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Build a bi-lingual interview

November 30, 2010 XpressDox Cookbook
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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.

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Force saving of merged documents

October 18, 2010 XpressDox Cookbook
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When the file name of the merged document is provided either in the configuration, or using the <> command, then XpressDox will save that merged document regardless of whether or not the user checks the Save Merged Document? check box on the data capture interview for that template.

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Tips for Authoring Templates – Part 2

October 12, 2010 XpressDox Cookbook
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One thing that you need when authoring, and especially testing, a template is an easy way to make sure that the fillpoints that you have coded into the template are completed correctly.  This is fine if the template is fairly short.  But when you have a long template (and that’s generally what you need a [...]

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Tips for Authoring Templates – Part 1

October 6, 2010 XpressDox Cookbook
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There are two very useful features in the ribbon versions of Word, which can make the template author’s life a lot easier. These are the Access Key feature and the Quick Access Toolbar.

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Working with Section Breaks

October 5, 2010 XpressDox Cookbook
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Section breaks are used in Microsoft Word®  to separate different parts of the same document which typically have different attributes.  Such as different orientation (landscape or portrait) and different headers and/or footers. This becomes an issue for the template author when one or more sections are included (or excluded) from the document according to some [...]

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Working with Page Breaks

October 5, 2010 XpressDox Cookbook
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Using a page break in a template is fairly straightforward, even when the page break is conditional. In other words, when the page break is to be included or excluded on the basis of an <<If>> command. For example: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. <<If(Type = ‘Long’)>>……………………………Page Break…………………………………………………. <<Else()>>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique [...]

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Configure a Data Source for a Database

October 4, 2010 XpressDox Cookbook
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Introduction XpressDox supports a number of database formats as “standard” data sources. These include Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel (yes, the spreadsheet is regarded as a database), Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL and then any database which has an ODBC driver installed for it. Databases in general have a variety of ways of exposing themselves to the [...]

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Tips and Hints using the Rule Command

October 4, 2010 XpressDox Cookbook
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The Rule command can be included into many templates, and hard rules can be softened.

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Moving around in XpressDox: The Explorer

September 14, 2010 XpressDox Cookbook
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“If I were going to Limerick, I wouldn’t be starting here”, an Irishman told a tourist. Yet it can be like that with the Microsoft file and folder explorers, which often enough open far away from where you want to be. The XpressDox Explorer solves this problem for you.

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Document per Repeated Item – with Filter

July 15, 2010 XpressDox Cookbook
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The Document per Repeated Item feature can also be filtered so that only those repeated items fulfilling a particular set of criteria will have a document prepared.

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