At 01:10 PM 1/2/2002 -0800, you wrote: >You're right, there is another way to create the letter text, but I don't >use it very much and forgot about it. > >>What happened to the text you created (1) Create Text from Scratch? > >When you select "Create Letter from Scratch" and type you letter into the >wizard, the text is captured in a global field called "gLetter". Merge >fields inserted into that text are not "real" merge fields, but just text >strings. The text strings are replaced by the values of the merge fields >and the when you click the Next button on the wizard. At the same time, >the text is copied into a field called "FINAL LETTER\MESSAGE" in the >custom file. This is where the letter you typed ended up. > >So to get it to show up on a letter layout, the "real" merge field >"Custom::FINAL LETTER\MESSAGE" must appear on the layout. My copy of ebase >shows this field on Letter #1, #3, #7, #8, #9, #10. You can of course add >it to any letter layout if you have FileMaker, but if you're using the >runtime application, you've go to choose one of these letter layouts. > >Dave Shaw H4 Consulting >tel: 206-954-7526 fax: 206-625-1338
Thank you, Dave, very much for this. I may not use this method very much either, but your explanation helps very much in understanding the way ebase is working, and spares me the agony of supposing I'm making a mistake or that my copy is corrupted. Henry Bookout North Fork Environmental Council POB 799 Mattituck, NY 11952 ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
