mailmerge

Having spent significant parts of two days attempting to the merge and
print phase of mailmerge to produce output, I reluctantly must give up and
ask for your help.
As far as I can tell, I have correctly created the data source
(divlist.csv saved as plain text) and the document template
(intro.abw). These were done via Windows XP GUI. For the merge/print, I
created a DOS batch file that included the following command to execute
Abiword:

        start lawyerless\abisuite2\abiword\bin\abiword.exe -m divlist.csv p
out.txt intro.abw

Nothing happens output-wise. The problem as I see it, unless a bug
exists, must be in the way the second parameter is coded. Please explain
more clearly the second sentence of the third paragraph under "Printing the
merged result" in the mailmerge documentation, especially the last clause
of that sentence: "...all the usual potential values for -p work, if you
want to print directly to your printer or filter or anything else."

Footnote: I've been using Abiword for about two months and generally think
highly of it. I was searching for a work processor mainly for mailmerge
capabilities.

Thank you for your anticipated response.

- Les / Lawyerless Solutions
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Received on Tue Dec 6 09:59:26 2005