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AlignErrorMessages – XpressDox

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

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Button – XpressDox

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

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Caption – XpressDox

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

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CaptureDataElement – XpressDox

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.

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CaptureInGrid – XpressDox

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

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ChooseFromDataset – XpressDox

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

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ChooseFromList – XpressDox

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

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ChooseFromRDBList – XpressDox

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

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Comment – XpressDox

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.

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Define – XpressDox

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

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DefineSetAllGroup – XpressDox

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

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DetectLongConditions – XpressDox

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,

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ExcludeFromGrid – XpressDox

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

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Footing – XpressDox

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

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Heading – 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

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Comparison of XpressDox Server Functionality

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

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InterviewIsWizard – XpressDox

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

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HideInsideIV – XpressDox

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

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InterviewTitle – XpressDox

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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