using participant's responses in future custom items

[MarinaM]

Hi,
I used a custom item that inserted text that participants entered in a fill-in-the blank question, but I want the text to come from an earlier custom item, and it is not working. I am attaching the questionnaire I designed with the two custom items. Participants are supposed to write 3 domains in the first page, and then each of the next pages should phrase the question relative to the domain they indicated, but right now it is just not seeing anything where I put <ml.wording> - could you please take a look at it and let me know why they are not displaying?

Also, you mentioned I would need to write a custom application if I wanted to display the words in DirectRT - is this difficult to do? What would this application involve? Could you please direct me on how to go about writing such an application?
Thank you.
Marina