| Title: | Word for Windows |
| Notice: | First-time readers: Please read note 1 |
| Moderator: | chayna.zko.dec.com::manana::eppes :eppes |
| Created: | Mon Mar 08 1993 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 883 |
| Total number of notes: | 4017 |
I'm trying to create a template that imports text from a .txt
file generated from a database. I've successfully imported
the text as DATABASE fields into a table. I need to alter
the table format, which I did successfully. However, I can't
figure out how to save the table format. When I update the
fields from a new data file, the table formatting is lost.
I've tried the steps under "Preserving the Table Format" in
Part 8 of Word 6.0 documentation, but they are not clear.
Has anyone been successful with this? Any other ideas on
the best way to import text generated from a database into
a templated table format?
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 865.1 | Tables and database | CIM2NI::CROSBY | Wed Feb 26 1997 08:20 | 17 | |
I assume you're using Access as the database. I did this same thing a little over a year ago using DDE with Word 6 and Access (whatever version shipped with word 6/office) Anyway, we could not get the tables to format consistently for either .txt file entries or database query entries. Repeated calls to the Microsmurf's resulted in a resounding DUUUUUH? regarding DDE issues. Perhaps you should try formatting the text in the database itself and use OLE to provide the linkage. Good Luck. gc | |||||