Hi, Peter.

I got your message about this thread. I haven't responded because I didn't think I really had anything to offer. John Harvey has a good posting to you.

I didn't pursue bookmarks at all, so I can't offer you anything there. As for fields, I use a template file to create the document for the user. I initialize the document when I first create it. So, unless a user messes with a template...I won't really have any problems with them deleting fields. If they do start messing with the templates, I'll discuss passwording the .DOT files. Personally, I'd be thrilled if they got that adventurous < g >.

I liked fields because I didn't have to navigate to the bookmark before inserting my text. But, it does take some time to set up the fields. Oh, I just add them by picking the field control from the controls toolbar in Word.

I hope this helps. OLE automation _is_ rough. I think there's still a job for us programmers < s >.



>In a recent thread, there was a discussion between John Harvey, Garrett Fitzgerald, and Nancy Folsom regarding the various merits of Bookmarks vs. MailMergeFields. Garrett and Nancy prefer the MailMergeFields because they are visible and more easily manipulated by end users. John uses bookmarks because ...snip