We all know the %%fieldname%% to merge fields into a textblock. With the help of displayTags we can make for example customizable letters.
Wouldn’t it be great if we could merge data based on a condition. For example:
Dear %%name%%,
We hereby offer you a discount of
%%
if (clientsales>10000)
{textblock1}
else
{textblock2}%%
We are so damned happy that you buy stuff from us.
With kind regards
Yes, that would be great… Or just to call a global method like %%global.method%% to do that trick…
I vote for this one too!
Instead of the “global method” trick you can do that with a %%calculation%%.
This would mean that the programmer should make all kind’s calculations beforehand…
This way the client can do whatever he wants…whenever he wants…
He could decide over 3 month that only the clients with clientsales>20000 should get textblock 1.
watch out! %%calculation%% is in print-preview not recalculated!
for example if you have multiple forms, in print-preview you see on all the forms only the first calculation
if you place the field itself on the form, it is recalucalated on every form!