WD6x: Queries Tab Not Available When Using Access via ODBC |
Q110653
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
SYMPTOMS
When you use a Microsoft Access database file by means of ODBC as a mail merge data source or as a DATABASE field, the Queries tab (as pictured on page 678 in the Word 6.0 User's Guide) is not available.
CAUSE
Microsoft Access must be running to generate the results of a query. ODBC drivers do not activate the source application; they access the data file created by the application.
WORKAROUND
To use an Access query as a data source, open the file using dynamic data exchange (DDE) rather than ODBC.
If DDE is not available:
- If Microsoft Access is not installed on the computer, install it. If Access is installed, then remove Access through its setup program and then re-install Access.
Make sure the Confirm Conversions option is selected in the Open Data Source dialog box. Also, verify that the following line is in the [Extensions] section of your WIN.INI file
MDB=<path>\msaccess.exe ^.MDB
where <path> is the location of the Access program directory. For example:
MDB=C:\ACCESS\msaccess.exe ^.MDB
Additional query words: datafile datasource
Keywords : kbinterop kbusage winword kbmerge word6
Issue type :
Technology : kbWordSearch kbWordWSearch
Last Reviewed: November 4, 2000 |