Preserve form-fields through multiple processing passes

Hi there,
is it possible to have a a rtf template filled with data in multiple passes?
I want to create a rtf working copy for the user in a first pass through the publisher and then fill the remaining fields in a second pass.
Thanks

Well, I've found a dirty something in the meantime:
In the original rtf template I'd put a declaration like <<?variable_name?>>
In the xml input data I'd set the element content to the variable name itself like this:
<variable_name>?variable_name?</variable_name>.
Now, BIP generates a rtf with <?variable_name?> during the first pass.
The xml input data for the second pass will have the actual data in it and so that's going in during the second pass.
While this is not what we actually need (we want all declarations in the rtf untouched if the variables are not in the datasets), it'll do until somebody has a better idea.

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