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The makemergeformula statement makes a formula from a template.

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Parameters

This statement has three parameters:

template – Text of template.

database – Database formula will be used in.

formula – Output formula.

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Description

This statement makes a formula from a template. Within the template you can place fields inside « and » characters and formulas inside { and } characters. Unlike the FormulaMerge statement, the formula is not evaluated.

local LetterFormula
makemergeformula |||Dear «Name», I will visit you in {sandwich("",City,", ")+State}|||,
    "List",LetterFormula 

The result, in LetterFormula, will look like this:

{Dear }+«Name»+{, I will visit you in }+sandwich("",City,", ")+State+{}

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See Also

• formulamerge -- merges data into a template.
• makemergeformula( -- builds a formula from an “auto-wrap" style merge template.

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History

Version	Status	Notes
10.0	No Change	Carried over from Panorama 6.0.