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 let the user initiate actions (database retrieval, modification of data elements, etc.) explicitly. This is...

Now that your data source has been configured, there are a few different ways in which you can interact with that data source. For example:   ChooseFromDataSource Present the users with a database icon, and allow them to select a record from the database using a search UI.   LinkToDataSource...

When it comes to pulling data from a client database, you probably want your users to type in a number, press TAB and populate the interview immediately with data.   Type in your number, and press TAB   Example code: The code for that looks like this: «LinkToDataSource(AccountNumber,Clients,RefreshNoSave,id=<AccountNumber>)» where AccountNumber...

Include data from a configured data source in a template   Instead of selecting one or more rows from a data source in the interview, you can use the IncludeDataSourceData to include data in your template.   Please refer to this article for more information.

This article shows how to configure a sub-collection, and then how to use it in a LinkToDataSource. As shown below, enter data such as an account number and press TAB. The Link retrieves data from the database based on the ID (to retrieve one record) or range (to retrieve multiple...

Configuring a web service as a data source follows the same first steps as for other data sources. The first place where it differs is (obviously) at the point where you choose the type of data source: When you press the “Finish” button, the data source will be entered into...

There are any number of reasons that you might want to save the dataset for a template into a single column in as database.  One of these would be to report on the data set, as described here. The first step is to write the dataset into a column.  This is...

LinkToDataSource links any control on the interview to a data source (a control is what the user uses to enter data, such as a straight forward text box, or a checkbox, or a dropdown, etc.).  It means that when the focus moves off that control, a call to the data...