The CountOf Function

July 27, 2010 User Reference
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The CountOf function returns the number of times one string occurs within another.

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The FormatNumber Function

July 20, 2010 User Reference
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A numeric value can be formatted in many different ways under control of a pattern string.

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The ExtractInitials Function

July 20, 2010 Help
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It is unkind to a user to expect them to fill in the full names of a person and then to type in the initials of that person. The ExtractInitials function relieves the user of this burden.

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The SetMultipleDocumentFilter command

July 15, 2010 User Reference
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The SetMultipleDocumentFilter empowers the template author to designate a filter which will apply when the Document per Repeated Item is used.

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The SetInitialValue Command

June 5, 2010 User Reference
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The SetInitialValue command enables a template author to provide an initial value for a data element to be captured in the interview screen.

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The Comment command

June 5, 2010 User Reference
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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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What is the difference between Commands and Functions

June 5, 2010 User Reference
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Throughout the XpressDox documentation, reference is made to Commands and also to Functions.  Syntactically commands and functions appear the same, but their functionality is different and in some cases this difference is important. A rule of thumb for distinguishing commands from functions is that commands are used for global layout of text (e.g. ForEach, If, [...]

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How to Convert Numbers to Currency

May 11, 2010 User Reference
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An amount of money can be stored as a numeric value, and rendered as a natural language phrase when needed. The Currency function does this.

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Set a Custom Document Property

March 3, 2010 User Reference
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Using the SetCustomDocumentProperty command in an XpressDox template, a Word Custom Document Property can be defined in the merged document.

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Conditional processing – If, Else, When

January 29, 2010 User Reference
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Including in or excluding text from a document can be achieved in a straightforward manner with the If, Else and When commands.

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