Mail Merge - MSWORD.OLB (10.x vs 11.x)

[techkate]

I am trying to update my mail merge code (vb6) so that users who have Word 2003 can perform a mail merge successfully. Currently, this does not work for Word 2003 users, it only works in Word 2000/2002.

This is probably because the VB Project references MSWORD.OLB - which is the Microsoft Word 10.0 Object Library. I know for 2003 compatibility, I must use the Microsoft Word 11.0 Object Library.

However, is 11.0 backwards compatible? If not, does that mean that I have to reference 10.0 for Word 2000/2002 users and 11.0 for Word 2003 users? With early binding, is that possible? Or should I use late binding? Is there any documentation out there regarding this? I've tried googling but no luck.

Any guidance is appreciated!

Thanks,

Kate

 

[BobRodes]

Personally, I would go ahead and use the 11.0 library, and test it against 2000 clients. You shouldn't have a problem. After all, Office 2003 runs fine in a Win2000 environment, at least on my machine it does. If you're concerned, develop the parts you're concerned about and test them. But I wouldn't lose sleep over it.

HTH

Bob

 

[johnwm]

Won't that ONLY work if your clients all have Office 2003 installed? If they haven't then the reference will be broken - you can't redistribute the .OLB as far as I know.

You may do better using late binding here.

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[BobRodes]

Ouch. You have a point there! Of course the Object Library is tied to the Office product. Sorry Kate, johnwm is quite right.

Bob