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From v14: Whilst the «SendWebEmail» command remains active and supported, v14 introduces new commands «SaveAsEmail» and «SendAsEmail». These commands offer more flexibility in terms of the email design (no html files required), and all the
When viewing the Word Advanced Properties for a document, there are a number of properties that appear, such as the Author, Comments, Keywords, etc. Using the SetCoreFileProperty function, some of these Advanced properties can be
Using the SetCustomDocumentProperty command in an XpressDox template, a Word Custom Document Property can be defined in the merged document.
Values in databases can be changed by the user in the interview using the various “Save” options as described in Control how the user can change data source data. The template author can also instruct
In the article Define layout in a base template, a mechanism for hard-wiring various fields in a letterhead base template is discussed. Now suppose that it’s not a letterhead that is the base, but the
Suppose you want to set up a variable (called ‘Party’) to contain either Defendant or Plaintiff, depending on PartyType and then a variable containing the possessive case of that – i.e. the value should be
Performing calculations on currency amounts Probably the most accurate way to perform arithmetic on money values in XpressDox is to reduce all currency to integer values (e.g. Dollars to cents, Pounds to pence, etc), perform
SetEmptyMarker in XpressDox refers to the mechanism for placing a code into the assembled document to highlight any unanswered questions. Empty Markers can be determined by the Configuration or by the template. Configuration:
The SetInitialValue command enables a template author to provide an initial value for a data element to be captured in the interview screen.
If the sole purpose of a template is to construct an interview, but the document merged from that template is not required, then the SetInterviewDataOnly command can be included in the template, and the merged
When XpressDox builds an interview and there are repeating elements in the data set, those repeating elements are normally shown in a treeview with the name of the element (or the Caption which might have been
Classic Usage Much like the SetSavedDocumentFileName command, the «SetSavedDataFileName()» command not only ensures that the answer set is saved, but also how it should be named. Regardless of whether the user checks the Save Merged
Classic Usage In addition to forcing the saving of data sets and naming them using the SetSavedDataFileName command, the template author can use the «SetSavedDataFolder()» command to define where the data sets should be saved.
The «SetSavedDocumentFileName()» command not only ensures that the merged document is saved, but also how it should be named. In the desktop (Word) version of XpressDox, there is a checkbox for the user to choose
Classic Usage In addition to forcing the saving of documents and naming them using the SetSavedDocumentFileName command, the template author can use the «SetSavedDocumentFolder» command in the template to have control over where the documents
By default, when a merged document is saved by XpressDox, the folder in which it is saved is first searched for any files which have a name similar to the newly merged document’s name. If
It would be really useful for XpressDox to be able to present an interview in French if the user is a French speaker, and in English for English users, where the document itself is in English. For the same template. And vice versa. XpressDox can indeed do that, as long as the template author marks up the template accordingly.
The FormatTime command takes the HH or hh parameters to display the time in 24 or 12 hour time respectively, but what if you want to show the time in 12 hour clock, and display
SetWebButtonText Any template run on the web, will include a button on which the user can click to finish off the interview and begin the merge process to generate the document. By default the text
As its name implies, this command is used to create a custom button on the Web interview. The template author can use this, and then, when the template is integrated into a client system, the
Version 4 of XpressDox (XDv4) represents a major change from Version 3. The principle change is that the format of an XpressDox template is no longer Word 2003 XML, but Office Open XML. Office Open
This command will enable a cloud user to save a partially completed interview without generating a merged document. The command provides text for the button which will appear on the interview screen, and also a URL to
The interview in the browser can vary in height depending on the existence of tabs and other factors. The template author can control the minimum height of the web interview with the SetWebInterviewMinimumHeight command. «SetWebInterviewMinimumHeight(200)»
Whilst the «SetWebInterviewSize» command remains active and supported in v12, it is obsolete in v14 since the interview is now completely responsive. Prior to version 14 the interview size on the web could be
