"Error! Unknown op code for conditional" on simple conditional mergefield

Question

I used this example **from the Microsoft Office website (**Examples of IF fields) as my starting point:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD State } = "NY" "{ INCLUDETEXT c:\worddocs\contract.doc }" "{ AUTOTEXT Copyright }" }

No matter what I do, I keep getting "Error! Unknown op code for conditional". As a test I used this statement exactly (creating c:\worddocs\contract.doc) and I still get the error. As recommended in other responses to others getting this error, I verified that I have spaces on either side of the =.

Answer 1

Hi twinkitties,

Are all the field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the above example created via Ctrl-F9? You can't simply type them or copy & paste them from a website.

FWIW, the absolute minimum you need for the field code to work is:

{IF{MERGEFIELD State}= "NY" {INCLUDETEXT c:\worddocs\contract.doc} {AUTOTEXT Copyright}}

Also, if your document's path or name has spaces, you sould use at least:

{IF{MERGEFIELD State}= "NY" {INCLUDETEXT "c:\worddocs\contract.doc"} {AUTOTEXT Copyright}}

Answer 2

Ctrl-F9 did it. Thank you SOOO much!