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Re: Word menus frozen after mail merge with Office 2003 on Windows 7 but not XP

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On 31/03/2015 15:56:52, fs wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have an Access 2003 database doing a mail merge to Word 2003. It works f
> ine on two Windows XP machines but not with Windows 7.
> 
> On the Windows 7 machines, a Word application opens and the mail merge
> data is passed (via a txt file) into the .doc file. But the Word Window
> doesn' t take the focus and the user has to click on it in the taskbar
> (which does n't happen with the XP machines).
> 
> As well as that, the menus are frozen/inaccessible and the only button
> that works is the big red x in the top right. When the user clicks that
> they a re given the Save As option. They can save the file and re-open it
> and edi t as normal.
> 
> My question is what is happening when the initial merge is happening and
> th e menus are frozen on the Windows 7 machines? Is this a permissions
> issue to do with Windows 7 and programs activating each other using VBA?
> 
> I'd really appreciate any suggestions. It's been dragging on for ages and
> I can't find any information about it anywhere.
> 
> Thanks!
> 

Assuming you are usimg VBA do you have things like

    Dim WordApp             As Object       ' Word.Applicaton

    Set WordApp = GetObject(, "Word.Application")

    WordApp.Visible = True
    WordApp.Activate
    WordApp.WindowState = 0          'wdWindowStateRestore

Phil

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Word menus frozen after mail merge with Office 2003 on Windows 7 but not XP fs <franc.sutherland@googlemail.com> - 2015-03-31 07:56 -0700
  Re: Word menus frozen after mail merge with Office 2003 on Windows 7 but not XP "Phil" <phil@stantonfamily.co.uk> - 2015-03-31 16:35 +0100
    Re: Word menus frozen after mail merge with Office 2003 on Windows 7 but not XP fs <franc.sutherland@googlemail.com> - 2015-04-01 04:12 -0700
      Re: Word menus frozen after mail merge with Office 2003 on Windows 7 but not XP "Phil" <phil@stantonfamily.co.uk> - 2015-04-01 13:57 +0100
        Re: Word menus frozen after mail merge with Office 2003 on Windows 7 but not XP fs <franc.sutherland@googlemail.com> - 2015-04-02 01:18 -0700
      Re: Word menus frozen after mail merge with Office 2003 on Windows 7 but not XP "Ron Paii" <None@none.com> - 2015-04-01 15:14 -0500
        Re: Word menus frozen after mail merge with Office 2003 on Windows 7 but not XP fs <franc.sutherland@googlemail.com> - 2015-04-02 01:20 -0700
          Re: Word menus frozen after mail merge with Office 2003 on Windows 7 but not XP fs <franc.sutherland@googlemail.com> - 2015-04-02 02:17 -0700
            Re: Word menus frozen after mail merge with Office 2003 on Windows 7 but not XP "Ron Paii" <None@none.com> - 2015-04-02 07:02 -0500
              Re: Word menus frozen after mail merge with Office 2003 on Windows 7 but not XP fs <franc.sutherland@googlemail.com> - 2015-04-07 07:26 -0700
                Re: Word menus frozen after mail merge with Office 2003 on Windows 7 but not XP fs <franc.sutherland@googlemail.com> - 2015-04-08 08:12 -0700
                Re: Word menus frozen after mail merge with Office 2003 on Windows 7 but not XP "Ron Paii" <None@none.com> - 2015-04-08 15:59 -0500
                Re: Word menus frozen after mail merge with Office 2003 on Windows 7 but not XP fs <franc.sutherland@googlemail.com> - 2015-04-09 02:54 -0700
                Re: Word menus frozen after mail merge with Office 2003 on Windows 7 but not XP "Ron Paii" <None@none.com> - 2015-04-09 16:02 -0500
                Re: Word menus frozen after mail merge with Office 2003 on Windows 7 but not XP fs <franc.sutherland@googlemail.com> - 2015-04-10 02:36 -0700
                Re: Word menus frozen after mail merge with Office 2003 on Windows 7 but not XP "Ron Paii" <None@none.com> - 2015-04-10 07:08 -0500
                Re: Word menus frozen after mail merge with Office 2003 on Windows 7 but not XP fs <franc.sutherland@googlemail.com> - 2015-04-14 08:47 -0700
                Re: Word menus frozen after mail merge with Office 2003 on Windows 7 but not XP fs <franc.sutherland@googlemail.com> - 2015-04-27 07:51 -0700

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