MailMergeDataSources.Item Method

Returns the MailMergeDataSource object at the specified index position in the MailMergeDataSources collection.

Version Information
 Version Added:  Publisher 2007

Syntax

expression.Item(varIndex)

expression   A variable that represents a MailMergeDataSources collection.

Parameters

Return Value
MailMergeDataSource

Remarks

The Item method is the default member of the MailMergeDataSources collection

If there is only a single MailMergeDataSource object in the active document, the MailMergeDataSources collection is empty. In that case, if you try to use the DataSources property of the MailMergeDataSource object to get the data sources collection, Microsoft Office Publisher returns an error.

Example

The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro shows how to get the names of all the connected data sources in the MailMergeDataSources collection in the active document. It uses the IsDataSourceConnected property of the active document to determine if a data source is connected.

If one or more data sources is connected, the macro uses the Count property of the MailMergeDataSources collection to determine how many data sources are connected.

If just one data source is connected, the macro prints the name of that data source in the Immediate window; if more than one data source is connected, the macro uses the Item method of the MailMergeDataSources collection to iterate through the collection and the Name property of the MailMergeDataSource object to print the name of each connected data source in the Immediate window.

  Public Sub Item_Example()
Dim pubMailMergeDataSources As Publisher.MailMergeDataSources
Dim pubMailMergeDataSource As Publisher.MailMergeDataSource
Dim lngCount As Long
Dim intCounter As Integer

If ThisDocument.IsDataSourceConnected Then

    Set pubMailMergeDataSources = ThisDocument.MailMerge.DataSource.DataSources
    
    lngCount = pubMailMergeDataSources.Count
    
    If lngCount > 1 Then

        ' More than one data source is connected.        
        For intCounter = 1 To lngCount
            Debug.Print pubMailMergeDataSources.Item(intCounter).Name
        Next
    
    Else
    				
        ' Only one data source is connected.
        Set pubMailMergeDataSource = ThisDocument.MailMerge.DataSource
        Debug.Print "Only one data source ("; pubMailMergeDataSource.Name; ") is connected."
    
    End If
    
Else

    Debug.Print "No data sources are connected."

End If

End Sub

See Also

• MailMergeDataSources Collection
• MailMergeDataSources Object Members