How can you get a merge date to add days to it?

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Roger - 12 Nov 2004 21:18 GMT

I am trying to build a Word Merge and I am pulling in a date field. I want
this field to add 10 days to the date that it pulls in and show the true
date. How or what type of switch do I need to add.

Thanks

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macropod - 12 Nov 2004 22:08 GMT

Hi Roger,

For a 'tutorial' with examples of how you can do this and much more than you
ever thought you might want to with dates and times, all using Word fields,
download the Word document at:
www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/showthreaded.pl?Number=249902
(url all one line)

Cheers

> I am trying to build a Word Merge and I am pulling in a date field. I want
> this field to add 10 days to the date that it pulls in and show the true
> date. How or what type of switch do I need to add.
>
> Thanks

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Roger - 12 Nov 2004 22:57 GMT

Thanks for the information. This document is very helpful but I am having
trouble following it. I see what I am looking for and when I toggle the
field to see what the code was all I am seeing is lots of blank spaces.

If I have a date merge field or the {DATE \@ “MMMM d, yyyy”} What would I
need to add to this worker to get it to add 10, 20, or 30 days and then
display November 12, 2004 + 10 days (November 22, 2004) or November 12, 2004
+ 20 days (December 2, 2004) or November 12, 2004 + 30 days (December 12,
2004)

I have a report that I am trying to create that pull in a date and I need to
add another date field that is that date plus 10, 20 or 30 days.

If that is in the document then I missed it and I am sorry to bug you again
on this. Any information that you can give me I would be very thankful.

> Hi Roger,
>
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macropod - 13 Nov 2004 09:56 GMT

Hi Roger,

The problem you're having is because you're merely placing the cursor in the
field then pressing Shift-F9. As it says in the intro notes:
"To see the inner workings of any field, select it and press Shift-F9 - in
many cases, merely pressing Shift-F9 with the cursor positioned in the field
isn't enough."

So, select the whole field, then press Shift-F9. Alternatively, just press
Alt-F9 anywhere in the document to toggle all the field codes on/off at
once.

Cheers

> Thanks for the information. This document is very helpful but I am having
> trouble following it. I see what I am looking for and when I toggle the
> field to see what the code was all I am seeing is lots of blank spaces.
>
> If I have a date merge field or the {DATE \@ "MMMM d, yyyy"} What would

> need to add to this worker to get it to add 10, 20, or 30 days and then
> display November 12, 2004 + 10 days (November 22, 2004) or November 12, 2004
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> > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> > Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 1/11/2004

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