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Data capture interview layout tips

January 28, 2010 XpressDox Cookbook
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Although XpressDox will automatically construct a data capture interview for a template when that template is run, template authors will want to make use of the layout commands to control the layout of the interview.

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The ChooseFromList Command

October 1, 2009 Help

ChooseFromList. This is a command which will present the user (via the interview) with a list of options from which to choose the value of a data element rather than a free-format text field. For example, the following will help the user capture one of South Africa’s provinces: I live in <<ChooseFromList(province,Eastern Cape,Free State,Gauteng,KwaZulu-Natal,Limpopo,Mpumalanga,Northern Cape,North-West,Western [...]

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The ChooseFromRDBList Command

October 1, 2009 Help

ChooseFromRDBList. This is very similar to ChooseFromList but instead of a drop-down list, the choices are presented in a group of ‘Radio Buttons’. An example would be: The style of the presentation must be <<ChooseFromRdbList(style,free,formal,semi-formal)>><<style>>

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The ChooseFromSamples Command

October 1, 2009 Help

ChooseFromSamples. This command is in all respects the same as the ChooseFromList command, except that in this case the user is permitted to type their own value and is not restricted to just the items in the list. Hence the list is just a list of examples, or samples.

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The ChooseUsingCheckBox command

October 1, 2009 Help

ChooseUsingCheckbox. The interview will represent this command as a Checkbox. The values of the data element thus chosen will be ‘true’ or ‘false’. For example: <<ChooseUsingCheckbox(PersonIsMale)>> <<When(PersonIsMale = “true”,he,she)>> The command is quite customizable, so another variation could be: <<ChooseUsingCheckBox(Sex,M,F,A check in the box means Male)>> <<When(Sex = “M”,he,she)>>

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The ChooseFromFile Command

October 1, 2009 Help

ChooseFromFile is in some ways similar to ChooseFromDataSource, except that the data are defined either in a simple text file, or an XML file, and the file does not have to be configured into the Data Sources configuration: <<ChooseFromFile(lookups:Correspondents.xdtxt)>> <<ChooseFromFile(shared:Partners.txt)>> Text file The first line of the text file will contain a list of data element names. [...]

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Data capture in XpressDox

September 30, 2009 User Reference
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XpressDox has been designed to fill marked-up templates in two general situations: The first is when data is captured and stored as part of an application; and, the second is to assist users who use the system within Microsoft® Office Word to produce standard documents.

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