# NextIfField.Expression1 Property

> Gets and sets the first expression text that should be compared. To use this field in the MailMerge component, this property must be a valid field name.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 20.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.DocumentServer.Fields`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXDocumentServer.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXDocumentServer.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl.DocumentServer.Fields > NextIfField.Expression1 Property
- **441 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-fields/nextiffield/expression1-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-fields/nextiffield/expression1-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-fields/nextiffield/expression1-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets and sets the first expression text that should be compared. To use this field in the [MailMerge](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver/mailmerge/llms-full.txt) component, this property must be a valid field name.

### Syntax

```csharp
public string Expression1 { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property Expression1 As String
```

### Examples

The following example uses `NextIfField.Expression1` to configure expression1 as part of the next if field workflow. The configured value is checked before the workflow continues.

```csharp
nextIfField.Expression1 = "Quarterly report";
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(nextIfField.Expression1))
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Expression1: {nextIfField.Expression1}");
}
```

```vbnet
nextIfField.Expression1 = "Quarterly report"
If Not String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(nextIfField.Expression1) Then
    Console.WriteLine($"Expression1: {nextIfField.Expression1}")
End If
```

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