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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Date or no Date
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:48:03 -0400
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Laurie Williams wrote:
>I'm having a brain cramp and can't get a handle on how to do this. I want my
>sentence to print the date if there is one or a phrase if there isn't. But
>if I can't stop the phrase from printing whether or not there is a date. I
>know I can use different roles for dated or undated. But I don't want to.

Are you wanting a phrase like "on an unknown date"? If you omit the
Conditional Markers (the angle brackets) from around the Date
Variable of a Sentence then the above phrase will print. The
Condition Markers tell TMG to ignore the Variable if the field is
blank. But if the Markers are not present then TMG prints the phrase.

Hope this helps -

Lee Hoffman/KY
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