lf01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Liz Fox) (12/13/88)
This may be a trivial question, but I need the answer fast! I want to create an export program to link a hypercard stack with a word document (basically a form letter - merge) but when I'm writing the program, I am not sure how to indicate the data. any help would be appreciated Liz Fox
englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander) (12/14/88)
In article <sXdHLEy00Xc=I0rVYY@andrew.cmu.edu> lf01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Liz Fox) writes: >This may be a trivial question, but I need the answer fast! I want to >create an export program to link a hypercard stack with a word document >(basically a form letter - merge) but when I'm writing the program, I >am not sure how to indicate the data. This is simple: just look at pages 65-79 of the Word manual (form letters). All you need to do with HC is create a file that looks something like name,address,city,state,zip (& return) Joe's,29 W. Union St.,Stockton,NJ,08555 (& return) . . . and call the file "addresses" or something. Then in your primary file, put <<DATA addresses>> <<name>> <<address>> <<city>>,<<state>> <<zip>> Remember to enclose fields that have commas, etc. with double quotes. -- - Scott
lf01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Liz Fox) (12/16/88)
I have a problem with the format of the stack. The addresses were put in a stack with fields looking like this: John Doe 1234 Main Street Pittsburgh, PA 15213 without commas, etc. how do I transport the cards in the stack to the Hypercard program to the word document? Do I have to list all the addresses in the HC program? Or do I list the card number (or identifyer)? I have done the Word part..with Microsoft File and it was easy...or is there a way of exporting it to file and then to word? Liz