> Thank you Peter, Doug. Appreciate your input. Interestingly none of the
> other
> MailMerge related events have this anomaly (AFAIK). I just posted this
> question out here in case someone more experienced than I (such as a Word
> MVP) had better insight into what's at play. I agree MS has better things
> to
> worry about than fixing a non-triggering event that is not very commonly
> used, especially since Word 2003 has now been superseded. Obviously, it is
> a
> pretty low priority if this bug has persisted across several versions.
>
> So it appears that I'm stuck with having to use the Task Pane if I need
> this
> event triggered. Strangely, as I found out last night, even in the Task
> Pane
> MailMergeBeforeMerge fails after a couple go arounds and requires the
> restarting of Word for the event to resume triggering.
>
> "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:
>
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> You are probably right about what it uses, but if that is the case, it
>> was
>> not for that reason. Just luck. I will take a look at it later.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
>> services on a paid consulting basis.
>>
>> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>>
>> "Peter Jamieson" <pjj[ at ]KillmapSpjjnet.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:u3qIvIkkHHA.4008[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> > Hi Doug -
>> >
>> > Useful info. about the events in 2007.
>> >
>> > However, AFAIK your addin does not use the MailMergeBeforeMerge event
>> > (it
>> > uses MailMergeAfterMerge, MailMergeBeforeRecordMerge and
>> > MailMergeAfterRecordMerge I think), quite possibly because of the error
>> > under discussion :-)
>> >
>> > Peter Jamieson
>> > "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr[ at ]REMOVECAPSmvps.org> wrote in message
>> > news:OBaPVojkHHA.4936[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> >>I have made extensive use of the mailmerge toolbar to execute merges in
>> >>both 2003 and also 2007, in many cases using the Addin that I have
>> >>prepared to create separate documents that makes use of the MailMerge
>> >>events.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Hope this helps.
>> >>
>> >> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
>> >> services on a paid consulting basis.
>> >>
>> >> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>> >>
>> >> "Peter Jamieson" <pjj[ at ]KillmapSpjjnet.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>> >> news:%23wHMMmgkHHA.5048[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> >>> As far as I can tell
>> >>> a. this problem was there even before Word 2003 SP2
>> >>> b. it has been fixed in Word 2007 (perhaps someone else could
>> >>> confirm/deny that?)
>> >>>
>> >>> Other than that, the people here are volunteers and probably don't
>> >>> know
>> >>> anything more than you do about Microsoft policy on specifics like
>> >>> this - you could for example submit a support request.
>> >>>
>> >>> However, in my experience Microsoft rarely applies these kind of
>> >>> fixes
>> >>> to previous versions except when it is necessary to fix a security
>> >>> problem.
>> >>>
>> >>> Peter Jamieson
>> >>>
>> >>> "b19u" <b19u[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >>> news:35BA3A8E-FA53-45E3-8B57-9B771F9A6D06[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> >>>> As of Word 2003 SP2, the MailMergeBeforeMerge Event doesn't appear
>> >>>> to
>> >>>> be
>> >>>> triggered when MailMerging from the toolbar. Apparently, it doesn't
>> >>>> get
>> >>>> triggered via automation either. It only gets triggered via the Task
>> >>>> Pane.
>> >>>> There is a reference to this bug here:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/MacrosVBA/TaskPanesReferenceContentBody.htm#_Toc82745260>> >>>>
>> >>>> A pertinent question - Is there a bug fix planned for the
>> >>>> MailMergeBeforeMerge Event?
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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