Microsoft Word has support for accessing "Access" (Jet database engine
databases, builtin), using either Microsoft Query or VBA code, if that is
what you need. Using VBA code and Microsoft Forms, you could create an
application and UI with Word that creates, updates, deletes from a Jet
database, then uses the data in Word documents. I have not implemented such
Word applications, because I am an "Access developer" not a "Word developer"
but they certainly can be done. I am reasonably sure that you can access a
Jet database for mail-merge without having to use any VBA code.
Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
"Darryl Kerkeslager" <Ke*********@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:DL********************@comcast.com...
Does a mail merge with an Access mdb require that Access be installed (I
have no PC without Access to test this on)?
Darryl Kerkeslager
"Larry Linson" <bo*****@localhost.not> wrote: "MLH" wrote
> I would like to use a utility that
> can read tables inside an Access
> 97 mdb file. Writing not necessary.
> No other objects need to be readable -
> only tables. Anybody know of a
> freeware utility?
No, haven't heard of one. It would certainly be possible to write one,
because the Jet database engine and the ADODB data provider are freely
available for use with various Microsoft and other programming
languages -- but I am not aware that anyone _has_ done so.