Microsoft KB Archive/178586

= PUB98: Mail Merge: Error When Opening FoxPro .dbf =

Article ID: 178586

Article Last Modified on 8/6/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q178586



SYMPTOMS
If you try to use a database (.dbf) file created in Microsoft FoxPro as the data source for a mail merge in Microsoft Publisher, you may receive the following error message:

Publisher cannot complete this mail merge operation because there was a disk or network error. Please check your floppy drive or network connection.



CAUSE
This problem occurs if the folder that contains the .dbf file contains another file with the same name that does not have an extension.

For example, if you try to open a file called Address.dbf, and there is another file in the same folder called Address, the problem occurs.



RESOLUTION
Rename the duplicate file so that it has an extension. In the example, change the name of the file from Address to Address.xxx.

Additional query words: pub98 mspub98 pub_98 publisher98 ms_pub98 mspub fp fox pro database db unable

Keywords: kbmerge kbprb KB178586

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