# TXTextControl.NextIfField Object

> Represents an MS Word specific NEXTIF field. Is used as a parameter for the addMergeField method.

- **Product:** DS Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Object
- **Introduced:** 25.0
- **Path:** DS Server > Reference > JavaScript API > TXTextControl.NextIfField Object
- **463 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript/txtextcontrol-nextiffield/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript/txtextcontrol-nextiffield/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript/txtextcontrol-nextiffield/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Represents an MS Word specific NEXTIF field. Is used as a parameter for the [addMergeField](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript/txtextcontrol/addmergefield-method/llms-full.txt) method.

### Syntax

```javascript
TXTextControl.NextIfField
```

### Examples

The following example demonstrates `TXTextControl.NextIfField` in a practical document-editing workflow. It represents an MS Word specific NEXTIF field. Is used as a parameter for the addMergeField method.

```javascript
function inspectNextIfField(nextIfField) {
    console.log("TXTextControl.NextIfField object:", nextIfField);
}
```

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## In This Section

- [Javascript: TXTextControl.NextIfField.expression1 Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript/txtextcontrol-nextiffield/expression1-property/llms-full.txt): Specifies the first expression text that should be compared. This property must be a valid field name.
- [Javascript: TXTextControl.NextIfField.expression2 Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript/txtextcontrol-nextiffield/expression2-property/llms-full.txt): Specifies the second expression text that should be compared to Expression1.
- [Javascript: TXTextControl.NextIfField.operator Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript/txtextcontrol-nextiffield/operator-property/llms-full.txt): Specifies the comparison operator. Possible values are defined in TXTextControl.RelationalOperator.
- [Javascript: TXTextControl.NextIfField.preserveFormatting Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript/txtextcontrol-nextiffield/preserveformatting-property/llms-full.txt): Specifies whether the field's formatting should be preserved.
- [Javascript: TXTextControl.NextIfField.text Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript/txtextcontrol-nextiffield/text-property/llms-full.txt): Specifies the initial text of the field. Let this property be null to use the default text "NEXTIF".

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