Garrett,
Thank you.

This was a big help. I learned that you have to play with the DSN string(1), use the 8.3 format, and have the file available exclusively to Word. All these things in place and the technology worked as advertised.

Robert

(1) ~ cDSN = "DSN=Visual FoxPro Tables;DBQ="+lcDefDir+";DefaultDir="+lcDefDir+";"


>>I have a mail merge app that I inherited and am seeking info on how to set up
>>Word's data source. I downloaded Cetin Basoz class & I get the same error
>>message in Word that I get with my project, that being: "word was unable to
>>open the data source". Please help me find the documentation on how do
>>properly set up Word's datasource.
>
>This may or may not be relevant: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q237/2/84.asp