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- This paragraph and the next one are from a separate file that has been
- "merged" in with the text of this file (MM.2 or MM.3 depending on
- which one you are working with). In file MM.2 this paragraph was
- brought in only for PC-File's TEST database records which matched with
- the CITY field "Redmond". In other words, the .IF statement checked
- for only those records with Redmond in the CITY field. All other
- records in that database were rejected. For the file MM.3, it was
- done differently . . . with the .INCLUDE command. In that case,
- the file INCLUDE.1 was brought into each letter printed.
-
- A significant point here is that both the .IF and .INCLUDE commands
- are powerful in their own ways. The .IF command allows you to include
- files only under certain conditions (i.e., a match on strings of text
- or data in your PC-File database. The .INCLUDE command is especially
- useful for something called a "master print file". That means several
- files for many sections of a document or even book chapters can be
- included in one file, which helps organize the printing process.