[eckert1961]

Thanks for the quick reply Doug. I only had to make one minor change to your
code.

You noted the following line in the Else statement.

objMerge.DataSource.DataFields("FirstName")

I had to change it to the following.

strAddressee = objMerge.DataSource.DataFields("FirstName")

Your recommendation does exactly what I needed. I really appreciate your
assistance.

Take care,
Chris

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Regards,
Chris


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Use:

Dim strAddressee as String
If objMerge.DataSource.DataFields("ParentsName") "" then
strAddressee = objMerge.DataSource.DataFields("ParentsName")
Else
objMerge.DataSource.DataFields("FirstName")
End if
strMailBody = _
vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Hello " & _
strAddressee & "," & _
vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
"Please find attached a receipt for your recent payment." & vbCrLf &
vbCrLf & _
"Don't hesitate to contact me should you have any questions." & vbCrLf
& _
vbCrLf & _
"Regards," & vbCrLf & _
"Chris"


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Hope this helps,

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"eckert1961" wrote in message
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Hello,

I am using the following code to construct the strMailBody in Word 2003
VBA
module.

strMailBody = _
vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Hello " & _
objMerge.DataSource.DataFields("FirstName") & "," & _
vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
"Please find attached a receipt for your recent payment." & vbCrLf &
vbCrLf & _
"Don't hesitate to contact me should you have any questions." &
vbCrLf
& _
vbCrLf & _
"Regards," & vbCrLf & _
"Chris"

This works but I would like to change this to do the following. I need to
check the .DataFields(ParentsNames) to see if it's null. If it is then
enter
.DataFields(FirstName). If it isn't null then I want to enter
.Datafields(ParentsNames).

What is the required syntax? Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Chris

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