CONTSUPP Fields

[Jennifer Galmeijer]

I've been having a problem with the contsupp fields when I include them in
merge forms. I create the form in word, insert the appropriate fields and
then I save the document "as a Goldmine template". All looks well until I
access the Goldmine merge form again and try to merge. The contsupp fields
(only the consupp) completely are gone. Do you have any recommendations as
to where I should start looking?

[Angel Magaña/GM]

> The contsupp fields
> (only the consupp) completely are gone. Do you have any recommendations as
> to where I should start looking?
>
>

The merging of contsupp fields is not supported. If you wish to merge
data from the Profiles tab, you should use the &Profiles macro.

The following information pertains to the usage of the &Profiles macro:

Topic: &Profile/&Profiles DDE macros

The &Profile(s) DDE macros retrieve the Profile information from the
selected contact.

The &Profile and &Profiles macros take optional parameters separated by a
period(.). The only difference between the two macros is that &Profile
returns the first matching record, while &Profiles returns all matching
records.

Although passing parameters with DDE macros is non-standard in GoldMine,
macros, not DDE commands have to be used in the case because the intended
use of &Profile(s) is for DDE fields in Word document templates (which
cannot take DDE commands). Following is the syntax of the &Profile(s)
macros:

&Profile.ProfileName.Reference.Flags

Retrieves the first profile matching the ProfileName and Reference.

&Profiles.ProfileName.Reference.Flags

Retrieves all profiles matching the ProfileName and Reference.

The Reference parameter is optional. If passed, the Reference parameter
acts as a "begins with" condition on the profile reference. If Reference
is not passed, all ProfileName profiles are evaluated.

The optional Flags parameter can be used to request the extended profile
fields by passing a 4. When Flags is 2, the ProfileName and Reference are
returned. Multiple fields are separated by a tab, while multiple profile
records are separated by CR/LF. This allows the &Profiles macro to easily
populate a Word table with the contact's profile information.

The following example returns the first e-mail address of the contact:

&Profile.E-mail Address

The following example returns all the computer profiles which begin with
the word 'notebook':

&Profiles.Computer.Notebook

The following examples use the Flag parameter to specify the profile
fields to return:

&Profile.Computer.Notebook

Returns:

Notebook ThinkPad 770

&Profiles.Computer.Notebook

Returns:

Notebook ThinkPad 770|

Notebook Compaq Elite|

Notebook Dell 1200|

&Profiles.Computer.Notebook.2

Returns:

Computer|Notebook ThinkPad 770|

Computer|Notebook Compaq Elite|

Computer|Notebook Dell 1200||

&Profiles.Computer.Notebook.4

Returns:

Computer|Notebook ThinkPad 770|IBM|233Mz|

Computer|Notebook Compaq Elite|Compaq|200mz|

Computer|Notebook Dell 1200|Dell|166mz|

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Angel Magaña
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