-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Geoff,
@30-Mar-2003, 16:20 Geoff Lane [GL] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: GL> I store numeric information about contacts in a database. I can export GL> this to a CSV, but have no idea how to use that in a mail merge. For GL> example, one field gives the number of times an event occurred, which GL> is different for each contact. GL> Are such "merge variables" possible with TB? If so, how should I go GL> about using them? First, import the CSV into an AB group. Put the numeric data into a spare AB field (there are plenty to chose from, for instance 'Fax number'. Now compose a QT macro for the Mass Mail you want to do and use the %ABtoFax macro to refer to the data in question. Query it with a construct like this: %If:'%ABtoFax'='1':' first time ':' not the first time ' Does that help? - -- Cheers -- .\\arck D Pearlstone -- List moderator TB! v1.63 Beta/7 on Windows 2000 5.0.2195 Service Pack 2 ' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1rc1-nr1 (Windows 2000) iD8DBQE+hxqTOeQkq5KdzaARAtxqAJ0aZkDyYvSS9RBuL6ZReIPVT9FkXACfchXK JYCtdQKjHKjaxkhYo5Qgqsc= =f2EL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
