Re: Word Mailmerge problem

[Bill <brobins3d@xxxxxxxxx>]

Walden H. Leverich wrote:
> > which should have been typed as a Variant
>
> ewwwww.... Variants == evil! :-) 
>
> Were you just using that word to scare us on Halloween? 

Not at all.  In fact I remember having to use a variant for a particular 
piece of programming.  Don't remember the application of it, but it 
seemed quite necessary.  I think it was when I presented the typical 
File Open dialog box, if the user selects one file, the return type is 
string, but if they select more than one file, the return type is an 
array of string fields.  I then had to do a field type query on the 
variant to determine what to do next.

The reason I recommended using a variant for this thread's original 
problem was to see what the returned variable and value were being set 
to when it operated incorrectly.

Bill