Hi Paul ...
No hanging this time, just a "Command failed" error with
Code:
.OpenDataSource Name:=StrSrc, AddToRecentFiles:=False, LinkToSource:=False, ConfirmConversions:=False, _
ReadOnly:=True, Format:=wdOpenFormatAuto, Connection:="Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;" & _
"User ID=Admin;Data Source=" & StrSrc & ";Mode=Read;Extended Properties=""HDR=YES;IMEX=1;"";", _
SQLStatement:=StrSQL, SQLStatement1:="", SubType:=wdMergeSubTypeAccess
Hopefully this is a step forward for us...