Re: Problems with Mailmerge in 2.6.3

Andrew Myers wrote:
>
> I have followed the instruction in the help section to do a Mail Merge
> from the command line. Unfortunately it does not seem to work as
> described.
>
> I created a csv file and a template file and then executed from the
> command line:
>
> $ abiword -m cover.csv -p cover.ps FaxHeader.abw
>
> ** (abiword:3311): WARNING **: Could not GPAReference Printer to cover.ps
>
> /usr/bin/lpr: The printer or class was not found.
>
> If however I execute:
>
> $ abiword -m cover.csv -p Oki FaxHeader.abw
>
> ** (abiword:2860): WARNING **: Could not GPAReference Printer to Oki
>
> but it prints Ok with the correct data in it.
>
> If I execute:
>
> $ abiword -m cover.csv FaxHeader.abw
>
> (abiword:3079): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: gsignal.c:1741: instance
> `0x86a5038' has no handler with id `2460'
>
> (abiword:3079): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: gsignal.c:1741: instance
> `0x86a5038' has no handler with id `2466'
>
> All of which seems to indicate that I must be doing something wrong,
> can anyone make any suggestions as to what?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrew
> Mandriva 2008.1, Abiword 2.6.3, Linux 2.6.24
The ability to produce .ps files directly is not available in 2.6.x,
IIRC. I believe you can do a "conversion" - that is, abiword -m
cover.csv FaxHeader.abw --to=abw output.abw - which will produce an ABW
file with the merge results, or the -p Oki option which you've already
discovered. The two gsignal warnings are bogus and will be fixed in the
next version, I believe, and you might want to file the other warning
you received as a bug at http://bugzilla.abisource.com.

Thanks - hope this helps!

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