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    • 16 Mar 2023
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    Mail Merge Macro Creates Blank PDFs

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    Article summary

    When creating fund statements and running the 'savefundstatementsfundIDpdf2007' macro, it creates blank PDFs. The PDFs do have a size to them but when opened they show blank.

    Steps To Duplicate:

    1) Generate statements from FIMS by going to GL > Fund Statement export.
     2) Chose the saved parameter
     3) Selected fund range.
     4) Run report.
     5) Word opens automatically.
     6) In Word, go to Macros > View Macros.
     7) Choose the savefundstatementsfundIDpdf2007
     8.) Run macro to create the pdfs
     9.) Open the PDF see that it is blank but has a file size

    Answer:

    This was an environmental issue specific to one workstation. After updating the FIMS macros again, this issue no longer occurred.
     
     How to update FIMS macros:

     How do I Install FIMS Macros into Word? 


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