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Merging a Document with Three Optional Fields
DocumentID: 609017
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:33:56 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: FYI:
The customer imported a file from a database which had the following fields:

Mr{END FIELD}
&{END FIELD}
Mrs{END FIELD}
Brown{END FIELD}

Fields one and two would sometimes be blank or fields two and three would be blank. The following syntax merged this file correctly.

{IF NOT BLANK}2~{FIELD}1~ {FIELD}2~ {FIELD}3~ {FIELD}4~{ELSE}
{IF BLANK}1~{FIELD}3~ {FIELD}4~{ELSE}{FIELD}1~ {FIELD}4~{END IF}{END IF}

During a merge all formatting commands the merge encounters in the primary file transfer to the new file. If you are attempting to prevent a blank line, the [HRt] code needs to be between the {IF NOT BLANK} and the {END IF} commands.

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