markvalverde Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 I have a CRM solution that I would like to do a mail merge in a text field. Does anyone know how to do this merge in a text field without going to layout mode. I need to configure this function for my end users for a runtime solution. Thanks, Mark Valverde Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 You can use nested substitute()s to swap merge text with their field values, or use a dynamic method, like this CF from Mikhail: http://edoshin.skeletonkey.com/2005/11/merge_expressio.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHunter3 Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 You can put little buttons on the side of your text entry field that insert homemade "merge codes" for example §ClientName§ and have a different field, a calc field, substitute out §ClientName§ for YourTable::ClientName and that's what you print. Or, if you prefer, you can have a script do the substituting, targeting a non-calculation text field, using Set Field to generate its contents. EDIT: dangit, Ender... ::stalks off looking for a faster keyboard:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markvalverde Posted April 12, 2008 Author Share Posted April 12, 2008 Hey thanks for the replies. I will take a look when I have time. Hopefully I can figure it out. Mark V. smiley-laughing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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