MailMerge.OpenHeaderSource Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word

Assembly:: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.dll

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Attaches a mail merge header source to the specified document.

public void OpenHeaderSource (string Name, ref object Format, ref object ConfirmConversions, ref object ReadOnly, ref object AddToRecentFiles, ref object PasswordDocument, ref object PasswordTemplate, ref object Revert, ref object WritePasswordDocument, ref object WritePasswordTemplate, ref object OpenExclusive);

abstract member OpenHeaderSource : string * obj * obj * obj * obj * obj * obj * obj * obj * obj * obj -> unit

Public Sub OpenHeaderSource (Name As String, Optional ByRef Format As Object, Optional ByRef ConfirmConversions As Object, Optional ByRef ReadOnly As Object, Optional ByRef AddToRecentFiles As Object, Optional ByRef PasswordDocument As Object, Optional ByRef PasswordTemplate As Object, Optional ByRef Revert As Object, Optional ByRef WritePasswordDocument As Object, Optional ByRef WritePasswordTemplate As Object, Optional ByRef OpenExclusive As Object)

Parameters

Name: String

Required String. The file name of the header source.

Format: Object

Optional Object. The file converter used to open the document. Can be one of the WdOpenFormat constants. To specify an external file format, use the OpenFormat property with a FileConverter object to determine the value to use with this argument.WdOpenFormat can be one of the following constants:wdOpenFormatAllWordwdOpenFormatAuto Default.wdOpenFormatDocumentwdOpenFormatEncodedTextwdOpenFormatRTFwdOpenFormatTemplatewdOpenFormatTextwdOpenFormatUnicodeTextwdOpenFormatWebPageswdOpenFormatXML

ConfirmConversions: Object

Optional Object. True to display the Convert File dialog box if the file isn't in Microsoft Word format.

ReadOnly: Object

Optional Object. True to open the header source on a read-only basis.

AddToRecentFiles: Object

Optional Object. True to add the file name to the list of recently used files at the bottom of the File menu.

PasswordDocument: Object

Optional Object. The password required to open the header source document. (See Remarks below.)

PasswordTemplate: Object

Optional Object. The password required to open the header source template. (See Remarks below.)

Revert: Object

Optional Object. Controls what happens if Name is the file name of an open document. True to discard any unsaved changes to the open document and reopen the file; False to activate the open document.

WritePasswordDocument: Object

Optional Object. The password required to save changes to the document data source. (See Remarks below.)

WritePasswordTemplate: Object

Optional Object. The password required to save changes to the template data source. (See Remarks below.)

OpenExclusive: Object

Optional Object. True to open exclusively.

Remarks

When a header source is attached, the first record in the header source is used in place of the header record in the data source.

Avoid using hard-coded passwords in your applications. If a password is required in a procedure, request the password from the user, store it in a variable, and then use the variable in your code.

Applies to