Error! Unknown op code for conditional.

[Scott]

I've been scratching my head over this for a few hours now, but can't seem to figure out what's wrong

{ IF { MERGEFIELD FFALTSTAIR } "{ IF EXIST { MERGEFIELD FFALTSTAIR } }" "two"

FFALTSTAIR contains a numeric value. In my test input, the value of FFALTSTAIR is 4. The merge seems to be detecting that FFALTSTAIR contains a value (otherwise it would display "two"), but instead of displaying the value of FFALTSTAIR it outputs the error message "Error! Unknown op code for conditional." I've tried everything I can think of including copying and pasting it over top of itself, as well as deleting it and entering it again

I don't know if it matters, but my data source is a comma-delimited text file. The output is a 200-page Word document. All the other field codes are working fine except for this one which occurs in three separate places within the document.

 

[macropod]

Hi Scott,

Your IF test is incomplete you need to have something like:
{IF{MERGEFIELD FFALTSTAIR}= 4 "Four" "two"}

Cheers

I've been scratching my head over this for a few hours now, but can't seem to figure out what's wrong.

{ IF { MERGEFIELD FFALTSTAIR } "{ IF EXIST { MERGEFIELD FFALTSTAIR } }" "two" }

FFALTSTAIR contains a numeric value. In my test input, the value of

FFALTSTAIR is 4. The merge seems to be detecting that FFALTSTAIR contains a
value (otherwise it would display "two"), but instead of displaying the
value of FFALTSTAIR it outputs the error message "Error! Unknown op code for
conditional." I've tried everything I can think of including copying and
pasting it over top of itself, as well as deleting it and entering it again.

I don't know if it matters, but my data source is a comma-delimited text

file. The output is a 200-page Word document. All the other field codes are
working fine except for this one which occurs in three separate places
within the document.

 

[Scott]

*smacks self in forehead

Working much better now thanks.

 

[Graham Mayor]

And to test for content
{IF {Mergefield FFALTSTAIR} <> "" "2" "4"}

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