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The StartsWithVowel Function

April 14, 2011 User Reference
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The result of this function would typically not be included directly in the merged document, but would be used in a conditional, such as: If <<When(StartsWithVowel(Fruit),an,a)>> <<Fruit>> is ripe it tastes better than if it is rotten. The function assumes that ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’ and ‘u’ (and their uppercase variants) are the only vowels. [...]

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The TableLookup Function

April 14, 2011 User Reference
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The TableLookup function enables the calculation of an amount from a table. Typically this is used with tax tables, or other tables of tariffs. The normal tax calculation for South Africa for the 2008/09 tax year is based on this table (reproduced from the South African Revenue Services web site): Taxable income (R) Rate of [...]

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Change the Case of a Value

April 14, 2011 User Reference
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ToUpper. This will place the uppercase value of the data into the document:<<List(parties,ToUpper(firstname) ToUpper(surname),!, , and )>>“Fred Basset” becomes “FRED BASSET” ToLower. Converts the value to lowercase:<<ToLower(NatureOfAccount)>>“DEBTOR” becomes “debtor” ToSentence. Converts the value to lower case except for the first character which is converted to upper case:<<ToSentence(ProductDescription)>>“WIDE GAUGE RAILWAY TRACK” becomes “Wide gauge railway track” [...]

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The WindowsLogonUser Function

April 14, 2011 User Reference
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This function is used to gain access to the user name with which the person running the template logged on to Windows The person running this template is logged on to Windows with the user name: <<WindowsLogonUser()>>. It is often used in conjunction with the SetSavedDocumentFolder and SetSavedDocumentFileName commands in order to create a file [...]

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The Define Command

March 30, 2011 User Reference
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XpressDox gives quite a lot of power to template authors in controlling the layout of the interview for a template. For example, the layout commands for an email address might look something like this: <<Caption(EmailAddress,Email address for correspondence)?Enter the email address or choose one from the list.>><<ChooseFromSamples(EmailAddress,,jlsmith@ipprovider.com,egjones@inkpen.com,mcontrary@inkpen.com)>><<Heading(EmailAddress,|^b^@Navy@CONTACT INFORMATION)>> <<Required(EmailAddress)>> <<SetInitialValue(EmailAddress,audrey@inkpen.com)>> <<Rule(EmailAddress,hard,IsEmailAddress,’The value is not a [...]

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Testing parts of a string

January 22, 2011 User Reference
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1. The starts-with function (an XSLT function)  is used to test whether a string starts with a given string: <<If(starts-with(Surname,’van ‘)>><<Title>> <<Surname>> is probably of Dutch descent.<<End()>> <<If(starts-with(Surname,’van ‘)>><<Setv(‘LastPart’,substring-after(Surname,’van ‘))>><<End()>> 2. EndsWith tests the end of a string: <<If(EndsWith(Surname,’-Smith’)>> <<Surname>> is a double-barrelled name. <<SetV(‘FirstPart’,substring(Surname,1,string-length(Surname) – 6))>><<Comment(SetV(‘FirstPart’,string-before(‘-Smith’)) is equivalent)>> <<End()>> 3. contains (an XSLT function) [...]

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The MergeTemplate function

January 22, 2011 User Reference
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When XpressDox encounters a <<MergeTemplate()>> function while running a template, it will keep the template name specified in the command in a list, called the Templates to Merge List.  After completing the main template, all the templates in the Templates to Merge List will then be run, using the same data set as was used [...]

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The RunWordMacro Command

January 3, 2011 User Reference
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This command enables the template author to cause XpressDox to run a Word macro after the template has been merged. <<RunWordMacro(AlignParagraphs,TranslateDoubleQuotes)>> The above command will cause the two named macros (i.e. AlignParagraphs and TranslateDoubleQuotes) to be run after the template has been merged.

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The RunTemplates Command

January 3, 2011 User Reference
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The<<RunTemplates>> command enables the template author to specify that more than one template should be run. <<RunTemplates(Letter,Contract,DebitOrder,FileCover)>> The four templates Letter.xdtpl, Contract.xdtpl, DebitOrder.xdtpl and FileCover.xdtpl will be run, one after the other.  The user will be presented with an interview for each template being run, but each interview will be pre-populated with data captured for [...]

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The IncludeTemplate Command

January 3, 2011 User Reference
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An entire template file can be inserted into the document using the <<IncludeTemplate>> command. The included template can contain Fillpoint definitions and even issue further IncludeTemplate commands.  It is treated thereafter exactly as if the contents of that included template had been typed directly into the including template. Example: The description of the parties is: <<IncludeTemplate(PartyDescription)>> Notice [...]

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