>In my VFP 5.0a application I have a feature that exports the data to a FoxPro 2.x format so that the user can merge the data with MS Word. I have used the FOX2X file type since Word (especially earlier versions) does not recognize A VFP file. Some users can do the merge just fine but we are getting more and more users who do not have the dBase/FoxPro data access drivers on their system.
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>Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do here? Is there a good and/or easy place to get the dBase/FoxPro data access drivers for these users?
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>Many thanks in advance,
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>Phyllis

Change the merge datasource to a Word document, then Using OLE automation, populate the Word document that is to be the data source with the field names (separated with a comma) and then the data, separated with a comma. (You'll need to separate the field names from the data with a CR, and then each 'record' will be separated with a CR.)

It's not hard to do and it allows Word to use something that it is familiar with for a data source.

Let me know if you'd like to see some code samples. (I am using this procedure in several applications)

HTH,