Article ID: 114306
Article Last Modified on 1/18/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office Access 2003
- Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Access 1.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Office Word 2003
- Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
This article was previously published under Q114306
SYMPTOMS
When you use a Microsoft Access or Microsoft FoxPro
database in a Word document (for example, a Word mail merge), pictures in the
database do not appear.
When you use DDE (dynamic data exchange) to
insert the database, you receive the following error message in Word, in place
of the picture:
Long binary or text value.
When you use ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) to insert the database, the
picture area is blank in Word, and no error message appears.
Note This problem can occur with any database program that interfaces
via DDE with the Word mail-merge or database features.
CAUSE
Neither DDE nor the implementation of ODBC in Microsoft
Word supports the long binary format that is used to store pictures in a
database.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem when you use a database in a
Word mail merge, store the path information to each picture in your database
file. For example, create a Picture column in your database, and then type the
full path to the appropriate picture in the record.
Note When you type the full path to the picture into your database
file, be sure to enclose the path within quotation marks and to use
double-backslashes, as in the following example:
"C:\\Documents\\Pictures\\Picture001.jpg"
Then, in Microsoft Word, follow these steps:
- Open your mail-merge main document that has your database
file attached to it.
- Move your insertion point to where you want the graphic to
be merged into your document.
- On the Insert menu, click Field.
- Under Categories, select All.
- Under Field Names, select IncludePicture, and then click OK.
- If field codes are not turned on, press ALT+F9. You see the
following field:
{INCLUDEPICTURE \*MERGEFORMAT}
- Place your insertion point after INCLUDEPICTURE, and then
type a space. On the Mail Merge toolbar, click Insert Merge Field. Select the field from Microsoft Access that contains the path to
the graphic.
Note Your INCLUDEPICTURE field should now look similar to the
following example:{INCLUDEPICTURE {MERGEFIELD "Picture"} \*MERGEFORMAT}
- Turn off field codes by pressing ALT+F9.
- Perform the mail merge to a new document. Then, you must
update the fields in the new document to see the correct graphic. To update the
fields in the new document (merged document), follow these steps:
- On the Edit menu, click Select All.
- Press F9.
REFERENCES
See page 677 in the "Microsoft Word User's Guide" for
information about selecting DDE or ODBC as the conversion method.
"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, pages 624-632, 676-677
Additional query words: ODBC DDE WD97 WD95
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