmark := 17;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
PR_insert_cell( l_r_items.mil_description );
l_n_bookmark := 18;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
PR_insert_cell( TO_CHAR( l_r_items.mil_quantity ) );
l_n_bookmark := 19;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
PR_insert_cell( TO_CHAR( l_r_items.mil_value, '99999999.90' ) );
l_n_bookmark := 20;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
OPEN l_cur_tax_rate( l_r_items.mil_tco_seq_num, :blk_manual_inv_header.mih_invoice_date );
FETCH l_cur_tax_rate INTO l_t_trt_rate;
IF ( l_cur_tax_rate%NOTFOUND )
THEN
CLOSE l_cur_tax_rate;
pa_lib_msg.pr_message_alert( 'STB', -124 );
END IF;
CLOSE l_cur_tax_rate;
PR_insert_cell( TO_CHAR( l_t_trt_rate ) || '%' );
l_n_bookmark := 21;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
l_n_tax := ROUND( l_r_items.mil_value * ( l_t_trt_rate / 100 ), 2 );
PR_insert_cell( TO_CHAR( l_n_tax, '99999999.90' ) );
l_n_bookmark := 22;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
PR_insert_cell( TO_CHAR( l_r_items.rownum ) );
l_n_bookmark := 23;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
PR_insert_cell( UPPER( l_t_rli_description_1 ) );
l_n_bookmark := 24;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
PR_insert_cell( l_t_bcl_client_name );
l_n_bookmark := 25;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
PR_insert_cell( l_t_bca_client_address_line1 );
l_n_bookmark := 26;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
PR_insert_cell( l_t_bca_client_address_line2 );
l_n_bookmark := 27;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
PR_insert_cell( l_t_bca_client_address_line3 );
l_n_bookmark := 28;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
PR_insert_cell( l_t_bca_client_address_line4 );
l_n_bookmark := 29;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
PR_insert_cell( l_t_bca_client_address_line5 );
l_n_bookmark := 30;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
PR_insert_cell( l_t_bca_client_address_line6 );
l_n_bookmark := 31;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
PR_insert_cell( TO_CHAR( :blk_manual_inv_header.mih_invoice_date, 'DD/MM/YYYY' ) );
l_n_bookmark := 32;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
PR_insert_cell( l_t_bcl_client_id );
l_n_bookmark := 33;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
IF ( :blk_manual_inv_header.mih_invoice_prefix IS NULL )
THEN
PR_insert_cell( TO_CHAR( :blk_manual_inv_header.mih_invoice_number, '0000000009' ) || '/' ||
TO_CHAR( :blk_manual_inv_header.mih_issue_number, '09') );
ELSE
IF ( NVL( LENGTH( :blk_manual_inv_header.mih_invoice_prefix), 0 ) = 1 )
THEN
PR_insert_cell( :blk_manual_inv_header.mih_invoice_prefix ||
TO_CHAR( :blk_manual_inv_header.mih_invoice_number, '000000009' ) || '/' ||
TO_CHAR( :blk_manual_inv_header.mih_issue_number, '09' ) );
ELSE
PR_insert_cell( :blk_manual_inv_header.mih_invoice_prefix ||
TO_CHAR( :blk_manual_inv_header.mih_invoice_number, '00000009' ) || '/' ||
TO_CHAR( :blk_manual_inv_header.mih_issue_number, '09' ) );
END IF;
END IF;
l_n_bookmark := 34;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
IF ( l_r_items.rownum = 1 )
THEN
PR_insert_cell( TO_CHAR( l_n_total_value, '99999999.90') );
END IF;
l_n_bookmark := 35;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
IF ( l_r_items.rownum = 1 )
THEN
PR_insert_cell( TO_CHAR( l_n_total_tax, '99999999.90' ) );
END IF;
l_n_bookmark := 36;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_selection, 'MoveRight', l_t_args_move_right );
IF ( l_r_items.rownum = 1 )
THEN
PR_insert_cell( TO_CHAR( l_n_total_value + l_n_total_tax, '99999999.90' ) );
END IF;
END LOOP;
CLIENT_OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST( l_t_args_move_right );
-- Open merge file
l_n_bookmark := 37;
l_t_args := CLIENT_OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
CLIENT_OLE2.ADD_ARG( l_t_args, l_v_destination_directory||l_v_letter );
l_t_letter_doc := CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE_OBJ( l_t_documents, 'Open', l_t_args );
CLIENT_OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST( l_t_args );
-- Do mail merge
l_n_bookmark := 38;
l_t_mail_merge := CLIENT_OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY( l_t_letter_doc, 'MailMerge');
l_t_args := CLIENT_OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_mail_merge, 'Execute', l_t_args );
CLIENT_OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST( l_t_args );
-- Print
l_n_bookmark := 39;
l_t_args := CLIENT_OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
l_t_merge_doc := CLIENT_OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY( l_t_application, 'ActiveDocument' );
CLIENT_OLE2.ADD_ARG( l_t_args, 0 );
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_merge_doc, 'PrintOut', l_t_args );
CLIENT_OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST( l_t_args );
-- Cleanup
l_n_bookmark := 40;
IF ( NOT( l_b_debug ) )
THEN
l_t_args := CLIENT_OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
CLIENT_OLE2.ADD_ARG( l_t_args, 0 );
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_documents, 'Close', l_t_args );
CLIENT_OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST( l_t_args );
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE( l_t_application, 'QUIT' );
END IF;
CLIENT_OLE2.RELEASE_OBJ( l_t_selection );
CLIENT_OLE2.RELEASE_OBJ( l_t_mail_merge );
CLIENT_OLE2.RELEASE_OBJ( l_t_source_doc );
CLIENT_OLE2.RELEASE_OBJ( l_t_letter_doc );
CLIENT_OLE2.RELEASE_OBJ( l_t_merge_doc );
CLIENT_OLE2.RELEASE_OBJ( l_t_documents );
CLIENT_OLE2.RELEASE_OBJ( l_t_application );
l_n_bookmark := 41;
SET_APPLICATION_PROPERTY(CURSOR_STYLE,'DEFAULT');
EXCEPTION
WHEN FORM_TRIGGER_FAILURE
THEN
SET_APPLICATION_PROPERTY(CURSOR_STYLE,'DEFAULT');
RAISE;
WHEN OTHERS
THEN
PA_lib_msg.PR_others_exception('PA_hci_misc.PR_print_invoice',l_n_bookmark);
END;
---------------------------------

Some questions:
Which version of office were you using before? 2003?
Are the data files on a network, or on your local machine? If they are on a network, can you make a copy of one of them on your local machine and try again?
Can you open the files directly in Excel? What extension do they have (.xls, or something else?) I am wondering whether access to other file types has been left blocked on your machine but is allowed on your colleague's machine.
Are you just opening the mail merge main document and seeing this message? If so, do you see the same thing if you start with a new document and try to connect to one of these data sources?
Can you confirm that the message is about Access even though you are trying to connect to an Excel file?
(Also, office 2007 has some new stuff - that let's you specify that certain folders are "trusted" . I don't think that ever affected MailMerge but it may be as well to make sure that your documents and data sources are in trusted locations).
Also worth trying to start Word in "Safe mode" - see, e.g. http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/word-help/work-with-office-safe-modes-HP010140792.aspx
Peter Jamieson

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Which version of office were you using before? 2003?
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Also worth trying to start Word in "Safe mode" - see, e.g. http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/word-help/work-with-office-safe-modes-HP010140792.aspx
Peter Jamieson

Default file destination in Microsoft Word 2010 Mail Merge to PDF

I'm using windows 2010, and Adobe Acrobat X Standard.
I have a mail merge template that I created in Microsoft Word 2010 that I use to send out multiple price quotes to customers who are bidding jobs. When I merge to Adobe PDF everything works properly (everyone receives their unique PDF, etc.), but every time I do this Adobe requires that I select a destination folder for it to send the PDF's it generates that get attatched to the emails.
When I save a Word Doc as a PDF it automatically saves it in the same folder at the word document it was created from. Is there a way I can set up my 'Merge to Adobe PDF' feature to do the same thing when it generates the merged PDF files? It's just a hastle to map the entire file path of the desination folder every time I send out a quote.
Thanks for your help!

I'm using windows 2010, and Adobe Acrobat X Standard.
I have a mail merge template that I created in Microsoft Word 2010 that I use to send out multiple price quotes to customers who are bidding jobs. When I merge to Adobe PDF everything works properly (everyone receives their unique PDF, etc.), but every time I do this Adobe requires that I select a destination folder for it to send the PDF's it generates that get attatched to the emails.
When I save a Word Doc as a PDF it automatically saves it in the same folder at the word document it was created from. Is there a way I can set up my 'Merge to Adobe PDF' feature to do the same thing when it generates the merged PDF files? It's just a hastle to map the entire file path of the desination folder every time I send out a quote.
Thanks for your help!

MS Word 2007 Mail Merge Doc save as changes content of other documents everytime I save as a new document

Have a mail merge initiated in Access that creates a Merge document. When I save the document as newXXX.doc..........., doc is saved but internal contents of oldXXX.doc are also changed to match last saved document. Help please.

That suggests you are saving a copy of the mailmerge main document instead of executing the merge to create an output document - which is the one you should be saving. Consequently, with your current process, the saved document remains linked to the data
source.
Cheers
Paul Edstein
[MS MVP - Word]

Word 2007 mail link error

In Word 2007 Mail Merge ToolsOptionsSave method returns ole2_object class error and terminate the process does not allow
Does anyone know what can be?

Some questions:
Which version of office were you using before? 2003?
Are the data files on a network, or on your local machine? If they are on a network, can you make a copy of one of them on your local machine and try again?
Can you open the files directly in Excel? What extension do they have (.xls, or something else?) I am wondering whether access to other file types has been left blocked on your machine but is allowed on your colleague's machine.
Are you just opening the mail merge main document and seeing this message? If so, do you see the same thing if you start with a new document and try to connect to one of these data sources?
Can you confirm that the message is about Access even though you are trying to connect to an Excel file?
(Also, office 2007 has some new stuff - that let's you specify that certain folders are "trusted" . I don't think that ever affected MailMerge but it may be as well to make sure that your documents and data sources are in trusted locations).
Also worth trying to start Word in "Safe mode" - see, e.g. http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/word-help/work-with-office-safe-modes-HP010140792.aspx
Peter Jamieson

How to open word doc. from forms 10g

hi all
i am trying to open word doc. from forms 10g using ole2.
but it is not working.
basiccaly this command is not working
app := CLIENT_OLE2.CREATE_OBJ('Word.Application');
can anybody help
thanx

I found this searching this forum and it works..however, my issue is to open up Microsoft Word passing in data from a query.
I am working on Forms 10g
DECLARE AppID PLS_INTEGER;
BEGIN
AppID := DDE.App_Begin('C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\winword.exe C:\test.doc',
DDE.APP_MODE_NORMAL);
END;

How can I set up my Microsoft Word 2007 from a disc onto my MacBook Pro?

Please help me figure out how to get the disc for Microsoft Word 2007 to work on my new MacBook Pro. My sister was able to download the cd perfectly to her mac.

stevejobsfan0124 wrote:
Your sister must not be running Lion. Office on Lion needs version 2008 or later.
Hi Fan0124, Windows programs do not run on OSX, makes no difference whether it is Lion or not.

Adobe does not recognize footers in Microsoft Word 2007 to PDF

I have copied and pasted the details, below, from a previous message I have sent out to an assistive technology listserv.
I am encountering this problem with various builds and versions of Adobe Acrobat:
Acrobat X on a Windows Vista 64-bit build (note that this is the best Acrobat I can install on Windows Vista, Adobe Reader XI is not even supported)
Acrobat X on a Windows XP build, sorry, do not know the bit count (it is my work computer so I can't upgrade anything)
Acrobat 9 on a Windows 7 64-bit build.
I have also encountered and checked into whether or not the PDF reads (and does what I want it to) in JAWS 14, latest update (Feb 2013). We encounter the same problem with JAWS and this morning found out that there is a conversion error between Word and Adobe. (See this post, where the ---- are).
Summary, I have spoken with JAWS, put out a support ticket with NVDA via e-mail, spoken with Microsoft, and tried to communicate with Adobe about this issue for help and Adobe is refusing to help. The other places tried everything they knew but they could not get it to work. I even tried to strip all the page numbers from Word and number using Adobe's page numbering feature, but that was not successful either because I cannot use Roman numerals.
I would appreciate any feedback the Adobe Forums can give me; please note that I cannot post a sample document at this time as the only document I have is a private work document (cannot share those by policy, so I will have to make up a fake document if I get the time and energy).
Thank you very much for your time and expertise. The pertient info is above and below in "Original Message" and "Activities section" - the other information is there if you'd like to look. And to provide feedback to Adobe about things I think they could improve, since they will not let me email them directly.
----Original Message----
My question concerns the reading of Footers / Headers in Microsoft Word 2007 and Adobe Acrobat (headers/footers designed in Microsoft Word 2007 and then converted to PDF with "Bookmark" checked in Adobe Acrobat conversion settings).
The document is a word document containing 50+ pages. There are 12 pages of "front matter" that are marked with Roman numerals. Subsequently, the body text of the document has an Arabic number (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) in the bottom right corner. Footers are used properly in the document. All Table of Contents links, which do link to both headings in the "front matter" and to headings in the body text, are picked up properly. Literately, the only thing not reading on the document are page numbers (the Word Status bar is reading its page numbers, but the page numbers in the footer are not reading).
I then need to convert the document to Adobe Acrobat PDF. Granted, I have a full copy of Adobe Acrobat X available to me, and my various assistive technologies have always functioned better when opened directly in Acrobat (rather than Adobe Reader). So, I set the accessibility options (from Word) properly, asking it to bookmark Headers and Footers as appropriate, thinking that this will pick up the page numbers and make them read as the bottom right corner of my PDF.
All links work in Adobe to navigate by section/heading. All figures are alt tagged. Everything is perfect - but the one thing that NVDA won't read are the page numbers. Visually, the page numbers are there on the document, but NVDA won't pick them up. Additionally, I also changed the appropriate page numbers in Adobe (Page Thumbnail Pane, on the Navigation Pane I believe it is called) - to reflect the section where it is Roman numerals and Arabic numerals. This did not help, and for what it is worth, I cannot get NVDA to voice when I am in this pane, so I don't seem to have a chance of getting the page number info from there.
NVDA reads the document just fine except for the above-mentioned snare. However, when it reads, it will go to the next page, and say, "Page 2 of 54, (page text), Page 3 of 54 (page text)," etc. when I will need it to say Page ii of 54 (page text), Page iii of 54 (page text)," and so on, changing to "Page 1" when the Arabic numbers are used.
I know that the Page Label issue is part of Adobe's issue, with them not releasing the PageLabel aspect. (I have looked through some NVDA tickets). I do not know how to put a "changeset" into my copy of NVDA though, or even if it would help (I have no computer scripting skill). The easy answer would be to upgrade to Adobe Reader XI and see if that helps, but I don't have the ability to put it on every computer I use, and *I need this file to read consistently across multiple versions of Adobe* (including Adobe Reader/Acrobat 9, X, and XI). (This file is also going out to people who may not have the latest version of Adobe, but are also running some copy of NVDA, either a portable or a full install).
Is there any way to pick up the Footers with page numbers voicing in NVDA, and/or have it read the user-editable page number box that is on Adobe's Toolbar (next to the 1 of 54 parentheses). This user-editable box, to jump to page numbers, reflects the Roman numerals I have loaded into the pages of Adobe. When I press Ctrl+Shift+N in Adobe, I can also go to the appropriate page (if I type in iii, it will take me to iii, if I type in 34, it will take me to the Arabic number 34 -- NOT the 34 of 54, which would land me on a different page. And I want to land on the page that has the Arabic 34, so that's functioning fine.
I just need the page numbers in the footer to voice, "Page iii," or "Page iv," or "Page 29," etc. If I could get NVDA to do that, I could say to viewers of this document, "If you are using NVDA, remember to Ctrl+Shift+N to get the GoTo Box, then type in the page number you want if you cannot follow a link or a bookmark." This document is *very* accessible in my opinion with lots of ways to navigate...the only aspect of navigation that isn't being picked up are those footer page numbers!
I do have my Document Formatting settings on the NVDA menu set to "Report Headers," but that does not seem to help in either Microsoft Word 2007 or Adobe Acrobat. I have even switched the page numbers from the footer to the header to see if that would help and it didn't.
----Activities I have done today----
I spent over an hour on the phone today with Freedom Scientific (makers of JAWS) trying to troubleshoot this. We discovered that Footers will not read very well in JAWS and Microsoft Word 2007 (only solution is to stop reading document text and read Virtual Viewer text briefly, then go back out to document text, then back into Virtual Viewer which is NOT an acceptable or accessible solution whatsoever -- too much work for someone trying to read the document) -- and then we also discovered that:
Upon conversion from Word 2007 to .txt file (.docx to .txt), there are no alt tags for the figures in the document, or page numbers.
Upon conversion from Word 2007 to Adobe Acrobat X then to .txt file, every insert of a page number and footer is replaced with the same alt numberpad numerical code: the one that generates female. ♀No wonder JAWS and NVDA are skipping this, neither understand how to communicate it.
On the advice of JAWS Technical Support I contacted Microsoft Accessibility Technical Support and spent an hour on the phone with them. They say that unless Adobe can find a solution, it appears that it is impossible for Microsoft products to read the footer if JAWS was unsuccessful doing what I wanted it to do. The document/footer in question includes about 12 pages of front matter (numbered in Roman numerals) and 44 pages of body text (numbered in Arabic numerals).
I kindly explained to the Microsoft Support Agent that I found this issue hard to believe, although I understood. Sighted folks have the ability to make their documents look quite professional and that is the caliber and quality of documents anticipated from everyone, especially college students graduating from school, or job applicants. That a coding issue prevents the footer from being read properly, except in Edit view, is disappointing. The representative was with me 100% of the way. She completely understood where I came from. And yes, when I am designing the document myself, I know what I put there (or I pretty much do, anyway). But if I recieve a document, it is much harder to tell what is really there or not, or how the page numbers really lay. And this is confusing as heck, believe me.
I then called Adobe Technical Support, after having a brief online chat with them. Granted, I had to leave the chat in the middle because I got interuptted by something that was high-priority, but the woman chatting from Adobe says that chat is only for installation issues, and I will have to pay to open a support ticket. Excuse me? I have paid a hefty sum of money for Adobe Acrobat 9 and Adobe Acrobat X (work paid for the other Acrobat X copy). I deserve this problem to be troubleshooted for free. There was even a statement on the Adobe Acrobat X website that said Acrobat X users didn't have to pay for support, but Reader users did.
----Slight bit of rant and constructive criticism----
In speaking with Adobe Technical Support, I had to wait on hold for 30 minutes before my call was answered, and then I had to consent to being on hold countless times and had to answer, "Yes, I am converting from Word 2007 to PDF using Adobe Acrobat X" at least 6 times. The representative would put me on hold, then ask me the question, then put me on hold again, repeated 6 times over 45 minutes. At the end of 45 minutes (1 hour and 20 minutes of wasted time by now, that I must justify to my employer) - I told the representative I wanted to speak with his supervisor immediately, I did not care if he was trying to fill out a support ticket (and putting me on hold at least 4 more times in 10 minutes while he claimed he was filling out the support ticket) - and finally he put me on hold again and gave me to a very helpful supervisor. Within 6 minutes of speaking with the supervisor the supervisor had my support ticket filled out and I should recieve a call from Adobe within the next 30 minutes if his estimation was right (he estimated two hours, but it's been an hour and a half).
I have yet to know what can be done about my document. Freedom Scientific Technical Support is closed now for the day and I need to work tomorrow and Friday away from the phone. As I stated to Microsoft Accessibility Support, I truly feel that Adobe should read the page footers, every document says that Adobe should be able to read the page footers, and I feel slighted that as a person who uses assistive technology, there is some glitch that isn't making this happen. I am not blaming a specific place per se, except I am a little frustrated with Adobe especially since they have not gotten back to me, and I am frustrated with their customer service. JAWS customer service and Microsoft customer service were both exemparly, and I cannot say enough good things about them. My wasted time with Adobe however, that was disrespect in my opinion. And I certainly will not pay to open a support ticket, and my workplace has a site license. They've paid enough already.
If you've read this far, thank you. I look forward to replies, or at least understanding. And if anyone has ideas, I'd appreciate it very much (yes, I have tried taking the page numbers off and using Adobe's page number feature, but that would not allow Roman numerals. Only Arabic.).

Greetings NoNameGiven,
If I understand the problem correctly (I’m not sure I do) you would prefer ‘iii’ to be read as “eye eye eye” rather than “three”? The alt text property is the only way that I know of to make this happen. Hope this helps.
a ‘C’ student

Advange of using Adobe Acrobat over Microsoft word 2007 PDF add -in

Hi,
I would like to know what is the advantage of using Adobe Acrobat 9 standard or professional over Microsoft Word 2007 PDF addin. Microsoft will ship the PDF convertor with SP2 later this month, in that case what should be the use of using adobe acrobat to convert a document to PDF and not use microsoft word built in features.
This is just a doubt which arouse and thought if I could ask here, thought to control some adobe acrobat licenses being used in our environment.
Rgds
Rahul Goel

I have found that some of the links and other items just to not work well with the add-in from MS. However, with OFFICE 2007, it appears that MS has put some hooks in the system to screw up Acrobat. Typical pages that are produced with Acrobat get cut into sections (a graphic will be chopped into multiple graphics and pasted together). I say this is OFFICE only from the perspective that we have tried it with OFFICE 2007 and both AA7 and AA8 and gotten the same result. When we used the same file in OFFICE 2003 with AA7, the PDF was fine. So when you complain about the PDFs created by OFFICE 2007 and Acrobat, you may be seeing something that is a result of OFFICE, not Acrobat. Generally they still look good, it is only in some detail where you will see problems.
A major advantage we found with Acrobat is that it did not have issues with messing up the links that the MS add-in had. You can try some of this yourself, but that is a summary of our conclusions. Bill

HP 7520 only prints half a page of A4 in microsoft word 2007

Hi,
Using a new HP7520 all in one , it will not print a full sheet of text in
microsoft word 2007 . In the print option area of word allows me to
set different paper sizes and thats fine . but the default option is
set to No Scaling . If I change this to A4 sheet size the printer will print
the full width as required . Is this the printer setting or Word 2007, or
does this process of changing the setting in word have to be done each time
I need to print an A4 sheet of text .
In other words is it a software problem or a setting on the printer I'm missing
somewhere .
Regards chiplyn

Hi @chiplyn , welcome to the forums
I read about the printing issue you're having with Microsoft Word 2007. I would suggest checking the printer settings to ensure they are all correct, and if so, check the settings in MS Word. I would also suggest trying to print a document from another program on your computer, just to see if you have the same issue when printing from other programs besides MS Word.
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Mac OS X: How Do I Find Which Mac OS X Version Is on My Computer?
Thank you
R a i n b o w 7000I work on behalf of HP
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Cannot Print anything in Microsoft word 2007 program.

I have an HP Desktop 1000 j110a printer. My computer is lap top windows 7. As of today I'm unable to print
anything from my microsoft word 2007. I can ,however, print from ALL other programs on my computer with
great success. This has never happened before, and I've been printing successfully in my microsoft word for
almost a year. There has been no changes made to our system before this issue occurred. I feel this is something
simple to correct, but I cannot find the problem. Please help me. Thank you for your time in this matter.
mctle5

Hi mctle5,
The issue appears to be specifically from Microsoft Word, as you are able to print from all other programs without issue. The first step to take would be to try and repair Microsoft Word. I have included the steps on how to do this.
1. Click Start
2. Click Control Panel
3. Click on Programs and Features
4. Right click on Microsoft word
5. Click on Repair
Try printing from Microsoft Word. If you are still having problems after this. The next step would be to delete the Normal.Dot template for Word. I have included the document 'TECH TIP: Fixing your Normal.dot'.
Please let me know if you are able to print from Word after this.
Thank you.
I worked on behalf of HP

REP 110 & REP 0110 .calling reports from Form 10g(10.1.2.0.2)

Hi All,
We are migrating form from Oracle form 6i to Oracle 10g(10.1.2.0.2). I am calling reports from forms
using Web.Show_Docment(). When we run reports in report builder 10g it works fine.
But when we try to run reports from Forms 10g it throws error which is given below.
We want to run reports from UNIX. After using this url to submit report we get error REP 110 and REP 0110
URL
http://GEM:7777/reports/rwservlet?server=rep_server&report=/u01/forms/QA_Forms10g/GEMREP.rdf+DESTYPE=CACHE+DESFORMAT=HTML+p_user_id=XYZ+p_client=2
ERROR
REP-110: File '/u01/forms/QA_Forms10g/GEMREP.rdf DESTYPE=CACHE DESFORMAT=HTML p_user_id=XYZ p_client=2' not found.
REP-0110: Unable to open file '/u01/forms/QA_Forms10g/GEMREP.rdf DESTYPE=CACHE DESFORMAT=HTML p_user_id=XYZ p_client=2'.
I will really appreciate your help.
Thanks
Sandy

Hello,
You are mixing 2 separators in the URL : & and +
Use only one separator in the URL :
Example :
http://GEM:7777/reports/rwservlet?server=rep_server+report=/u01/forms/QA_Forms10g/GEMREP.rdf+DESTYPE=CACHE+DESFORMAT=HTML+p_user_id=XYZ+p_client=2
Regards

Oracle BI plug in needed for Microsoft Word 2007

Hi Gurus,
I'd like to add an Oracle BI plug in for Microsoft Word 2007
The OracleBIOffice.exe creates plug ins for Excel and Powerpoint only.
I'd appreciate any help!
Best regards
Laszlo

I'd like to add an Oracle BI plug in for Microsoft Word 2007 No worries, just run "OracleBIOffice.exe -AddOracleBIpluginWord"...

HT2506 hi i can't seem to copy and paste pdf files from preview to a microsoft word document. it always comes up with nonsense characters in the word document. how do i fix this? thanks in advance

hi i can't seem to copy and paste pdf files from preview to a microsoft word document. it always comes up with nonsense characters in the word document. how do i fix this? thanks in advance

Hi,
The quickest way to do this (tested with OS 10.8.2, MS Word 2011) is in one line:
tell application "Microsoft Word" to close every document whose name begins with "book"
The reason why your script doesn't work is that you aren't specifying to Word which document you want it to close.
So, changing one line ought to do it:
close document incrementvalue -- instead of "close document"
But... when you close a document, you change the document count. Document 2 becomes document 1, document 3 becomes document 2 etc. So eventually you'd get a message saying "The object you are trying to access doesn't exist".
Because of this, if you want to do it in a repeat loop, you have to work backwards:
tell application "Microsoft Word"
set doc_count to count documents
repeat with x from doc_count to 1 by -1
if name of document x begins with "book" then close document x
end repeat
end tell
Hope this helps.

I use windows 7 on my dell laptop and microsoft word 2007 to create documents can i view the documents on my ipad

how do i view my documents on my ipad that I created in microsoft word 2007 on my dell windows 7 oporating system

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