Merging conditional fields

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s - 14 Jun 2004 21:26 GMT

Hello,

Is there any way to merge fields based on conditions, e.g.
if the field for <<CFOName>> is empty, the field will be
filled with <<AltName>>?

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Greg Maxey - 14 Jun 2004 22:10 GMT

S,

Something like {IF {MERGEFIELD CFOName} = """{MERGEFIELD ALTName}{MERGEFIELD
CFOName}} should work.

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> Hello,
>
> Is there any way to merge fields based on conditions, e.g.
> if the field for <<CFOName>> is empty, the field will be
> filled with <<AltName>>?

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Graham Mayor - 15 Jun 2004 06:27 GMT

You have sneaked an extra " in there
{IF {MERGEFIELD CFOName} = "" {MERGEFIELD ALTName} {MERGEFIELD CFOName}}
or (I prefer to use speech marks even with fields where they are not
strictly necessary as it makes it easier to debug later)
{IF {MERGEFIELD CFOName} = "" "{MERGEFIELD ALTName}" "{MERGEFIELD CFOName}"}
should do it.

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> S,
>
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>> if the field for <<CFOName>> is empty, the field will be
>> filled with <<AltName>>?

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