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MailMergeDataSource.InvalidComments property (Publisher)

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If the InvalidAddress property is True, this property returns or sets a String that describes invalid data in a mail merge record. Read/write.

Syntax

expression.InvalidComments

expression A variable that represents a MailMergeDataSource object.

Return value

String

Remarks

Use the SetAllErrorFlags method to set both the InvalidAddress and InvalidComments properties for all records in a data source.

Example

This example searches the records to verify that the length of the PostalCode field for each record is at least five digits long. If it is not, the record is excluded from the mail merge and flagged as invalid.

Sub ExcludeRecords() 
 Dim intRecord As Integer 
 With ActiveDocument.MailMerge 
 For intRecord = 1 To .DataSource.RecordCount 
 .DataSource.ActiveRecord = intRecord 
 If Len(.DataSource.DataFields("PostalCode").Value) < 5 Then 
 With .DataSource 
 .Included = False 
 .InvalidAddress = True 
 .InvalidComments = "This record is removed " & _ 
 "from the mail merge because its postal code" & _ 
 "has less than five digits." 
 End With 
 End If 
 Next 
 End With 
End Sub

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