date fields

[sherry]

i have created a form with merge fields from a foxpro
database. the date fields are formated as dates. when
there is no date for that field word prints 12/30/1899.
how can i get it to remain blank?

 

[Graham Mayor]

A conditional field in place of the date field should do it:

{IF{Mergefield Datefieldname} <> "" "{Mergefield Datefieldname}"}
or just possibly
{IF{Mergefield Datefieldname \@ "yyyyMMdd"} > 18991230 "{Mergefield
Datefieldname}"}


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[SHERRY]

thank you.
this didn't solve my problem, but led me in the right
direction.
it was a foxpro problem...field needed to be character
instead of date.empty defaults to 12/30/1899.
thanks again