How to change page if record change while mail merge
When performing a mail merge, you may encounter a situation where the data changes while the merge is in progress, and you need to update the page accordingly. Here are a few ways to achieve this:
Method 1: Using a loop and a counter
You can use a loop to iterate through the records and a counter to keep track of the page number. When a record changes, you can update the counter and restart the loop from the beginning.
Here's an example in Microsoft Word:
Sub UpdatePageNumber()
Dim i As Integer
Dim counter As Integer
Dim oRecord As Record
counter = 1
For Each oRecord In ActiveDocument.MailMerge.DataSource
' Do your processing here
If oRecord.Changed Then
counter = 1
Else
counter = counter + 1
End If
' Update the page number
ActiveDocument.MailMerge.DataSource.CurrentRecord = counter
Next oRecord
End Sub
Method 2: Using a conditional statement
You can use a conditional statement to check if the record has changed and update the page number accordingly.
Here's an example in Microsoft Word:
Sub UpdatePageNumber()
Dim oRecord As Record
For Each oRecord In ActiveDocument.MailMerge.DataSource
' Do your processing here
If oRecord.Changed Then
ActiveDocument.MailMerge.DataSource.CurrentRecord = 1
End If
Next oRecord
End Sub
Method 3: Using a custom function
You can create a custom function that updates the page number based on the record changes.
Here's an example in Microsoft Word:
Function UpdatePageNumber(oRecord As Record) As Integer
If oRecord.Changed Then
UpdatePageNumber = 1
Else
UpdatePageNumber = oRecord.PageNumber
End If
End Function
Then, in your mail merge code, you can call this function to update the page number:
Sub UpdatePageNumber()
Dim oRecord As Record
For Each oRecord In ActiveDocument.MailMerge.DataSource
' Do your processing here
oRecord.PageNumber = UpdatePageNumber(oRecord)
Next oRecord
End Sub
These methods should help you update the page number when a record changes during a mail merge.