Microsoft KB Archive/212611

= PUB2000: Publisher Fails to Recognize Delimiter After Merge =

Article ID: 212611

Article Last Modified on 6/29/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q212611





SYMPTOMS
If you create a mail merge in Microsoft Publisher and then select a new data source, which uses a different field delimiter, Publisher does not recognize the delimiter for the new data source and uses the original delimiter. For example, if you originally create a mail merge with a comma-delimited text file, Publisher will always uses a comma as the delimiter for any new data source you attach to the mail merge. This is true even if you explicitly specify another kind of delimiter.



CAUSE
If the indexed sequential access method (ISAM) driver is already loaded in random access memory (RAM), the driver does not update the field delimiter definition when you connect to a new data source.



WORKAROUND
To workaround this problem, cancel the original mail merge before you select a different data source. To do this, following these steps:  On the Mail Merge menu, click Cancel Merge.

When you receive the following message, click Yes:

Are you sure you want to cancel this merge?

Click Yes to clear all merge information permanently and convert all merge fields to plain text. Click No to retain all merge information.

 On the Mail Merge menu, click Open Data Source. Click Merge information from another type of file. Select the new data source and click Open.

The delimiter for the new data source will be used.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Publisher.

Additional query words: 2k pub9 mspub2k pub_9 9.00 publisher2k ms_pub9

Keywords: kbmerge kbprb KB212611

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