Hi All I'm trying to do a mailmerge from a VB.NET winform program into an MS Word Document but I am getting tied up in knots right at the start. Visual Studio 2005 I have added the MS Office Word reference to the Solution Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word Form_Open Dim oWordApp As New Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application oWordApp.Visible = true the oWordApp is underlined as a error of "Declaration Expected" All help & Pointers Gratefully received

2 NEVER GET THEM WET (Thinks: is alcohol wet?)X|

Now if anyone uses the 'Whatever' word within my hearing range, they usually end up running from the steam pouring out of my ears. :mad:

Hi There You can get an ODBC Driver for RMS Files. Easysoft is the one that I used to use(www.easysoft.com). You need to specify the File layouts to it via parameter files which can take some time to prepare. The package can take a cobol Program or Powehouse Data Dictionary and generate the layouts. Once completed, you treat the easysoft odbc connector as a standard OLEDB Source. Paul

OK time I put up up 3 happenyworth I was 16 back in the 70's when I got my first introduction to the joys of Fortran IV on an old ICL machine. Then I built my own ZX81 and started learning Assembler. All Downhill from there !!! Paul Smith