last – XpressDox
XpressDox templates make use of XSLT functions The last() function inserts the value of the last repeating item in a given ForEach repeater. It is an XSLT function, but can be used in an XpressDox
ForEach
Working with repeated elements – Part 1
Repeating data elements presents a challenge to the template author, especially in formulating sentences and descriptions where the number of parties or invoice items or other repeating data is unknown at the time of authoring the template. This recipe in the Cookbook demonstrates how XpressDox meets this challenge.
Working with repeated elements – Part 2
A common issue with repeating data is the requirement to refer to the items within the list by their ordinal values.
ForEach: Handling repeating data
The central issue with repeating data is that the number of repeated data elements is not known at the time the template is authored, and so XpressDox offers the ForEach, List and Ordinal commands as a way of processing a variable number of repeated data elements.
Using block commands in XpressDox
The ForEach and If commands are called ‘block commands’ because they are terminated with a separate End command. Between the start and end of the block there are other Merge Fields. There is a special behaviour related to block commands to help with eliminating unwanted empty paragraphs when the start and end appear on different paragraphs.
Manage the number of items in a repeat – XpressDox
When users enter repeating data into your XpressDox template, you can manage the number of occurrences of a repeater. “Repeaters” are otherwise called “complex elements” in XML, but are essentially items through which you can
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