INFO: General Text Merge Functionality

ID: Q97163

2.50 2.50a | 2.00 2.50 2.50a

WINDOWS    | MS-DOS

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The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a
Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.0, 2.5, 2.5a

SUMMARY

The TEXTMERGE command is used in FoxPro to create form letters, documents, and programs. Text can be merged with several text merge components (listed below) to create printed documents.

MORE INFORMATION

Text merges are documented in Chapter 11 of the FoxPro for Windows 2.6x "Developer's Guide."

The text merge components are defined as:

Contents of database fields
Contents of memory variables
Contents of array elements
Results of functions
Expressions and results of calculations

Commands and functions applicable to text merges are:

\|\\
TEXT...ENDTEXT
SET TEXTMERGE
SET TEXTMERGE DELIMITERS
_TEXT
_PRETEXT
& (macro substitution)

Conditions that apply to text merges are:

TEXTMERGE must be on; TALK must be off.
The components to be evaluated must be enclosed in text merge delimiters (the default delimiters are << and >>).
The component(s) must be placed in a TEXT ... ENDTEXT structure or on a line starting with \ or \\.

For code samples and additional information about text merges, see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q97644
   TITLE     : How to Merge Text from a Memo Field

   ARTICLE-ID: Q100550
   TITLE     : How to Perform a Text Merge Without Using Memo Fields

   ARTICLE-ID: Q94349
   TITLE     : Using FoxPro Text Merge Feature with Multiple Databases

Additional reference words: FoxDos FoxWin 2.00 2.50a Text Merge Sample Coding KBCategory: kbprg KBSubcategory: FxprgMacrosub

Last Reviewed: September 15, 1998