[manatee08]

Can someone please tell me what is wrong with this code. What I am trying to
do is:

IF NationalFilingDate field is blank, THEN input the ApplicationDate ELSE
input the NationalFilingDate using the format of MMMM dd, yyyy. This is the
code that I have so far:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD NationalFilingDate }= €œ€� { MERGEFIELD ApplicationDate \@
€œMMMM dd, yyyy€� } { MERGFIELD NationalFilingDate \@ €œMMMM dd, yyyy€�} }

[Graham Mayor]

Are you sure that a blank record entry actually does produce a blank? Insert
the field on its own and see what it produces, then trap that. Otherwise
apart from the smart quotes it looks OK.

Personally I would quote the alternative options also

{ IF { MERGEFIELD NationalFilingDate }= "" "{ MERGEFIELD ApplicationDate \@
"MMMM dd, yyyy" }" "{ MERGFIELD NationalFilingDate \@ "MMMM dd, yyyy"}" }

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"manatee08" wrote in message
...
Can someone please tell me what is wrong with this code. What I am trying
to
do is:

IF NationalFilingDate field is blank, THEN input the ApplicationDate ELSE
input the NationalFilingDate using the format of MMMM dd, yyyy. This is
the
code that I have so far:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD NationalFilingDate }= "" { MERGEFIELD ApplicationDate \@
"MMMM dd, yyyy" } { MERGFIELD NationalFilingDate \@ "MMMM dd, yyyy"} }

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

What result are you getting?

Did you use Ctrl+F9 to insert each pair of field delimiters { }?

Have you toggle off the display of the field codes and executed the merge?

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"manatee08" wrote in message
...
Can someone please tell me what is wrong with this code. What I am trying
to
do is:

IF NationalFilingDate field is blank, THEN input the ApplicationDate ELSE
input the NationalFilingDate using the format of MMMM dd, yyyy. This is
the
code that I have so far:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD NationalFilingDate }= €œ€� { MERGEFIELD ApplicationDate \@
€œMMMM dd, yyyy€� } { MERGFIELD NationalFilingDate \@ €œMMMM dd, yyyy€�} }

[manatee08]

When the field NationalFilingDate is blank, it produces this result: 12:00:00
AM.
Because of this, I am assuming that ApplicationDate won't be produced
because the field is not actually blank, right?

Using the code above, when the NationalFilingDate has no date in the field,
the ApplicationDate has today's date rather than the ApplicationDate, which
by itself produces 10/15/2008.



"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Are you sure that a blank record entry actually does produce a blank? Insert
the field on its own and see what it produces, then trap that. Otherwise
apart from the smart quotes it looks OK.

Personally I would quote the alternative options also

{ IF { MERGEFIELD NationalFilingDate }= "" "{ MERGEFIELD ApplicationDate \@
"MMMM dd, yyyy" }" "{ MERGFIELD NationalFilingDate \@ "MMMM dd, yyyy"}" }

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"manatee08" wrote in message
...
Can someone please tell me what is wrong with this code. What I am trying
to
do is:

IF NationalFilingDate field is blank, THEN input the ApplicationDate ELSE
input the NationalFilingDate using the format of MMMM dd, yyyy. This is
the
code that I have so far:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD NationalFilingDate }= "" { MERGEFIELD ApplicationDate \@
"MMMM dd, yyyy" } { MERGFIELD NationalFilingDate \@ "MMMM dd, yyyy"} }


.

[Peter Jamieson]

When the field NationalFilingDate is blank, it produces this result:
12:00:00
AM.
Because of this, I am assuming that ApplicationDate won't be produced
because the field is not actually blank, right?

Correct. But you should be OK with

{ IF { MERGEFIELD NationalFilingDate }= "12:00:00 AM" "{ MERGEFIELD
ApplicationDate \@"MMMM dd, yyyy" }" "{ MERGFIELD NationalFilingDate
\@"MMMM dd, yyyy"}" }

Or if it's "12:00:00 AM."

use

{ IF { MERGEFIELD NationalFilingDate }= "12:00:00 AM." "{ MERGEFIELD
ApplicationDate \@"MMMM dd, yyyy" }" "{ MERGFIELD NationalFilingDate
\@"MMMM dd, yyyy"}" }

Longer term, be aware that if for example you change the way you connect
to your data source, the result of { MERGEFIELD NationalFilingDate } may
no longer be the same, and you would need to change the comparand.

Peter Jamieson

http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

On 28/04/2010 16:43, manatee08 wrote:
When the field NationalFilingDate is blank, it produces this result: 12:00:00
AM.
Because of this, I am assuming that ApplicationDate won't be produced
because the field is not actually blank, right?

Using the code above, when the NationalFilingDate has no date in the field,
the ApplicationDate has today's date rather than the ApplicationDate, which
by itself produces 10/15/2008.



"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Are you sure that a blank record entry actually does produce a blank? Insert
the field on its own and see what it produces, then trap that. Otherwise
apart from the smart quotes it looks OK.

Personally I would quote the alternative options also

{ IF { MERGEFIELD NationalFilingDate }= "" "{ MERGEFIELD ApplicationDate \@
"MMMM dd, yyyy" }" "{ MERGFIELD NationalFilingDate \@ "MMMM dd, yyyy"}" }

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



m wrote in message
...
Can someone please tell me what is wrong with this code. What I am trying
to
do is:

IF NationalFilingDate field is blank, THEN input the ApplicationDate ELSE
input the NationalFilingDate using the format of MMMM dd, yyyy. This is
the
code that I have so far:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD NationalFilingDate }= "" { MERGEFIELD ApplicationDate \@
"MMMM dd, yyyy" } { MERGFIELD NationalFilingDate \@ "MMMM dd, yyyy"} }


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