I have a contract of employment which runs to 10 pages. 

 

I am trying to create a layout report for all of these pages and am having difficulty in inserting the whole COE and page breaks so I can print all of these pages off and also merge some of the data like name, address, date employee started, etc.

 

Can you do a report for 10 pages in Filemaker and merge some fields?

 

I can show you the database and COE if that would help someone who can help me.

 

Thanks for your help in advance and I hope my explanation is OK.

One way to handle merges is use a substitution.  You need the contract template which is brought in fresh when you create a contract record.  In the template you have  your <<FirstName>>   <<LastName>>  etc. 

 

When a contract is created, you either read the  read merge data directly from the contact recrod or prior to creating the contract, load global fields with this information.

 

Once the contract record is formed have a script that systematically does the substitution in the merge place holders.

 

Eg in pseudiscript:   If pattern count "<<" is greater than 0

 

Set field Contract (Substitute (Contract, "<<FirstName>>"; FirstNamefield ))

 

If you contract is made up of multiple fields, you will have to isolate where the individual merges take place.

 

HTH

 

Dave

Is there anyway of dropping the whole Contract of Employment into a report layout and inserting the merge fields then printing off the 10 pages?

As far as I know, yes, this is possible. What have you tried already, and what results are you getting?

I want to paste say 4 pages into a layout/report but I cannot seem to format it to print 4 pages with page breaks.

 

I need help on this!

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