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Commands / Functions in XpressDox Document Automation software. Here is a list containing every command / function available in the XpressDox Command Assistant, listed alphabetically. Command or Function Name Description and Examples AddBCCAddress Add
«AlignCaptions(Right)» will cause the right hand side of all of the captions to be aligned just to the left of their respective controls on the interview.
This command allows the template author for Web interviews to specify where the error messages for data elements in the interview should appear. Command structure: «AlignErrorMessages(Top)» Examples of usage: «AlignErrorMessages(Top)» will cause any error
Creates a button on the interview, which in itself has no functionality, but provides a method to initiate other commands. Command Structure: «Button(XXX)» Examples of usage: Sometimes, the template author would like to
The XpressDox caption command can be used to make the question text for a field more descriptive on the interview. Command structure: «Caption(FieldName,Descriptive Caption Text)» Examples of usage: Simple example: «FirstName» «Caption(FirstName,First Name
The background to this command probably needs a bit of experience in authoring more complex templates. Because XpressDox uses XSLT technology to format the documents, it is possible to use XSLT and XPath expressions to control some of the processing.
CaptureInGrid offers a different way to present repeating data to the user and that is in a grid format – a bit like a spreadsheet. Command structure: «CaptureInGrid(Child,Yes)» Examples of usage: «ForEach(Child)» First
Please note that this command has not yet been fully implemented in the web as yet. We have a ChooseFromRepeatingData command (which is the same as ChooseFromData, but is a more descriptive name), and a
This is a command which will present the user (via the interview) with a list of options from which to choose the value of a data element rather than a free-format text field. Command
Present a list of choices to the user on the XpressDox interview in the form of ‘Radio Buttons’. Command structure: «ChooseFromRDBList(style,free,formal,semi-formal)» Inserting a ChooseFromRDBList command into your template does not necessarily place the control
Present a drop-down list in your XpressDox template This command will present a drop-down list of values in the interview. This is similar to the action of the ChooseFromList command, except that the values
Present a list of choices to the user, in a drop down list, except that in this case the user is permitted to type their own value and is not restricted to just the items
Sometimes a template author will want to record the reasons for using specific commands or document logic, and record this inside the template itself. The Comment command is available for this.
Controlling the layout of your interview in your XpressDox template XpressDox gives quite a lot of power to template authors in controlling the layout of the interview for a template. Controlling the layout
There is a requirement in some templates for the interview user to be able to check a checkbox and have a set of check boxes all checked – a so-called “Check All” feature. A similar
How will I know when to use this command? Particularly with long templates with lots of conditional logic, you can get one or both of the following situations: either the interview responsiveness is very sluggish,
Display items in a grid repeat in your XpressDox template, but exclude certain of them from the initial grid capture This command is used in conjunction with CaptureInGrid when there are too many elements inside
The «Footing()» command can be used to place text below a data element on the interview. Use the Heading and Footing commands to bring some context to the fields on the interview, or insert breaks
Particularly in a situation where users of a template might want to use numeric values input according to different regions, this command can be used by the template author to make sure that template runners
This command is part of the XpressDox arithmetic feature set, and is explained in a better context in Arithmetic in XpressDox.
Place text above a data element on your XpressDox interview Use the Heading and Footing commands to bring some context to the fields on the interview, or insert breaks in the form of blank Headings
Feature Cloud/Integration WinAuth (not available from v14 onwards) Authentication Forms Authentication Windows Authentication (Active Directory) Hosted Self-hosted or SaaS Local Network Folder structure Restricted to Registered Account Configured via shared Settings file Folder permissions Restricted
This command is used in conjunction with the Tab command and causes XpressDox to produce a “wizard” form of interview. Command structure: «InterviewIsWizard(Yes)» The way this works is that the interview will contain a
You may have a situation where you have conditions that depend on the value of a data element during the lifetime of the interview. For example, the condition on an OnExitSet command, or a ReadOnly
By default the title on the title bar of the interview screen for a template will be made up from the name of the template file. The InterviewTitle command can be used to set the
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