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fields are shown in the Variable/Field list box as soon as you assign a database to the document. They can be entered in the formula with double clicks. As an example, we want to create an invoice form that can be easily printed as a form letter. For this, all we need is a database whose fields contain the customers’ personal data (name, address, etc.). Beyond that – we’ll simplify things and allow only one item per invoice – the database should contain a QUANTITY field for the order quantity, an ITEM field for item designators and a PRICE field for the unit price. Proceed as follows: 1. Create a new document with File > New. 2. Assign an appropriate database to it with Tools > Set Database (see below for an example). 3. Next, create a normal form letter, as described in chapter “Database”. Insert the database fields containing the relevant customer data (address, etc.) at the proper places in the letterhead. 4. Now design the invoice itself according to your tastes. Enter fields from your database with Insert > Field > Database field – for example, the QUANTITY field for the order quantity. 5. And now the main point: You can calculate with the database fields. For example, the formula QUANTITY*PRICE calculates the total for the current database record. So, using Insert > Calculation, insert appropriate calculations at the desired positions. 6. When everything has been entered, you can save the document. Next, select some database records and print your invoices with File > Print Merge. You will find an example in TextMaker’s document folder: the files INVOICE.TMD and INVOICE.DBF. Tip: If you check the Display field names option on the View property sheet of the File > Properties dialog, you will see the formulas themselves, rather than the results they give, and you will then better understand how this self-calculating form letter works. 366 Calculations in the text Manual TextMaker
Objects in calculations Certain types of objects can also be used in calculations. So, for example, you can create a form that contains text fields and use the contents of these text fields in calculations. All the objects in a document have distinctive names, as described in section “Changing the names of objects” beginning on page 253. You can address each individual object by its name. For example, Textbox1 references the content of the text field “Textbox1”. You evaluate the contents of objects in calculations as follows: Text fields and text frames Textbox1.Text (or Textbox1 for short) returns the content of the text field with the name “Textbox1” as text (without any formatting). Textbox1.Value on the other hand interprets the content of the text field as a number and returns it. Tables Table1.A1 returns the content of cell A1 in Table1. Table1.#A1 interprets the content of this cell as a number and returns it. Table1.$A1 interprets the content of this cell as text and returns it. Table1 returns the sum of the contents of all cells in Table1. Checkboxes and checkbox frames Checkbox1.Sel (or Checkbox1 for short) returns 1 if the checkbox is checked, or 0 if not. Checkbox1.Text returns the text for this checkbox if it is checked, otherwise an empty text string. Dropdown lists and dropdown list frames Dropdown1.Text returns the text of the selected item in Dropdown1. Dropdown1.Sel (or Dropdown1 for short) returns the number of the selected item. An example: The formula “Textbox1.Value * 2” references the current numeric value in the text field named “Textbox1” and multiplies it by two. Manual TextMaker Calculations in the text 367
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