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FILLIN

Syntax:

FILLIN [ field-argument ] [ switch ]

Description: Prompts the user to enter text. text in field-argument contains the prompt. The prompt is displayed each time the field is updated. When a new document is created based on a template containing FILLIN fields, those fields are updated automatically.

Field Value: The user's response.

Switches: Zero or more of the following field-specific-switches.

\d field-argument

The text in this switch's field-argument specifies a default response if one is not entered. If no default response is specified, the most recent response is used. To specify a blank entry as the default, field-argument shall be "".

\o

When used in a mail merge main document, this causes the display of the prompt once instead of each time a new data record is merged. The same response is inserted in each resulting merged document.

 

[Example: The following FILLIN field helps the user fill in the correct information by displaying the patient name from the current data record:

FILLIN "Please enter the appointment time for MERGEFIELD PatientName :"

end example]