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MessageFromExtr

Use this field level rule to retrieve a message from an extract file and place the message into a field on the form. Default formatting information comes from the definition of the field which you set up using Studio. Specific formatting information is embedded within the message using tags. This rule can also contain variable blocks of text.

For this rule, the main components are the message, the message tags, the Record Definition Dictionary, and the INI options. These components are discussed in the following topics.