Amor,

BTW, I also noticed that the section of your code which builds the vAddressBlock variable, seems a little mixed up with extra quotes and plus signs, and possibly missing a couple @NL()'s.

Start by putting the merge code into a subroutine, then program a command button using the following sample as a guide.

You will need to replace the "cuPrintInvoice()" portions with the name you give to your subroutine. You'll also want to change the other references to "Invoices" to something that applies to your situation.

PopupSelectPosition(3, @XPos(ThisElement) + (@Width(ThisElement) / 2) , @YPos(ThisElement) + @Height(ThisElement))
vChoice = @PopupMenu("1. This Record Only;2. All Records in the Result Set", "PRINT INVOICES for")

If @Left(vChoice, 1) = "1"
{
	FormCommit(@Layout)
	cuPrintInvoice()
}
Else If @Left(vChoice, 1) = "2"
{
	If @AskUser("Do you want to PRINT INVOICES for all " + @Str(@ResultSetTotal()) + " records in the result set?", "", "")
	{
		FormCommit(@Layout)
		vRecordInView = @ResultSetCurrentPosition()
		For i = 1 to @ResultSetTotal()
			ResultSetCurrentPosition(i)
			cuPrintInvoice()
		Next
		ResultSetCurrentPosition(vRecordInView)
	}
} 

If you don't specify an output file, the output will go straight to the default printer.

For example you would replace this:

MergeFilePrint(vDatei, "rtf", "", "", "AddressBlock=" + vOutputAddressBlock, "MyResult", 0) 

With this:

MergeFilePrint(vDatei, "rtf", "", "", "AddressBlock=" + vOutputAddressBlock, "", 0) 

Notice that "MyResult" was replaced with "".

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The best way to get the element list (especially if there are many elements in the form) to use @StringArrayElementList( ). Display them in the Slate and then you got all of them at once and do whatever you want. This method I found useful while using @XLookUpSourceList ( ).

Bharat_Naik wrote on Mar 21^st, 2008 at 10:04pm:

Word does save the RTF file in a slightly different pattern than WordPad does. Naturally, this can have an effect on how you deal with an RTF file when manipulating it in SBasic.

For instance, WordPad places the "\par" paragraph tag at the end of a line followed by CRLF (Carraige Return w/Line Feed) like this:

[[Name]]\par
[[Address1]]\par
[[Address2]]\par
[[City]], [[State]] [[Zip Code]]\par 

Whereas Word places the CRLF before the paragraph tag, then followed by a space like this:

[[Name]]
\par [[Address1]]
\par [[Address2]]
\par [[City]], [[State]] [[Zip Code]]
\par  

(Note that you MUST maintain the space between the "\par" tag and the text that appears after it. Otherwise, the entire line will be ignored in the final output.)

So yes, there's a logical reason why saving it with WordPad may have "fixed" it, because it would have reversed the order of the CRLFs and the "\par" tags.

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I am finding it difficult to pass on "\par" to merge. The whole tag seems to disappear and nothing merges. I am using Word2002 and I believe, if it is working for some of you, not for me, probably it is related to Word setup and version. Any ideas to make it work. It has been great help to find out that variables can be merged.  If we could pass on the CR in the merged field that would be great for some applications.

Several times you have mentioned working on .pdf files as opposed to .rtf files. Do you mean .rtf files?

Bharat_Naik wrote on Mar 24^th, 2008 at 3:00pm:

That can happen if you don't have a space after \par, and other text follows it before the next CRLF.

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Actually, you don't need it. The \par tag is what really tells WordPad (or Word) to start a new line. The main reason I had @NL() in my code, was so that the file would be more readable when looking at it in a text editor like Notepad.

For example, take the following two sections of RTF:

[[Name]]\par [[Address1]]\par [[Address2]]\par [[City]], [[State]] [[Zip Code]]\par 

(It's crucial that there be a space after each \par.)

[[Name]]\par
[[Address1]]\par
[[Address2]]\par
[[City]], [[State]] [[Zip Code]]\par 

Both of those examples will show up in Word or WordPad like this, so you don't really need the CRs:

[[Name]]
[[Address1]]
[[Address2]]
[[City]], [[State]] [[Zip Code]]