cmiller2005:

I've never tried doing a mail merge, but checking example code from microsoft seems to imply that it's a little more complex that what you've tried. It seems that you need to specify what the fields are that need to be merged, and how to interpret the data source to get the fields. Later in the linked code, it seems that you need to actually "execute" the mailmerge after configuring everything.

With the code you've shown, I'd expect to get exactly the results you say you're getting: another saved copy of the template.

I'd suggest starting with the VBScript in the linked document, and translating it to perl, then tweaking it to get the results you want. Or (as is often suggested here), using the macro recorder to turn a manual mail-merge session into a VBScript macro, and then convert that to perl.

...roboticus

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

In reply to Re: Mail Merge with Word 2007 and Perl by roboticus
in thread Mail Merge with Word 2007 and Perl by cmiller2005

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