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Subject:Access OLE Object Export to Word From:"Miller, Lisa" <Lisa -dot- Miller -at- Anheuser-Busch -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L (E-mail)" <TECHWR-L -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 8 Sep 1999 11:32:04 -0500
TECHWR-Ls:
I have created and Access database for storing my information objects, but I am
unable to export embedded Word objects back to Word. The reason for the
database is to store information. I have the OLE fields (Insert Object-->Word
Document) to enable Word's word processing functionality. I want to export back
to Word in order to create a variety of document types based on my documentation
requirements. As it stands now, when I "Publish," "Save As," or "Mail Merge" I
don't get the contents of the OLE object, I get an empty result or "Long Binary
Text field" in the field in the receiving document.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Lisa Miller
Technical Writer
lisa -dot- miller -at- anheuser-busch -dot- com
