MailMergeDataFields Object

A collection of MailMergeDataField objects that represent the data fields in a mail merge or catalog merge data source.

Remarks

You cannot add fields to the MailMergeDataFields collection. When a data field is added to a data source, the field is automatically included in the MailMergeDataFields collection.

Example

Use the DataFields property to return the MailMergeDataFields collection.

The following example displays the field names in the data source attached to the active publication.

  Sub ShowFieldNames()
    Dim intCount As Integer
    With ActiveDocument.MailMerge.DataSource.DataFields
        For intCount = 1 To .Count
            MsgBox .Item(intCount).Name
        Next
    End With
End Sub

Use DataFields(index), where index is the data field name or the index number, to return a single MailMergeDataField object. The index number represents the position of the data field in the mail merge data source. This example retrieves the name of the first field and value of the first record of the FirstName field in the data source attached to the active publication.

  Sub GetDataFromSource()
    With ActiveDocument.MailMerge.DataSource.DataFields
        MsgBox "First field name: " & .Item(1).Name & vbLf & _
            "Value of the first record of the FirstName field: " & _
            .Item("FirstName").Value
    End With
End Sub

See Also

• Publisher Object Model Reference
• MailMergeDataFields Object Members