What if instead of "inputting the name of the data source" (which I suppose you do manually) you find it from the list and click?

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> Hi all,
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> This is Noriko. I'm new with using Visual FoxPro. I'm currently having problems
> connecting my *.dbf file to Word 2002 when doing mail merge.
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> After selecting "Microsoft FoxPro VFP Driver (*.dbf)" from the list and click Next,
> and inputting the name of the data source file, I received the error message:
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> "A connection could not be made using the file data source
> parameters entered. Save non-verified file DSN."
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> Any help or feedback is very much appreciated. Thank you!
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> I wish you a great day, great health, good luck and wish you the best!!!
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> Noriko Meiko Star