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by darylwillis
Fri Sep 25, 2015 3:27 am
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Help required print merge loop
Replies: 8
Views: 3887

Re: Help required print merge loop

Thanks all for your help, I had more trouble trying to explain the problem.
jacque I followed that advise and viola it works,
Again thanks for your help all
by darylwillis
Thu Sep 24, 2015 8:07 am
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Help required print merge loop
Replies: 8
Views: 3887

Printing this document

Hi experts
Im very new to livecode and needing help
Im going to try looking at my problem from another angle
attached is a word doc .rtf that I want to print changing the parts within double brackets [[xx]], my initial attempts are not going so well.
I have multiple amounts of data that needs to go ...
by darylwillis
Thu Sep 24, 2015 4:53 am
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Help required print merge loop
Replies: 8
Views: 3887

Re: Help required print merge loop

Hi Dunbarx
within the work doc i have for example Dear [[theName]] your ID is [[mytnkId1]] as the code executes data is inserted,I address those fields as theName and mytnkId1 ect .
put field myArray[3] into mytnkId1
As I loop through the array and change mytnkId1, that is my problem, it has to be ...
by darylwillis
Thu Sep 24, 2015 2:02 am
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Help required print merge loop
Replies: 8
Views: 3887

Re: Help required print merge loop

Further for simplicity

I want to merge a value into the word document similar to mailmerge.
I use the label mytnkId1 in the document, so to fill that with the data I need I have to use mytnkId1 in my code not the contents of, or the vale of mytnkId1
that said how do I specify in the below line ...
by darylwillis
Wed Sep 23, 2015 12:22 am
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Help required print merge loop
Replies: 8
Views: 3887

Help required print merge loop

Hi
Could you help me solve a problem im having. The Program will add data from a array to a pre formated RTF word doc with [[mytnkId1]], [[myDate]], [[ mySite1]], [[myCode1]].
the problem im having is the loop, I can get the first iteration ok to merge and insert from the array, however the second ...