Using an if statement

[D Pryor]

I created a form field that is calculating an expression, however, i want the field to display nothing if there is nothing in another field so i was wondering the correct syntax is for an if statement in word.
Thanks

 

[Charles Kenyon]

I wouldn't use a formfield for the calculation at all. I would use a
calculation field nested in an IF field. Make sure the other field has
"calculate on exit" checked in its properties.

{ IF { Ref "OtherField" } = "" "" "{ = { Ref "OtherField" } * 1.05 }" }

I created a form field that is calculating an expression, however, i want

the field to display nothing if there is nothing in another field so i was
wondering the correct syntax is for an if statement in word.

 

[macropod]

If the calculation is purely numeric, simply add a numeric picture switch to
the field like:
\# ,0;-,0;
to the field. Numeric picture switches take three arguments: positive
values, negative values and zero values, each separated by a semi-colon. If
any of these is omitted, the switch for the positive values is used to
format the result. In the above example, the fact that there's nothing after
the last semi-colon tells Word not to display zero values.

Cheers
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I created a form field that is calculating an expression, however, i want

the field to display nothing if there is nothing in another field so i was
wondering the correct syntax is for an if statement in word.