Use a shorter hyperlink text - see http://www.gmayor.com/hyperlink_merge_fields.htm

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Hello,

Thank you for your reply and guidance; I downloaded the add-in, all looked good except my hyperlink is not contained within the final data source (or any data source) that is used when I carry out the final merge for distribution to my contacts.

The hyperlink contains information from both the initial merge from my database (which contains the information I wish to offer the contact) as well as the second merge data source which contains the contact details (name, address, telephone etc.).

Information from both data sources is needed and used to pre-populate the web-form from the url hyperlink.
The complete URL hyperlink is contained within the document that is emailed to my contacts, it is in a table and can be contained within <> tags but is not inserted from a data-source but generated from information contained within both data sources used for the two merge operations.

I am sorry if I did not fully explain, I hope this provides clarification and would appreciate any further guidance.

best regards and thanks

bigbudgie