Hi Cindy,
the point is that I'm not trying to open the data source. The method
I'm using, causing that dialog box to appear, is the Open method of a
Documents object (it's a VC++.NET application). Here's the code of the
Open method:
....
oDoc = m_oDocs.Open( COleVariant( szPath ), // name
vtFalse, // ConfirmConversions
vtFalse, // ReadOnly
vtFalse, // AddToRecentFiles
vtOpt, // PasswordDocument
vtOpt, // PasswordTemplate
vtTrue, // Revert
vtOpt, // WritePasswordDocument
vtOpt, // WritePasswordTemplate
COLeVariant( 1L ),// Format = OpenFormatDocument
vtOpt, // Encoding
vtTrue, // Visible
vtFalse, // OpenAndRepair
vtOpt, // DocumentDirection
vtTrue, // NoEncodingDialog
vtOpt ); // XMLTransform

I suspect that it's that particular Word document causing this
(strange, I think) behaviour. But I'd like to be able to manage it...
I mean, I have to!

Thank you
Alessio


Cindy M -WordMVP- wrote in message news:VA.000098d0.01ae7c77@speedy...
Hi Alessio,

Please post the OpenDataSource method's code you're trying to use.

Note that there was a very important change in this method's syntax
starting with Word 2002. So you probably will need to either have two
procedures (one for 2000/97, another 2002 and later) or you will have to
use late binding for the Word object model.

It happens with a certain Word2003 mailmerge document: I open it using
Word2003 (through OLE), and a "Select Data Source" dialog box appears,
asking me to specify the data source path. If I manually cancel that
dialog box, then everything seems to work as usual (i.e., as Word2000
usually behaves), and the automation code works.
But, HOW CAN I AVOID THAT DIALOG BOX ?!?!? IT MAKES THE AUTOMATION
CODE HANG!!!


Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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